"X-Men" Schmeckman
First off, I can bitch about the ridiculousness of the Golden Gate Bridge effect, the absurdity of setting so much of this movie in SF when they actually shot most of it in Vancouver (it looks pretty faux, to boot), and the narrative mishaps that leave me, the onetime X-Men semi-superfan, uncaring about whether Jean Grey/Phoenix lives or dies.
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The Bridge.
But just to be a super-bitch, why has X-Men become a place where supermodels (Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn, we're looking at you) go to die? Famke, I'm sorry, but you've looked finer and your color job has been much classier. This look ranks up there with Val Kilmer's bad wigs in The Doors. Blame it on the Brett Ratner production?
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Can we get any redder?
All that aside, I wanted to simply share a moment in the preview screening when the button/easter egg appeared after the credits. Not only was it blatantly cheesy and soap-opera-ish, but the devotees who I caught it with, were literally roaring. Most memorable response: "Bullshit!"
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