How sad does it make me that the primary conversation spawned by X3 is the prettiness of the actors? Very sad.
That's just a sideline. The primary conversation seems to be about how badly the writing sucked.
I was sorry to see
Cyclops go in the rather pathetic half-offscreen way they handled his demise. I think Marsden is a much better actor than he's been allowed to show in the X-Men franchise. Hope whatever he's doing in the Superman movie justifies his not-quite-absence from this one.
Interesting choice for
Storm, what with her being eager to have a longtime friend and companion killed rather than cured. Also for apparently becoming The Human Top.
Yeah, Matt. The
Human Top
thing I thought was just bug fuck silly.
So, I just finished watching
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.
It was a very moving film. I've lived with conures before (loud, screechy birds, that can be quite annoying, and also quite lovable, sometimes within moments of each other), so the movie was maybe more personal to me. Having lived with conures, I can say that it really is quite easy to attribute motives to their behaviors that easily, and I was glad that
Mark and the film's director got together as a couple in the end,
otherwise the end would have been just way too sad for me to handle.
It was really the best possible ending, I think.
I've seen the trailers for Casino Royale a few times now and I really don't understand why the hard-core Bondies have their knickers in a twist over Daniel Craig. He looks smokin' hot and very Bond-like to me.
I think any change in Bonds is considered bad until the new guy has a couple of movies under his belt. People are resistant to change. I'm looking forward to Casino Royale, it was one of my favorite Bond books.
Funniest IMDB thread ever -- as well it should be, being about
Snakes On A Plane.
I had a conversation about Snakes on a Plane last night. They started out confused. By the end, I think I had won them with the awesome power that is the idea of a movie that is about snakes. On a plane.
Kalshane -- Thanks. I have no patience to sit through credits these days -- they're almost as long as the movie.
Saw X-Men III a second time. Liked it better. **
I would have like Rogue coming back to school before the big battle and not being able to go. Or going and getting knocked out and sidelined right away. Something that would underscore what she gave up as well as what she got by taking the Cure. **
