Still, I'm sure I'll trudge along to see it, though I may want to rent the original trilogy first to freshen up on the storyline and characters.
Personally, I don't think that this is necessary at all. Also one may find that the earlier movies are better than the last installment people waited nearly twenty years for (from what I've read).
Re: X-Men
I liked the movies but that may be because I generally never got a kick out of superhero comics as a child. The only cool hero was Batman at the time and the movie with Jack Nicholson is still the gold standard for movies based on comics, IMHO.
The X-Men movies stand well on their own, however, and with the exception of the (sadly) PG-rated Wolverine I liked the evil-doers the most - but that's no wonder: They clearly have the most creative superpower scenes and abilities and cause more havoc. The good mutants are more of comedians in the movies (except one or two tragic scenes of course).
Never liked the comics *and* the movies of Superman, though.
Still, I'm sure I'll trudge along to see it, though I may want to rent the original trilogy first to freshen up on the storyline and characters.
Personally, I don't think that this is necessary at all. Also one may find that the earlier movies are better than the last installment people waited nearly twenty years for (from what I've read).
Re: X-Men
I liked the movies but that may be because I generally never got a kick out of superhero comics as a child. The only cool hero was Batman at the time and the movie with Jack Nicholson is still the gold standard for movies based on comics, IMHO.
The X-Men movies stand well on their own, however, and with the exception of the (sadly) PG-rated Wolverine I liked the evil-doers the most - but that's no wonder: They clearly have the most creative superpower scenes and abilities and cause more havoc. The good mutants are more of comedians in the movies (except one or two tragic scenes of course).
Never liked the comics *and* the movies of Superman, though.
take care,
Calibrator
take care,
Calibrator