Master Crimzon
Baby Killer
Originally posted by jinXed by JaNx
I agree, partner. I don't think Wolverine looks to promising either. At this point i'm just hoping for a fun ride rather than a great movie.See, i don't think Magnetos' story is anymore layered and deep than Wolverines story. At least not without the coupling of Charles Xavier and the X-men. I beleive Wolverines past is much more complex and intriguing than Magnetos but i do believe that Magnetos story is better suited for a two hour movie. There is far to much involved in Wolverines story for a two hour movie to properly tell it.
Magneto's story would not be complete without adding his friendship with Xavier and the subsequent riff between their ideologies; it's an integral part of X-Men lore and would serve to explain the further develop their relationship in the primary X-Men series.
Magneto's story is incredibly complex in nature. I'm sure you know some of the philosophical and political allegories within it, things that simply do not exist in Wolverine's tale. That's not to say Wolverine doesn't have a lot of potential- his past is fascinating and would work as both a conspiracy and a revenge flick- but I'm simply more interested in Magneto's origins.
Don't you think that's slightly unfair to the people who have enjoyed the X-men movies at their rating and then a % of people not able to watch Wolverine because it's at a higher rating than the X-men movies? since it's a spinoff film.
Originally posted by MildPossession
It's like here in the UK, we have a television series called Doctor Who that is suitable for all the family, yet it got its own spinoff series called Torchwood and it was a disappointment to a lot because it wasn't a family series, it contained strong language, violence and sexual scenes that a lot of people here wouldn't want their 6 year old to see. A lot of parents found it difficult to explain to their kids that they couldn't watch Torchwood when it's connected to a family show I believe.Can do excellent films at a PG-13/12 certificate ratings, see the Dark Knight... rating isn't an excuse in my eyes. stick out tongue
A film can definitely be good as a PG-13, but an intentionally violent and somber film will, many times, become more tame and subdued when it is edited down to a lower rating. Take TDK- it was a superb film, but its meditation upon violence could have arguably been superior if the consequences of the violence were realistically depicted. Wolverine must focus upon melee combat, involving sharp weaponry. How can a film like that not have R-rating violence?
Maybe I'm just being a violence-hungry horror addict, though, as there are some great action movies that have been rated PG-13 and worked perfectly well, like the Bourne franchise. Oh hell.