after 15 years of being "in the works" the final product of the X-men movie in 2000 was such a bust. as a 20 year comic veteran..i couldnt help but to pick apart the descrepencies in characters , subplots and continuity. now, i suppose if i knew nothing about the uncanny x-men...i'd probably would have been satisfied with this result.
once upon a time ..in
1989, when they were attempting a big screen X-men movie...the casting suggestions went something like this:
Grace Jones- Storm
Bruce Williams- Wolverine
Tracey Ullman- Rogue
Madonna- Dazzler
Julia Roberts- Psylocke
Jon Bon Jovi- Longshot
Arnold Shwarzeneger(sp?)- Colossus
just think how colorfull and splashy that version of the movie would have been. more than a decade later, they come up with this current idea and it has left much to be desired.
the costumes, the focus on wolverine, the HORRIBLE MISCASTING of STORM....i mean seriously it shouldve been either
Angela Bassett or
Iman...and intially the role of Rogue was to go to
Sarah Michelle Gellar. they were going to make her the rough and tough yet beautiful brawler that she was in the mid 80s thru the 90s.
the last two movies have been VERY LOOSE adaptations of classic storylines..and they were WARPED to make the stories "wolverine centric"...God Loves, Man Kills focused in on NIGHTCRAWLER and some characters in that classic story were noticeably absent from the movie (Magik being one of them) while others who hadnt even been SEEN in the pages of X-men at the time that story was originally made (lady deathstrike among the few) were present. i hate how continuity is thrown out of the window in these movies...and how wolverine is so highly favored...HE AINT ALL THAT!
and i wont even begin to discuss how HORRIBLE it was to cast Halle Berry as Storm. She may be an academy award winning actress (which probably allowed her to successfully demand more screen time in this movie) , but clearly she is not cut out to play super heroine roles. As someone else pointed out...Storm was literally a "force of nature" in the comics. She was respected by Wolverine, Cylcops and Xavier. she was the LEADER of the X-men from 1980 till about 2000 when she shared leadership with Cyclops once again. She was powerfull ...even WITHOUT her elemental powers. There's so much that can be said about this woman...and Halle Berry's portrayal of her just leaves MUCH to be desired.
But i DID appreciate the fact even HALLE said "Storm should be portayed more loyal to her image in the comics"...that lets me know she understands there was something lacking and maybe she wants to rectify that.
This third installment will be based on the Dark Phoenix saga, one of the X-men's most memorable storylines (voted #2 by wizard magazine for top ten most powerful storylines) ...so i wonder how bad THIS one will be screwed up.
I think Berry has bad luck with comic films, did you see her in catwoman? OMG! LOL! I could only watch about ten minutes and I was forced to switch. :sleep2: 
