A Vague and Incoherent (but Spoiler-Free) Late-Night Fuzzy-Brained Movie Review Type Thingy

Well, I just did something that's becoming increasingly rare for me: I went to an actual movie in an actual theater, on actual opening weekend, no less! Yep, that's right, I've just been to see X-Men 2, and I very much enjoyed it. OK, there were one or two plot points that seemed a little iffy to me, and one bit of backstory I completely failed to understand until I got somebody at least moderately familiar with the comic books to explain it to me. And, OK, the characters are god-like enough (and, in some cases, at least, the limits to their powers ill-defined enough) to approach the point of ridiculousness. And, yes, that sort of thing would probably be enough to ruin some movies for me. But this one... Well, I don't find myself saying stuff like this much but: Who cares? It's cool. I mean, it's possible that this movie doesn't actually hold the record for Most Cool Stuff Happening Per Unit Time, but it's definitely a serious contender for the title. And it's not just eye candy, either. It's cool stuff being done by neat characters for interesting reasons. Well, mostly for interesting reasons. And there's some actual serious thematic content, to top it all off (though not, admittedly, nearly as much as in the first movie).

Betty says: go see it. If you can sit through, say, once of Magneto's big scenes without once thinking "Woah, that's cool!", then I strongly suspect you're simply lacking in one of the major entertainment-appreciation genes.