It’s epic.
It has some great character moments.
There’s at least some semblance of character development.
It has an awesome cast, all of which deliver solid performances.
It’s quotable like few other movies.
It has some of the coolest action scenes I’ve seen.
And the only weaknesses I can remember at the moment, is a tendency to throw the theme in the viewer’s face by kinda cheesy voiceovers, some minor logical flaws, most of which can be rationalised away, and some shallow characters. But I won’t hold this last point against them much, as they did quite well, considering all the characters they had to deal with.
8.0/10.
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8?! You want a slap in the face? 9, dude.
15. May 2007 @ 10:44 ( Permalink )
Or at LEAST 8,5. ;P
15. May 2007 @ 10:44 ( Permalink )
Meh, I fell asleep, so I felt I couldn’t give it that high a rating. Although, granted, it’s probably way better than movies I’ve previously given 8.5′ers and even 9.0′ers, so…
Bah, sometimes I dislike this rating system, and considers changing to a system of five categories: Bad, Mediocre, Good, Very Good, and Near Perfect. But then again, it’s fun to be able to differentiate between, say, “Barb Wire” and “Eragon”, too.
15. May 2007 @ 13:53 ( Permalink )
But I notice that the first time I watched it, back in April 2006, I gave it a 9.0/10, and the same when I watched it again three months later, a few days after I watched X3. Of course, since then, I’ve been trying to deflate my ratings a little, to temper my habit of being ecstatic about just about any movie.
8.0 was, by the way, the same rating I gave 300, but 0.5 less than I gave 28 Days Later and Tigerland, as I felt these had a little more substance. Naturally, if I look down instead, the 7.5s I gave Empire and Taxi Driver would indicate that I rather should have given the former four a rating 0.5 higher, as both 300 and X2 are closer to Tigerland and 28 Days Later, than to Empire and Taxi Driver.
But hey, nothing’s perfect.
15. May 2007 @ 14:05 ( Permalink )
*shrugs* You give the grades that suit yourself, of course, I’m just noting that your opinion clearly doesn’t agree with mine, something neither of us would’ve noticed if you didn’t use the scale.
15. May 2007 @ 15:53 ( Permalink )
It’s still one of my favourite movie adaptions of a comic, though; the only clearly superior movie in this genre I can remember at the moment, is Batman Begins, which is a 9.0, at least the last time I watched it.
The point I was trying to make in those previous comments, was that I agree that 8.0 might be a little low. But I doubt I’d give it more than an 8.5.
15. May 2007 @ 16:02 ( Permalink )
Yes, well, I’m never sure if I should give this one 8.5 or 9, and I’m never sure if I should give BB 9 or 9.5, but I tend to give them both nines. BB is a tiny bit better, but only very marginally so.
15. May 2007 @ 16:07 ( Permalink )
And BB has a much easier task, too. After all, providing some background and depth for one main protagonist and possibly an antagonist or two, should be much easier than doing the same for a whole bunch of both protagonists and antagonists. And the relatively low number of central characters does of course imply that the movie makers have more time to deal with the plot, amongst other things. A point where I think X2 isn’t far from being on par with BB, to the extent it is possible to compare.
15. May 2007 @ 18:28 ( Permalink )
Yeah, I know. Considering the higher difficulty in premise, I’d say X2 is just as good as BB. Maybe even better.
15. May 2007 @ 18:39 ( Permalink )