Originally posted by Martinus
They never care about Cyclops, Rougue, etc , main characters of xmen. And for worse, they are taking apart the best ones, and adding those sad and bad developed, Iceman and Colossus.
i dont know if you remember this, but the first two movies had central roles for rogue. iceman was a much more prominent character in the second than the first, as was pyro. colossus was a somewhat background character throughout, just because someone has to be.
every point that's being complained about [character deaths, too many characters, not enough development, blah blah blah] served a point in the movie. it was done for the story, and it would've been a worse film without it.
for example, scott's death. cyclops either needed to disappear or die because marsden decided to do superman-specific roles from now on. as was said before, scott being killed by the woman he devoted himself to showed the dual nature of jean/phoenix [that part was me,] and that the character was not who we'd known. it was for effect, and it was done exceedingly well. what bothered me most about that scene, and the one of xavier's death, was halle berry's inability to successfully act out incredible sorrow.
on to xavier's death. it was a show of power. it was unexpected. it was supposed to make the watcher, who most often would cheer for the x-men, feel their stomach drop. AND IT WAS DONE WELL. did you see xavier just prior to dying? it was a better "obi wan kenobi" moment than the original. and the twist behind the credits, NOBODY saw that coming. it was a smart, unexpected idea. whether it plays out in another movie or not, it was still something that made you sit back because it was completely out of the blue, but made complete sense.
people are busy complaining that peripheral characters weren't being developed [though given that they are peripheral characters, they really aren't supposed to be,] but ignoring the development of several main characters. what about the discovery that xavier was being unethical, and adamantly so, with jean's mind? did anyone else see how badly wolverine's words stung him? did anyone else see the internal struggle he'd been dealing with? what about his angry outburst in his own defense? that's development, and given the trend of the more recent comics, it's very close to canon.
what about magneto? how cold was it of him to turn mystique away after she'd just saved him from the cure? how much did that tell of his character? or how about his scene telling pyro off, defending the life of xavier? are these scenes just getting forgotten because you people are so pissed about the "guy marrow"? was he credited as marrow in the credits? because there was really nothing besides bone spikes that made the two similar, and that in itself made him similar to 'the spike' who appeared in x-statix. so, while you're pissed she was a he, why not be pissed a black character was white?
let the small shit go. i admit some of the cgi was poor, like beast jumping off the building, but overall it was excellent. why does everyone have to pick it apart because, for some reason, they were ultimately disappointed?