Movie night tonight. When movies are almost half-priced but still $8.50 per ticket. And popcorn? 11 bucks. How expensive can it get to see a movie here anyway? 30 bucks if you're 2 halves of a whole.

But seeing as how there isn't much else to look forward to on weekdays -the other day being Thursday, late night shopping day when shops close at nine *rolls eyes* - that's what we have been indulging in when decent movies come up.

X-men was a riot in that there were bits in the movie that were probably meant in all seriousness but were a tad OTT for me that really cracked me up.

If you don't want me to spoil the surprise than please do not read on.

There was just a bit too much gayish undertones in the movie for me to bear. Angel was definitely one hell of a pansy and my skin crawled a little when the source of the cure/ little boy stared out of the window at Angel flying free in the skies with moony eyes.

And then when Angel flew in and saved his dad, the look of "love", "compassion" and "forgiveness" in his eyes for his father. Ugh... Way too sappy. Overacting overacting overacting. I would have much preferred a look of erm... nobility and grace perhaps? *shrug* Admittedly, everyone's a critic but this character really made me cringe.

And also not forgetting the goth drag mutant bad guy (or is it girl? or shim?) who had the power to make force fields. What's up with the holey singlet and the bra underneath. Martin reckoned maybe he was really a she so what gives with the manly voice? And what about the clapping motion before he/she summoned the force field?

GAY GAY GAY.

I'm not homophobic but I just don't understand how the gay theme helped the movie.

Oh and what about the way Magneto tore out the bridge in order to transport his cronies to Alcatraz. Err... why didn't he dress them up in ice skates and fly them over instead. Or better yet, get Jean Grey do to it. I mean, she is a class 5 mutant capable of vaporising anything. Surely that would be a piece of cake for her.

But the most puzzling was the ending where Wolverine goes "I love you" and kills Jean Grey, once again proving that men are idiots. Like Hello!! Why did you go do something dumb like that? If a cure for mutants is available and he loved her, just inject her with the cure. Sheesh.

Despite the hilarity of some bits of the movie, it was still a rather gripping action movie. And i do have a penchant for movies about people with superpowers. I liked Sky High so go figure. =)