X2 - Some years on

[logansrogue]

So, I'm rewatching the X-Men movies. Watched the first one.



The sheer simplicity of X1 is quite compelling. It doesn't try to overwhelm with the entire X-Men universe. It introduces characters piece by piece. And I kind of love it for that. For a first film in the X-Men franchise, it's fucking perfect. It also has the dubious honour of being one of the better movies in the trilogy. Which is sad - all should have rocked. Singer, I blame you, you turd. X3 DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN THAT WAY!





Now I'm gonna type what I think as I watch it cause it's been ages since I've watched this.

- Oh DUDE. I FORGOT HOW AWESOME NIGHTCRAWLER IS. God damn, why did I not write more fanfic with him in it?!
- NIGHTCRAWLER FUCKING ROCKS. I SO WANT TO DO HIM. That might be Alan Cumming's fault, though.
- Canada! LAND of ICE! Except the bits where there isn't ice. But we won't worry about those bits!
- HAhaha! Logan's hair got pointier!
- Fuck the wolf symbolism. He's named for a MUSTELID, damn it! A very big, very mean, very deadly mustelid!!
- Hugh Jackman's lips are so tasty lookin'. Just saying.
- That guard dude's plastic baton looks like a dildo. But I might have been watching too many porn films in my time. *furtive look*
- Logan looks like he totally wants to smack Bobby. Oh GOD, that's precious. It's like, "One word out of line, kid, one word..." He's cool, he's happy for Rogue, but *one* word out of line...
- Then Bobby brings up Jean Grey. Wow. Bobby's an ASSHOLE.
- WHO SHOOTS A KID IN THE JUGULAR!?
- RUN KITTY!
- God, Logan's hot when he rages and snikts. Which is weird for me, cause I'm a pacifist. But still - rawr.
- Why is Bobby hiding behind the counter like a dipshit? POWERS, BOBBY DRAKE, DOES YOU HAVE THEM OR NOT?
- Hellooooo Piotr. There should have been more of him in this flick.
- Oh, poor little TV Kid. :(
- Oh yes! MANLY Piotr and MANLY Logan talk in DEEP MANLY voices about saving the MANLY DAY! RAAAH! *ROFLMAO*
- Rogue running without a proper bra on really works for me. I know, it's a pervy thing for me to say, but GOD DAMN, YO.
- ROARING BLOODY SNIKT DEATH! And that's what happens if you come within thirty foot of Rogue with a gun, and you're not her friend.
- Nice Mazda.
- Seriously, a Mazda? That's their impressive car? MY DAD DRIVES A FUCKING MAZDA! ROFLMAO. HE'S 72!
- AHA, SHITTY BOBBY. NO CAN HAS TOUCHING TAG SCENE.
- AHA. Logan figuring out technology = laugh riot!
- The cat's face! It's like, "Dude, what? Wait... nummy!" I agree, kitty-cat. Logan *is* yummy, but I wouldn't want to lick his plasma and blood.
- Aw, Logan *likes* the kitty! Yes, I was right, he DOES like cats!
- Teehee. Professor Logan!
- That guard death is soooo horrible. Seriously, I love how fucking evil the Brotherhood are in these movies.
- Johnny's hilarious! LOL. "It's his fault."
- I'm gonna need some Storm/Nightcrawler fic now, methinks. I forgot about that pairing!
- Oh, Bobby, just come to grips with shit. Jesus.
- Storm is incredibly kick-ass in this movie. I approve.
- Jesus, Logan, don't you take no for an answer? Creep. LOL. Poor Jean. I feel sorry for her. :(
- Good God, Rogue is beautiful. *sigh* She is just so. Fucking. STUNNING.
- HAHahaha. STRYKER! "FATHEEEEEER!"
- AHA! Mystique givin' the finger. I love that woman!
- "She's good." "You have *no* idea..." LOVE IT.
- My problem with the Captured Jubilee scenario is that IT'S JUBILEE. You don't just HOLD JUBILEE. NOBODY PUTS JUBILEE IN THE CORNER, FFS!
- AWW. THIS IS WHY I DON'T LIKE JEAN/LOGAN, DAMN IT. JEAN/SCOTT FOR LYFE!!!!
- Uh oh! That's bubbling silver acrylic paint! WATCH OUT, LOGAN!
- OOH! Naked Logan! Would it be gloating if I said it reminded me strongly of my boyfriend naked? :-P
- The one thing that pisses me off with these movies is they tend to go through awesome mutants for the sake of having them there then disposing of them. This causes problems. Example - Sabretooth in movie one, who Logan had no idea who it was. Then in the prequel, they had to use Victor Creed, so they just called him Victor Creed, never mind that it's THE SAME FUCKING PERSON. So in the one franchise, Creed has gone from a tall, Nordic wrestler with teeth and claws to a hairy Jewish man with a lot of acting talent. IT MAKES NO SENSE, DAMN IT. And now, they're disposing of Deathstrike in this scene, and it's like - come on. Someone with that kind of power, YOU SAVE FOR LATER. OR AT LEAST SOMETHING GOOD.
- Though this fight scene is pretty fucking epic, gotta say.
- Jackman-Logan saying Bub? Gets me so hard. LOL!
- Rogue saving the day with sheer fucking audacity and guts NEVER GETS OLD FOR ME.
- You know, there really wasn't much of a good reason why Jean couldn't save everyone from INSIDE the damned Blackbird.
- Ohhhhh. Pooor Cyclops. That poor bloody guy. :(
- Oh get the fuck over it, Logan. You knew her, for, like, a month. Scott at least grew up with her. Fucking hell.
- Well, at least that nice river is flowing again! Yay for nature!
- Rogue in uniform = my eternal love.
- It's not like they could have talked to the President *before* the speech or anything. Naaaah.
- Nice shirt, Logan. It looked better on John Travolta thirty-odd years ago, though. No, I kid. He hasn't got your chest.
- She made a choice? What bullshit! God damn it, it makes NO FUCKING SENSE.
- Spock endiiiing. SPOCK ENDIIING. SPOCK END-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!

Comments

[cookinguptales.livejournal.com]

Not gonna lie, Anna Paquin was my first celebrity crush, and it totally came from the X-Men movies. SHE'S JUST SO LOVELY.

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

It made my month, my year, MY DECADE when she came out as bi, NO LIE. I'll be her third ANY TIME.

[cookinguptales.livejournal.com]

When she came out as bi, I literally had several friends call/email/text/IM me like DID YOU HEAR THE NEWS? I THINK THIS IS RELEVANT TO YOUR INTERESTS. And I'm like OF COURSE I HEARD, AND IT IS VERY RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS.

Of course, she's got that whole marriage thing going on. But I feel less guilty fantasizing about celebs if I know they're attracted to women. XD

[nicoli-dominn.livejournal.com]

Yup, I missed that. DAMMIT WHY. My husband would laugh at me for wanting her.

[hippiegal22.livejournal.com]

The first 2 X-Men movies work so well. They were able to make both fanboys and the general public happy at the same time. I'm still irritated that Singer left the X-men franchise because he understood how to make this complicated comic series work for the general public.

PS I'm totally apathetic for X-Men:First class. Sorry Hollywood.

[ser523.livejournal.com]

I feel the need to go watch this again. I remember the movie pretty well, but not in enough detail to match to all your lovely comments. *goes in search of dvd*