William Stryker, who gives Logan Roy a run for his money in the cruelty department.
Current Succession star Brian Cox - one of the best shows on HBO right now - gave an engaging performance as the military scientist Col. Whereas X-Men was largely an original story that incorporated elements of the heroes’ comic origins, X2 borrowed from Marvel Comics veteran Chris Claremont’s God Loves, Men Kill story arc. The director once again handled the movie’s stacked ensemble cast of characters with a deft hand, this time taking cues from another landmark run in the timeless superhero team’s mythos. Singer went on to capitalize on the goodwill of the X-Men‘s 2000 theatrical debut with X2: X-Men United. Peter Parker’s journey, trials, and great responsibility are emotionally impactful and convincing, with Willem Dafoe’s larger-than-life take on the Green Goblin giving Raimi a chance to inject a dash of horror into a mainstream superhero movie. Tobey Maguire became the go-to face of the superhero for a generation of fans. Sam Raimi is a director with a distinctive style, which was established in his horror films like Evil Dead and Army of Darkness, and he brought that same passion and flair to Spider-Man.
Marvel Comics’ wall-crawler is a juggernaut in just about every medium he features in, and the early 2000s brought the live-action depiction of Spider-Man that, perhaps, helped make him increasingly mainstream in the 21st century. And while there’s a certain amount of cheesiness in the movie since it’s partly a product of the times, it’s an overall charming and nostalgic level of campiness that’s fitting of such an adaptation. X-Men effectively established the cinematic identities for these beloved comic book characters, all the while handling its underlying poignant themes of intolerance and racism with surprising tact (well, for a blockbuster anyway). The director effectively juggled an impressive ensemble cast including the likes of Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Oscar winner Anna Paquin, Halle Berry, and some obscure Australian actor named Hugh Jackman. It was only a matter of time before they made it to the big screen, and while it certainly shows some age, Bryan Singer’s X-Men was a pivotal moment for the superhero genre. In addition to Spider-Man, the X-Men comic books was among Marvel Comics’ most lucrative franchises.
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