Oh Hummm

Rating: 6/10 (5 May 2003)

I went into see X2 with very low expectations, I was not very impressed with the first movie so I expected more of the same. After the first 90 minutes I was sure I was wrong and X2 was a good movie, however after the movie ended I was back to were I began. X2 is not a bad movie, it just isn't brilliant or exceptional.
The Producers, writers and Director(s) did a very good job at making a sequel, the provided a few simple facts about the first movie (and the X-men story) rather than retelling it in a condensed version. They put time between the movies, with younger actors they do grow up. And so on and so forth. And while not the most interesting storyline it provided a decent foundation for special effects.
But in my opinion the negatives really hurt the movie, I like to think that a few problems can be overlooked but in this movie they all just stuck out. It appeared that the movie was re-written during filming, while this happens all the time I believe that this movie need a complete re-write, not from the story stand point, but just to help the scenes flow better. In my opinion there are some really intersting scenes and dialog wrapped around some really bad scenes. I wouldn't be suprised if they filmed in Canada first since the out door scenes were bad (almost like the actors were out of character.) I might be spoiled with my TV at home, but there were not any great scenes you had to see on the Big Screen, Including Jean Grey's scene. It was like the directory/producers didn't want to take any chances. All the scenes were shot like you are supposed to shoot pictures.
Overall I was entertained, probably won't go see it again and like the first one probably won't add it to the DVD collection at home until it is in the bargin bin.