She was handled in a very rote way and it felt like her primary motivation was... doing things the way they happened in the comic books.
So, she was basically presented in the manner of a stock character, but to understand her role one has to have knowledge of all things X-men? I can see how that would be problematic.
From what you describe it sounds like the movie is sorta mis-marketed. Like it is a story about Magneto and the rest of the mutants are a back drop and device to telling his story, instead of the story being about the X-Men?
(I haven't seen it and I know very little about the whole X-Men world in the first place, so doing a lot of guessing).
I think feature length motion picture is a really poor vehicle for character development of an ensemble cast if things like plot are action are also central to the story (as opposed to simply being a device to further characterization). There just isn't enough time.
I think it is fair to ask if a "reboot" can really be done in a stand alone installment, or if that requires a longer serialized format.
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Date: 2011-06-23 06:22 pm (UTC)So, she was basically presented in the manner of a stock character, but to understand her role one has to have knowledge of all things X-men? I can see how that would be problematic.
From what you describe it sounds like the movie is sorta mis-marketed. Like it is a story about Magneto and the rest of the mutants are a back drop and device to telling his story, instead of the story being about the X-Men?
(I haven't seen it and I know very little about the whole X-Men world in the first place, so doing a lot of guessing).
I think feature length motion picture is a really poor vehicle for character development of an ensemble cast if things like plot are action are also central to the story (as opposed to simply being a device to further characterization). There just isn't enough time.
I think it is fair to ask if a "reboot" can really be done in a stand alone installment, or if that requires a longer serialized format.