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Just seen: X2
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Following an attack on the US president by a mutant, a General with an anti-mutant agenda is given free rein to investigate the "mutant problem", and pressure for a mutant registration act is stepped up. But General Stryker's plans are more complex than they appear, and some of the mutants won't stand idly by.
Like the first X-Men movie, X2 is unusually intelligent for a blockbuster action flick, and makes several points about bigotry ("Have you ever tried not being a mutant?")
Logan/Wolverine is still the closest thing to a lead character, but many more of the other mutants get decent amounts of screen time this around, notably Mystique, Storm and Nightcrawler.
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greengolux has already commented, the visual effect for Nightcrawler's teleportation is particularly cool (and the audience is left to work out for themselves why there's a bang when he goes...)
Once again Mystique gets to deliver one of the most politically charged lines of the whole film - asked by Nightcrawler why, if she can imitate anyone, doesn't she stay in disguise all the time and look like everyone else - "Because we shouldn't have to."
So, a rip-roaring summer blockbuster movie. A politically-aware one which doesn't patronise its audience, too. Will wonders never cease?
Following an attack on the US president by a mutant, a General with an anti-mutant agenda is given free rein to investigate the "mutant problem", and pressure for a mutant registration act is stepped up. But General Stryker's plans are more complex than they appear, and some of the mutants won't stand idly by.
Like the first X-Men movie, X2 is unusually intelligent for a blockbuster action flick, and makes several points about bigotry ("Have you ever tried not being a mutant?")
Logan/Wolverine is still the closest thing to a lead character, but many more of the other mutants get decent amounts of screen time this around, notably Mystique, Storm and Nightcrawler.
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greengolux has already commented, the visual effect for Nightcrawler's teleportation is particularly cool (and the audience is left to work out for themselves why there's a bang when he goes...)Once again Mystique gets to deliver one of the most politically charged lines of the whole film - asked by Nightcrawler why, if she can imitate anyone, doesn't she stay in disguise all the time and look like everyone else - "Because we shouldn't have to."
So, a rip-roaring summer blockbuster movie. A politically-aware one which doesn't patronise its audience, too. Will wonders never cease?