once again... this is cheating on my part. after all, i did actually say that i won't be doing updating on my blogs until after i finish up my thesis. the thing is i just watched X2 yesterday and i wanted to say just a little about it. so there...
anyways, its quite a good movie. way better than the first one. the first was bogged down, i believe by the mixed need to please X-Men afficionados as well as not to alienate anybody new to the whole thing.
this one though finally sees a more interesting story. its able to play with its characters making it simply not an angst filled story with lots of action sequences. quite the opposite, this included a lot of different components to it. not only were the actions scenes better, the sequel included some touching scenes (iceman comes out), some "dramatic" moments (when jean...), some funny parts, some parts where you wonder.... (ah, right colossus), as well as other more philosophical parts... (where it seems that their situation parallels today's world).
all in all, its a good watch. there are a lot of things that are involved and i would say that its an action movie where your mind doesn't go to sleep.
(this entry also appears in my alternative blog: sleepyinsomniac