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Entries Tagged as 'Zak Penn'

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006, Brett Ratner)

August 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Apparently all the X-Men movies needed was the vapidness of Brett Ratner. What’s strangest about his replacing of Singer is the mutation being a metaphor for homosexuality. Singer used it as a metaphor (poorly) for race in the first one. I don’t think there were any metaphors in the second one, but it works perfectly […]

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Tagged: 20th Century Fox· Ben Foster· Brett Ratner· Hugh Jackman· Michael Murphy· Simon Kinberg· Zak Penn·

X2 (2003, Bryan Singer)

May 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment

X-Men 2–sorry, X2–is one of the worst movies I’ve ever sat through, if not the worst.
Singer does a lousy job on X2. It looks like it was filmed in Canada on a restricted budget; it looks goofy and cheap. The story is idiotic and the script is terrible. There’s no good split between the characters in […]

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Tagged: 20th Century Fox· Brian Cox· Bryan Singer· Dan Harris· Hugh Jackman· Michael Dougherty· Zak Penn· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

The Incredible Hulk (2008, Louis Leterrier)

June 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

All I wanted from The Incredible Hulk was dumb fun. I figured Louis Leterrier could deliver. Unfortunately, it’s not dumb fun, but Leterrier does deliver–and instead of fast food, it’s rather good French. Frequently, Hulk showcases Leterrier’s directorial abilities and they’re significant. Leterrier handles everything the story needs–be it rural or urban, Brazil or New […]

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Tagged: Edward Norton· Jack Kirby· Louis Leterrier· Robert Downey Jr.· Stan Lee· Tim Blake Nelson· Universal Pictures· William Hurt· Zak Penn· ★½

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