Better than the first!

Rating: Null/10 (2 May 2003)

Maybe it was the fact that there was no need to introduce the major characters, maybe it was because the plot had more to it, or maybe because it just built so much on an already good storyline, but I thought that this X2 was better than the first. The effects were as seamless (if not better) than they were in the X Men. The action was well done, not overly planned or choreographed. I really liked how the characters were not over done or reintroduced blatantly, as with so many sequels. Walking out of the theatre, there was only one thought on my mind.
This is no ordinary sequel. This is better.
I was skeptical at first, because so many sequels are so horribly done that one really wonders why anyone would want to do one. This is not one of those sequels. The way that they just picked up the plot from where X Men ended was pretty seamless, not to mention the fact that there was little need to reintroduce the characters in that obnoxious overstated way that so many sequels do. Also, instead of the first few minutes consisting of a sequence that I have affectionately dubbed the "what you forgot from the last movie" sequence, it builds the plot slowly enough to remind the audience of what happened at the end of the first movie, and accomplishes a little plot building at the same time. Brilliant!