I used to like Gambit the best, but now...it's Nightcrawler!

Rating: 10/10 (4 May 2003)

SEE THIS FILM ON THE BIG SCREEN! I have already seen this twice in one weekend, it's so good. The thing that I like best on this film is the special effects and how they are used. The creators could have ruined this film if they had put in one ounce of the Matrix/Crouching Tiger fighting styles, but they didn't and that's what puts X-men II high in ranking for me. The first ten minutes alone are worth the cost to see this again and again! The special effects they used for Nightcrawler are exquisite and the transporting and fighting in the White House absolutely took my breath away. I was excited to hear proper German being used by Kurt Wagner (for example: the way he introduces himself to Storm and Jean Gray is extremely German) and I swooned at the way he said "your welcome" to Rogue. (Bitte shon). I found the plot to be smooth with very little inconsistencies. The only ones seem to have stemmed from the way they discuss genetics, but I'll leave my micro-biology friend to discuss that. The only actor I did not enjoy was Halle Berry as Storm. She seems to have become whiter and her hair yellower and any follower of X-men will agree that although Halle Berry is pretty and all that, she's just not Storm. I can't wait for the rest of the movies, if in fact 20th Century Fox are going to continue this fantastic epic. Definitely has a better future than the Batman series, that's for sure.