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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just good story telling and good art, June 1, 2004
I've heard alot of criticism of Morrison's run on X-man. Having purchased and read TPB 1-7, I can safely say I'm glad I spend the time and the money. Morrison's more modern take on the X-men has been at time confusing but always fascinating. This is not a comic for people who don't want to think - Morrison's addresses alot of real life issues- drug addiction, infidelity, loneliness, betrayal, death and rebirth. Honestly, in the same way Chris Claremont addressed issues of racism in revolutionary run in X-men, so to does Morrison- in his own style and fashion.And what can I say about the art- its gorgeous, really. I'm ready a couple of others TPB's at the moment and I'd pick the art in new X-men over anybody else I'm looking at. I'm a big story guy myself, with art being a secondary consideration in deciding what to read - however, the art really jumps out at you - I love the way Jiminez draws his characters- and I've enjoyed watching the characters evolve in his art (look no further then Esme- who goes from one of the generic Stepford Cukoos to a femme fatale of the highest order). You've simply got to check out Jiminez's art- its fantastic and his run on New X-men, like MOrrison's, has been of the highest quality. For the record, this is NOT the book you want to pick up to sample Morrison's new X-men - one of the major surprises in the series is revealed in this issue and the surprise will literally be ruined if you know its coming- my suggestion is, start with book one (or at worst, start with book 4) and work your way forward. You'll be glad you did.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
lameness incarnate, September 17, 2007
this storyline sucks. theres no buildup, no rising action, it basically starts off at the climax and plateaus, and ends too abruptly. thankfully the story was retconned out of continutiy very soon after it was released, and the 'damage' that happened to NYC was never mentioned by the other books of the marvel u; EVER.
this is the epitome of the reason people have started to stop reading the x books, characters that you hate, and hate that you hate them, and writers that need to be put on riddilin (did i spell that right?)
avoid this book at all cost.
and btw:
[spoiler alert!}
XORN IS MAGNETO!!!!! (not really, he's just xorn in disguise, he's dressed up as magneto, who's pretending to be xorn, who's still xorn underneath it all! weird huh?)
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Five Stars for Art, Three Stars for Story, April 16, 2005
Two reasons to buy this book:
1) Phil Jimenez's superbly detailed art printed on glossy paper.
2) This is a milestone in the X-Men's history (especially for Magneto and Jean Grey).
As for the writing, I've always found Grant Morrison a little too "showy" as a writer - a lot to show and very little to say. Furthermore, what little he has to say, he says it with very little heart. This volume contains the story of Jean Grey's death. Try comparing it with the original "Death of Jean" in 1980 (see "Dark Phoenix Saga" TPB) and you'll see how much this one falls short. And to be honest, that's the most emotional scene in the book (in fact, it's the ONLY emotional scene in the book). Much like his other writings, Morrison's characters do not really talk - they spout clever one-liners. In fact, there's one part where the clever one-liners get so irritating that Magneto kills one mutant responsible for it.
As for the story, Xorn the mutant from the Chinese prison, is revealed to be Magneto all along. He trashes the Xavier Institute and much of NYC also. Wolverine and Jean is on Asteroid M and heading towards the sun. My favorite parts of the book are the scenes with Wolverine and Jean spending their final delirious moments together while awaiting their deaths. Apart from that, much of the story is centered on a drug-addicted, manic, posturing Magneto who attempts to overturn the world (literally!). There's a sense of Morrison trying too hard to outdo his earlier Cassandra Nova epic (which was far better plotted and scripted). The whole thing comes off very, very forced and largely "unreal" - almost like you're caught in a bad dream and all throughout you "know" that you're in a dream. (Of course, Morrison fans will probably praise him for the exact things that I'm criticizing him for here!!!).
All in all, it's not that I dislike this book. Far from it. It's still better than most stuff being published out there. But I think my appreciation of this volume has a lot to do with how much I like these characters rather than objectively concerning Morrison's writing quality. I, for one, enjoy Chris Claremont's "X-Treme X-Men" series a lot more.
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