One of the only 3 Movies Worth Seeing This Summer!

Rating: 10/10 (16 August 2003)

Warning: My opinions are just that, opinions. They often offend- but are not ignorantly stated. If you are immature, of looking for an argument... by all means skip my review.
*Some Spoilers Included*

This movie was great. I am a huge movie goer, even though I can not stomach half of the movies out there. I can't sit through a movie as though it is "mindless entertainment", being a writer and an artist I unwillingly break the movies apart. Judging them by these things:
1. If the Director was able to capture the heart of the film, while over coming predestined obstacles.
2. If the Graphics were wisely choosen.
3. If the movie used its own ideas or stole from others. and finally,
4. If the actors, cinematographors, and producers were able to flow with the directors vision.
OH YEAH, and I didn't have to be on drugs to see it.
That being said, "X men 2, X men United" was a great depiction of the trade paperback, "God Loves, Man Kills". It was originally called that for two reasons: metaphorically (man is constantly at war with his brothers) and because Stryker in the comic was originally a pastor. And when Jason was born (his son) Stryker killed him, and his wife too. When God did not punish him, he reasoned that God wanted Mutants dead and that what he did was just. But the moral of the story is "God loves man kills". Now it was a little too cheesy to make Stryker a pastor so they made him a general. And instead of the story being geared towards one mans beliefs that God kills... it was geared to, "What man wont sacrafice for a cause". This movie did so well (for me) because of the casualties of war. This movie had casualties lost in their fight for their own individual causes. (HERE COME THE SPOILERS) First off is:
DEATH STRIKE: she was under mind control when she was killed. And as she is dying you see her come out of the control of the drugs...and she looks confused. Was she really bad- if so why was she being controlled.
MAGNETO: Beat in his plastic pen, and then forced to release the information of his old friends establishment.
Jean Grey: Nuff Said! (dont argue that she was not a casualty, even if she comes back- she still lost herself and left her lover in the name of a cause.)
JASON: Being controlled for all those years by your own father. Truely a sad tale. Xaiver had the chance to help when he attended the school but was unable to reach him in time. Then again he can not save Jason in his final moment, because of the potential power and control jason could have over him. So he was regrettably left behind.
PYRO: One of the most important roles in the movie was that of Jason and Pyro. The allusion to Proffesor X not being able to help Pyro like he was unable to help Jason. And you can tell at the end of the movie that Prof. X is sad over not reaching Pyro and being able to offer him a "better life".
Jason's Mother: Who killed herself due to the visions that she was having from Jason.
Boy I Guess those are spoilers.
Anyways* for the task of making a great sequel... that offered more then the first and was able to expand on to an ongoing story- it met all those requirements with FLYING COLORS! The film the movie was shot on was better, the effects were better, the writing was better, the additional characters were nicely patched in, Wolverine's Flash backs kicked ass, and over all this is the best film of the SUMMER '03!!!!!!

the other 2:
Pirates of the Caribbean
Bruce Almighty