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XMen 2 seemed to take for granted that people were content to go along for any ride it wanted to take. As to hardcore fans, this assumption was probably right. As to the curious rest of us, it was a horrible miscalculation and an insult. Slow, boring, uninspired, meaningless, and shallow. I gladly walked out before the climax, after sitting through a pointless hour and a half. If we are supposed to feel so sorry for mutants, develop their characters. Give us a reason to like them. Tell a story, at least. Do not assume that we have seen the first movie or that we have read the comic book. I am a man, and I played sports and read about sports when I was a kid. I did not read silly, nerdy comic books. That is why I can satisfy women. This movie can't satisfy anyone with a brain and guts.

I have not seen Spoorloos and I liked The Vanishing. For the critics here, I suspect it is sort of like the effect where you read a book before seeing a movie--it is hard for the movie to measure up. It must be like that when you see a movie remade in America. I have seen Point of No Return bashed here, too, and it was pretty good. Maybe it is just Anti-Americanism gone rampant. Anyway, The Vanishing definitely had strong performances, suspense, emotion and terror. Those are hardly the ingredients of an awful movie. If they made a few changes to appeal to American audiences, well, it was the same director, so how bad could the changes be? I will see the original, but it better be good, or I will bash it.

"...And folks who put me in a passion may find me pipe after another fashion." --The Pied Piper of Hamelin, by Robert Browning

For some reason, I always remember that line. It kind of rings true sometimes, actually. Great comedy, one of the best of the eighties. Dangerfield is terrific, as is the entire cast. Looking at the few negative reviews, they kind of remind me of Phillip in the movie, the boring, jealous business prof. This is a feel-good, funny movie that holds its own against just about any of its kind.