can't wait for X3

Rating: 9/10 (4 May 2003)

i was so stoked when the x-men were finally brought to life on the big screen that nothing could have disappointed me. everyone ripped the first movie, but i loved it.
X2 was even better. nightcrawler. can't say enough about him, and alan cumming for that matter. humor, depth, awesome special effects and costume brought him to life like none of the other characters tackled in the two movies. he was exactly, EXACTLY what nightcrawler always seemed to be in the comic book.
as for storylines, i liked how they kept the plot for the most part relevant to the comic (like the role of mastermind as well as pyro going with magneto and mystique to join the brotherhood).
can't wait for X3. they once again did a great job hinting what the story's gonna be. obviously it's going to get into the phoenix saga a bit and explain what happened to jean. i can also see some new badies coming out (blob, quicksilver maybe) to add more diversity to the brotherhood. hopefully, they'll develop beast after his split second cameo in X2. same w/ gambit after they toyed with our emotions by flashing his name on stryker's computer screen. colossus will definitely have a part after being toyed with in X2 (just like iceman and pyro were in X-Men).
another hope is that rebecca romijn-stamos will get more screen time. not mystique, rebecca romijn-stamos. she was so gorgeous in that bar scene, it puzzles me that they don't just get rid of the silly scaly costume and the grating voice effects and just paint her blue, dye her hair red, and give her the tight white costume that the character really has.
after seeing how much better the second movie was (though the first was great), i sooooo can't wait for the next one, and the next one, and the next one. think about it. they can go with this thing forever. all the storylines and characters and depth of the x-men comics... as long as they can get the same people and a competant director, there's no reason this franchise should go bad. can't wait for X4, X5, APOCALYPSE!!!, mr. sinister, omega red, x-force, shatterstar, angel, the sentinels... it's too exciting to put into words