with Jean being the Phoniex and Pyro joing Magnus, do any think Asteriod M will be in the next film?

i really enjoyed the movie but the only problems I had a hard time buying was -

That bullet entering wolverine's skull and then the entire undamaged slug plops out after his regeneration kicks in...
it should have smashed flat against his metal skull. -that was just too obvious not to notice.

Jean could have just put a telekentic shield over the jet and let the water rush over them or let bobby just freeze the water... but i understand why, because they had to "kill" jean.

acting was superb by everyone, the action was thrilling and the set designs were very eye pleasing... money well spent...

I'm also glad they expanded Storm's role, I had heard that originally she was virtually not even in the original X2 script....

Just saw it today.

Is it possible for a sequel to be better than the first? In the case of the X-Men franchise I say yes! yes! yes!
X-Men United is awesome. Great action, plot, and character development. I remember thinking that Storm was underveloped in the first film, but she really gets fleshed out more in this one. Bobby Drake was cool too (no pun intended). I liked the part were he chilled Wolvie's soft drink. And Nightcrawler was simply outstanding.

Great casting, though I still think Hugh Jackman is far too tall and skinny for the part. I kept thinking that he shouldn't be looking down at Jean, he should be looking up at her. After all, Wolverine is only five-three. Didn't the CGI guys use some movie magic in Lord of the Rings to make the Hobbit actors look shorter than they actually were? If so, they should've used it on Wolverine. Other than that, Hugh is great, because I think he really captures the personality of Logan in his acting.

*****
five stars for me.

That's a good point. They did such a great job of accenting Wolverine's shortness in the first movie, I almost thought Hugh Jackman <B>was</B> 5'3". They didn't put nearly as much emphasis in the second movie. Oh well, there's always the third Wolverine movie...er, I mean, X-Men movie. ;)

One thing I can't figure is how come the X-jet was super-stealth in the first movie ("If they can detect our jet, they deserve to catch us.") but isn't in the second?

The movie was sweet, but it seemed to go on forever. I don't know what they could've cut out, but +2 hours for a comic book movie is kinda extreme.

Yes its long, but it had to tie into the first movie, deliver a plot for the 2nd and set up the 3rd.

I just saw it yesterday and I found it to be a feast for the eyes! I loved it. I didn't think it was too long at only 124 minutes. I stayed away from this thread until I saw it and unfortunately missed Beast and Gambit. No problem....I'm going back to see it later this week. I thought it was well done and cannot wait for X3!!!

Stealth tech still works best at night, there isn't (quite) yet a means of effectively blocking the mark I eyeball - i.e. they could find the X-jet in this movie because it was daytime, and they were circling the mansion, which the X-jet was approaching. The technical flaw here was that the F-16s could "paint" the X-jet with their radars (almost no radar signature). . . better would have been heat-seekers.\

Overall, I loved the movie. No real complaints.

As for the next movie, I'd like to see the Hellfire Club and Phoenix dealing with control issues and mental instability. No need to invoke the Shiar, etc. Since Singer has stated that he's *trying* to keep powers consistent with real world, I doubt (hope) that there are no sentinels, ether.

Another idea is that they could more or less combine the Phoenix and Proteus stories by going to Muir Island, because Moira McTaggart has more experience dealing with medically treating mutants than Xavier does (given her son is Proteus) and then they could deal with that aspect . . . just a thought.

That's the nice thing about this universe - there are tons of good stories to be told.

troy

Great movie, can't wait until it comes out on DVD. A definite must buy.

You guys realize that all of these comic movies will eventually lead to Onslaught, that kick ass storyline from the comics a few years back, but it's been a while since I've read that series and my family moved and my mom threw out those comics *cry*. So can anyone give me an update on what happened with the Onslaught schtuff?

I really linked X2, Can't wait for the next movie.