XMen 3 - OK, I'm worried...

[Neil]

A change of director... The previous two were directed & written by Bryan Singer. Now we have Brett Ratner, who hasn't anything particularly impressive under his belt (if I recall). Worse still, if you go to IMDB and look at XMen 3, there's no writer even listed. WORRIED!!!

[DjfunkmasterG]

He's done the Rush Hour Films & Red Dragon. Thats pretty impressive.

[Neil]

He's done the Rush Hour Films & Red Dragon. Thats pretty impressive. Yes, both of which were reasonably good films, but he's not done anything like this before. Importantly who is the writer??? Why is the writer not even listed? Have they asked to be disassociated?

[DjfunkmasterG]

You make a good point. However, I thought the last 2 X-MEN films sucked so I had no expectations but total sh*t for part 3. No matter who the director was.

[Danny]

im not bothered about director change but casting kelsey grammer (cant spell his surname) as beast was a stroke of genius.

[Neil]

You make a good point. However, I thought the last 2 X-MEN films sucked so I had no expectations but total sh*t for part 3. No matter who the director was. I've really enjoyed them so far! Surely you're being a bit "binary" with them?

[DjfunkmasterG]

I guess after reading the comics I wished they had more of the comic look. Which disappointed me very much. Plus The casting of most characters was way way off.

[p2501]

IMDB's creditbility is at best "iffy" so the lack of a writer isn't all that concerning. Ratner on the other hand, i dunno. I disliked the hell out of Red Dragon, it was just a crap adaptation of Harris's novel. and i was prepared to loathe X-men 3, but the trailers thus far have been pretty decent.

[erisi236]

2 had Kelly Hu as Lady Death Strike, that goes along way to it being cool in my book

[DjfunkmasterG]

IMDB's creditbility is at best "iffy" so the lack of a writer isn't all that concerning. Ratner on the other hand, i dunno. I disliked the hell out of Red Dragon, it was just a crap adaptation of Harris's novel. and i was prepared to loathe X-men 3, but the trailers thus far have been pretty decent. The original film for Red Dragon - Manhunter directed by Michael Mann and starring the guy from CSI was a much better film, but Red Dragon had it's moments.

[Tullaryx]

The original film for Red Dragon - Manhunter directed by Michael Mann and starring the guy from CSI was a much better film, but Red Dragon had it's moments. Manhunter was the best Hannibal Lecter film. As for Ratner doing director duties after Singer left well I think he'll do a good enough job on it. The franchise has already established the main themes of what the X-Men universe was all about. Anyne who goes into X3 then comes out all confused surely was either asleep or has a short-attention span. As much as I thought some of the casting choices were abit off, they did succeed in hitting a home run with some of them: Wolverine/Hugh Jackman, Professor X/Patrick Stewart, Magneto/Sir Ian McKellen and Mystique/Rebecca Romjin. I must agree that Kelsey Grammer is a good choice as Beast since despite the code name, Dr. Henry McCoy was always written as being abit overeducated in how he spoke. Very pronounced in his speech pattern.

[DjfunkmasterG]

Manhunter is an excellent film. I really must admit I have never seen a bad Michael Mann film. I still think his personal best are HEAT and COLLATERAL!

[erisi236]

Manhunter is an excellent film. I really must admit I have never seen a bad Michael Mann film. I still think his personal best are HEAT and COLLATERAL! Heat is awesome!

[Tullaryx]

And I must be in the extreme minority when I say Brian Cox as Hannibal was better than Hopkins.

[Danny]

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