This is another film I came to late, just watched the DVD on the suggestion of Annette.
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Originally posted by padders
Have to say I was quite disappointed with it... Pretty bland film with some special effects but no real story line to speak of. |
I'm afraid I have to agree with padders on this one. I thought 'Spiderman' was much better.
As for the storyline, I did hear Ian McKellen in an interview on the radio a while back. He said it was only because of the story that Bryan Singer persuaded him to do it. To him the story concerned alienated youngsters (the Mutants at Xaviers school) and he had felt that way as a child himself (being Gay) and thought it would be a help for other kids from ethnic and religious minorities who didn't quite fit in. If you rewatch the film (Magneto being Jewish, Rogue being unable to touch her boyfriends) then maybe there is a theme running there that wasn't very obvious at first.