yeah, X3 does disappoint me as well, bean. a few issues not far off from yours;

1. no emotional connection to the characters, which makes it worse than the second. the first is the best in my opinion.
2. it's really nice to have so many characters in the movie but TOO many with TOO little time on them, it's a sin. they might as well be excluded.
3. i like the storyline; well thought out. however execution is another matter altogether; the dialogues suck monkey balls. hearing the lame lines written for a mature character like Magneto is like hearing fingernail scratching the blackboard.

overall, the movie is one of the decent ones so far this year, which means this year's movies so far have not much quality.

i've also watched 16 Blocks, which is quite a nice watch while not exactly brilliant piece of work. Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse really made this movie shine with their brilliant acting. i love the dialogues in this one. & Mos Def's character, Eddie Bunker, is really good.

also watched a chinese movie called The Promise. this one, i feel, is something Gal would love to watch. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> it is fantasy set in medieval China, with flying characters with superpowers, sacharine love story bit, flowery dialogues, & gorgeous gorgeous visuals. well admittedly, i am not into love story, much less sacharine types, but the breathtaking setting, location, colours, costumes really help make this movie very watchable.


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