More on realiness
3 o'clock, June 3, 2006
Via Gwenda, Liza Palmer explains why Spider-Men 1 & 2 and Batman Begins were better than X3. She doesn’t use the word realiness, but that’s what she’s talking about.
And I know this is the delicate line these summer blockbusters, as do all makers of fiction, have to tread. How far and how unrealistic do you go? And yes, we’re talking about X-Men, but the beauty of Batman Begins and the Spiderman movies is that throughout the unrealistic actions and events, the characters stay real and human. The dialogue, while, yes they’re talking about Green Goblins and people with oddly recurring alliterative names (Peter Parker, Scott Summers, Warren Worthington III . . .) they speak like normal people would. But, there's a line . . . and X-Men couldn’t stay on the right side of it.
Don’t get me wrong, I loved it. I loved every mutant, Golden Gate Bridge moving, Hugh Jackman shirtless moment of it. But, just kind of a heads up — if you end your movie with “Way to go, Furball.” And you’re not Han Solo — I think there's been a misstep somewhere.