When "the hype surrounding a movie":http://www.upcomingmovies.com/xmen2.html is as great as that surrounding "X-Men 2 (X2)":http://x2-movie.com/, expectations tend to build up. Then either one of two things can happen: the movie "bombs out":http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/05/02/DD45234.DTL&type=movies or proves to be "a blockbuster":http://cincinnati.com/freetime/movies/reviews/05022003_x2.html. I watched X2 today. I'm disappointed to report that its the former.
X2: Return of the Hype
Without giving too much away, i think the movie tried to do too much and eventually got no where. We were promised character development. There was just "too many characters":http://www.blockbuster.com/bb/movie/details/castandcrew/0,7819,VID-V+++278281,00.html on screen to allow this to happen. We were promised "action and special effects":http://www.startribune.com/stories/1553/3854184.html. The action sequences were disjointed and haphazard; you can hardly tell what's going on.
Seen the movie? What do you think? Thumbs
Perhaps X3 will deliver on the promise made by X1 and X2. They can't get it wrong three times in a row, can they?
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