X-Men
Since X men opened I have watched it two times.
After the two times, I cursed. After waiting eagerly for so many years, the final part of this trilogy is a horribly big letdown for me ( a staunch comic fan who reads comics every month)
Anybody who comes to my house will probably be stunned by my large collection of comics. I call it the Marvel library.
It is most fortunate that Brett Ratner managed to pull it off in terms of entertainment value. Otherwise, he would be Joel Schumacher No 2, who killed the Batman franchise with his stupid Batman and Robin. (yes, the arnold swacchannager one)
The last part lost its intelligent spirit. For those living on Tibet for sometime, X-men is a comic with an extremely brainy undercurrent. It deals with the world's intolerance and alienation for those who cannot fit in with the majority.
For the last two movies, Bryan Singer retained the brainy layering of the comic very well, merging the serious issues with entertainment value, with the mainstream-ness required of a summer blockbuster.
X-men 3 LOOKS meaningful because of the message that the screenwriter instilled into the script.
But then the direction tried to mask some stupid things under the cover of the meaningful and intelligent message.
The action sequences were no doubt spectacular..... but then they were without meaning and they dont fit into the plot at all. They looked like some extra things, like some awesome commercials or advertisements.
Anyway I actually was not here to critic the movie.
Depending on how you look at it, there are actually X-men around us. They are not people with special powers but people that dont fit into the majority.
Homosexuals, ugly people, uncool people, people of other races that might be minority, people that generally dont fit in.
For time on end, the majority has always been ostracising them or making fun of them or dividing lines so clearly to make sure they know they are the minority.
The feeling is no good, I can assure you. When people talk about the outcast groups or people as if they were monsters.
How many times have you heard people wanting to beat up gays when they see them?
How many times have you trampled on the person who has lesser looks or inferior outfits than you?
Yet time and time again, I see these marginalised people fighting back in their own miraculous and optimistic ways.
Ian Mckellan ( Gandalf / Magneto / Sir Leigh Teabing) is gay, but much a greater actor than other 'normal' people.
There is no such thing as normal when it comes to living things. We may be different, but who is to say what is normal? The majority? Just because the majority said so they are correct?
So now, I urge those who read this posting to reconsider your actions and ideals. Let us erase these discrimination lines between people. Let us embrace those who are different, who dare to be different.
There should be no cure for differences. Diversity should be accepted.
And for the record, Iron Man is not an X-man
After the two times, I cursed. After waiting eagerly for so many years, the final part of this trilogy is a horribly big letdown for me ( a staunch comic fan who reads comics every month)
Anybody who comes to my house will probably be stunned by my large collection of comics. I call it the Marvel library.
It is most fortunate that Brett Ratner managed to pull it off in terms of entertainment value. Otherwise, he would be Joel Schumacher No 2, who killed the Batman franchise with his stupid Batman and Robin. (yes, the arnold swacchannager one)
The last part lost its intelligent spirit. For those living on Tibet for sometime, X-men is a comic with an extremely brainy undercurrent. It deals with the world's intolerance and alienation for those who cannot fit in with the majority.
For the last two movies, Bryan Singer retained the brainy layering of the comic very well, merging the serious issues with entertainment value, with the mainstream-ness required of a summer blockbuster.
X-men 3 LOOKS meaningful because of the message that the screenwriter instilled into the script.
But then the direction tried to mask some stupid things under the cover of the meaningful and intelligent message.
The action sequences were no doubt spectacular..... but then they were without meaning and they dont fit into the plot at all. They looked like some extra things, like some awesome commercials or advertisements.
Anyway I actually was not here to critic the movie.
Depending on how you look at it, there are actually X-men around us. They are not people with special powers but people that dont fit into the majority.
Homosexuals, ugly people, uncool people, people of other races that might be minority, people that generally dont fit in.
For time on end, the majority has always been ostracising them or making fun of them or dividing lines so clearly to make sure they know they are the minority.
The feeling is no good, I can assure you. When people talk about the outcast groups or people as if they were monsters.
How many times have you heard people wanting to beat up gays when they see them?
How many times have you trampled on the person who has lesser looks or inferior outfits than you?
Yet time and time again, I see these marginalised people fighting back in their own miraculous and optimistic ways.
Ian Mckellan ( Gandalf / Magneto / Sir Leigh Teabing) is gay, but much a greater actor than other 'normal' people.
There is no such thing as normal when it comes to living things. We may be different, but who is to say what is normal? The majority? Just because the majority said so they are correct?
So now, I urge those who read this posting to reconsider your actions and ideals. Let us erase these discrimination lines between people. Let us embrace those who are different, who dare to be different.
There should be no cure for differences. Diversity should be accepted.
And for the record, Iron Man is not an X-man
posted by Kian Tong at 7:35 PM
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