You didn't have to be a telepathic mutant to predict that X-men: The Official Game would be a half-assed, Hollywood cash-in, similar in artistic merit to the cinematic rush-job it seeks to cross-promote. Those who broke down and paid money to see Halle Berry void her Oscar over the weekend may have noticed that the under-developed power-sucking character was playing an Xbox 360 to pass the time in his cell. I couldn't tell what game, though thankfully it wasn't the current king of obnoxious in-game advertising, Fight Night Round 3. Hard to believe the suits who sold this film franchise down the river, then insulted us with a crappy game, would miss the opportunity for a rare tri-level Burger King product placement.
Xbox gets X-tra X-Men product placement
You didn't have to be a telepathic mutant to predict that X-men: The Official Game would be a half-assed, Hollywood cash-in, similar in artistic merit to the cinematic rush-job it seeks to cross-promote. Those who broke down and paid money to see Halle Berry void her Oscar over the weekend may have noticed that the under-developed power-sucking character was playing an Xbox 360 to pass the time in his cell. I couldn't tell what game, though thankfully it wasn't the current king of obnoxious in-game advertising, Fight Night Round 3. Hard to believe the suits who sold this film franchise down the river, then insulted us with a crappy game, would miss the opportunity for a rare tri-level Burger King product placement.
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(Page 1)2. The kid played Pitfall in his cell. This was also the game played by the kids in the car on the bridge. According to the credits, this and Call of Duty 2 were in the film, though I didn't see CoD2 anywhere in the pic.
Posted at 2:59AM on May 30th 2006 by DumlaoX 0 stars
3. I got it as a dollar rental just to see how bad it was. My condolences DumlaoX.
4. Taking out three targets with one big bitter grenade (Xmen III, Xmen game and FN:R3).
I didn't think the movie was that bad, but my expectations were low going in because I read the reviews. The in game advertising in Fight Night really doesn't bother me that much.
As for the game, lets face it, movie tie in games have a 96% chance of sucking right off the bat so anyone that pays full price for them without checking reviews or at least renting them first (especially w/ next gen games costing $60) should be surprised when they're ripped off.
Posted at 10:06AM on May 30th 2006 by IceBurgh 0 stars
5. the credits said CoD2, and if you look really closely, he was playing the level where you hold the top of the hill. i guess thats what i get for sitting in the front row...
Posted at 10:27AM on May 30th 2006 by MeltingBullet 0 stars
6. ...even tho he was playing Jack and Daxter on a Dell monitor with no console in site.
Posted at 10:50AM on May 30th 2006 by Don Wilson 2 stars
7. ^-- comment related to seeing Xbox 360 controller in X3, sorry didnt read entire post.
Posted at 10:51AM on May 30th 2006 by Don Wilson 2 stars
8. I would like to thank Brett Ratner and 20th Century Fox for raping my childhood. That movie was not X-Men. It was some kind of Bizarro X-Men with 110% more suck.
Posted at 11:54AM on May 30th 2006 by pennywise969 2 stars
9. Movie was definately the worst of the 3. It wasn't horrible but it wasn't that great either. The dude with wings was like just thrown in for the heck of it.
Posted at 12:27PM on May 30th 2006 by jon 0 stars
10. You mean Angel? Yeah, I prefer Angel with the metal wings and blue skin.
But i actually thought the movie was better than i expected, yeah a lot of mutants didn't get meaningful screen time, but it wasn't as bad a movie as i was led to believe.
Hopefully with it pulling in as much money as it did (largest opening weekend right behind Spiderman2) They'll have some more sequels to flesh other characters out than just wolverine.
Posted at 3:16PM on May 30th 2006 by JJ 0 stars
11. why do people think they can just criticize everything and suddenly they are "in" or "cool". Instead of wasting your time complaining or nit picking on things to comment on so you can impress your friends later, why dont you just try to enjoy the movie? Sure I had problems with it, but I also had a blast watching it, and thats all that matters. God you people piss me off.
Posted at 4:41PM on May 30th 2006 by Nik 0 stars
12. I didnt care for the move but.... dont you know who i am, im the juggernaut bitch lol. classic
Posted at 4:48PM on May 30th 2006 by mic check 1,2,1,2 0 stars
13. Dontcha know Nik...everyone online can make better movies than most of hollywood...its just a well documented fact.
Pennywise... the movie wasn't THAT bad. It wasn't the best xmen, but it was far from the worse comic movie ever. Maybe you just have too much invested into a make-believe world?
Posted at 5:07PM on May 30th 2006 by JJ 0 stars
14. 10 and 11, I wanted to like this movie. It was disapointing because there is so much wasted potential. As far as me having too much invested, I dont see the point in making a movie about the X-Men if they are going to disregard the characters. I understand if changes need to be made to serve the story, but in this movie changes were made for no reason. Basically Fox rushed this movie rather than giving it the time and attention it needed. Im not shitting on it to be cool, Im shitting on it because Im disapointed because I wanted it to be good.
Posted at 6:59PM on May 30th 2006 by pennywise969 2 stars
15. The movie was fantastic. Do you want the story line to go exactly how it should be? Go read the hundreds of comic books while I spend 2 hours watching awesome action and an extremely hot Kitty Pryde. Think you can write a better movie? Go ahead, give it a try and live up to your word for once.
Posted at 11:43PM on May 30th 2006 by Don Wilson 2 stars
16. mmmm call me weird...but I actually enjoyed the movie, as did practically a dozen people I went to go see it with. To each their own I guess!
Posted at 9:38AM on May 31st 2006 by Saxamoophone 0 stars
17. I thought the movie was utterly fantastic, as did the comic book lover I took with me to see it. I also would love to play the game, as I usually end up liking games the whole world hates. :P
I don't get the general concensus on this one at all.
Ah, well. :)
Posted at 6:24PM on May 31st 2006 by Dari 0 stars
18. "Think you can write a better movie? Go ahead, give it a try and live up to your word for once."
I probobly couldnt do a better job. Im not a writer. I dont think I ever said I was. I dont think I ever said i could make a better movie. Os I dont know what you are talking about when you say I should "live up to my word for once." I also dont know when I didnt live up to my word before. I dont understand why my opinion makes you so angry.
In any event, Im glad so many of you liked the movie. Many of the people I saw it with liked it as well. Different strokes for different folks.
Posted at 1:42PM on Jun 2nd 2006 by pennywise969 2 stars
1. .........I want my 60 bucks back from the game
Posted at 2:19AM on May 30th 2006 by Scoobydiesel 0 stars