Kevin's Watch

Do you think there should be a third film, or should they just leave it. If not the latter, what do you reckon and want as the story-line?

There will certainly be a third, I'm convinced of it, and I don't have a problem with that. There is a wealth of possible avenues to explore, just based on the relatively little I know of the X-Men world. I'd be disappointed to not see an X-Men 3, but I'll have to see how that turns out before I can venture an opinion as to whether it should continue beyond that. Exploring other characters besides Wolverine would be good. That's perhaps my main gripe with these films - too little character development in most cases. I think an interesting way to do it would be to devote each film to a different character, either their "present" exploits, or their past. That was actually how I thought it would be when X-Men 1 appeared - I thought that would be Wolverine's story, and others would explored subsequently. I still like that idea.

There most certainly will be a third film. This is a franchise with legs. For those familiar with the comics the ending of X2 was, IMHO, a fairly clear indicator that Jean Grey was beginning her transformation into The Phoenix. I would like to see a two film story arc where they explore Jean's development into the ultra-powerful Phoenix in the first and then continue with her metamorphosis into the Dark Phoenix for the next film. I for one, cannot wait for X3!

The question isn't if there will be an X-3, it is more properly: Will X-3 be a worthy sequel to X-2. We'll see.