one awesome movie

Rating: 9/10 (4 May 2003)

(may contain spoilers so if you haven't seen the movie yet don't read this) I saw X2:X-MEN UNITED on Friday(opening day!)and I feel the need to talk about it because it was such an awesome movie. First I'll talk about the few negative things though because they kind of bugged me. 1.)They had too many stories going on at the same time so just when you'd be getting into the scene it would suddenly jump to another group of characters. 2.)Cyclops(James Marsden) was absent for most of the film which was annoying because you never really know what happens after he and Xavier are captured-you only know about what they do to Xavier. 3.)You never see where all the kids go after they escape from the mansion. 4.)Some of the characters didn't have much substance to them. 5.)Why did Iceman(Shawn Ashmore)and Rogue(Anna Paquin)only get there X-suits at the end?I wanted to see Iceman duking it out with the bad guys. There's a few other minor things that bothered me but they don't really matter because overall the movie was amazing!The special effects were HUGE and the comedic relief lines were fairly well placed.I was so glad to see that Iceman(Shawn Ashmore)had a larger role(and no that's not just because he happens to be an attractive 23 year-old blonde, blue-eyed male)because his story is very interesting.I was also glad that they scaled Rogue's(Anna Paquin)role back a bit because honestly I think her power isn't that exciting.I was glad to see Xavier(Patrick Stewert)getting to use his powers a bit more and that Mystique(Rebecca Romji-Stamos)was more prominate in this movie.Lady Deathstrike's(Kelly Hu)claws were awesome!Plus Wolverine's(Hugh Jackman)reaction is perfect.I don't like how he killed her though-that was just cheesey and it looked bad too.It would have been nice if we'd seen more of the mutants that Stryker was holding hostage in his little fortress but I guess they just didn't have enough time.The action sequences were cool but they should've had more.It was nice touch when Mystique would be pretending to be someone else(ie. Senator Kelly)that the actor would walk like she would when she was in her regular form.I wonder how the guys felt walking like a girl?I liked the comic Colussous(Daniel Cudmore)drew of Iceman and Rogue kissing-its classic.I also liked when Wolverine and Iceman meet and when they have a talk over beer and ice cream(I'm not joking-Iceman was eating icecream in the middle of the night.Maybe that's his secret for keeping his ice powers 'cool'.)I also liked how some of the lines sounded familiar from the last movie but there was too many.It's funny the first few times then its just dumb. Overall amazing movie but make sure you've at least seen the first one before you go see this one.