Marvel Movies: Why Bryan Singer is my Nemisis

So, for those of you who don't know, I am a huge comic book fan. The series I'm currently collecting is X-Force, even though it does not include Rogue or Storm. I have always been an X-Men fan. It was the first series I started collecting. Needless to say, the movies fell way short of my expectations.

Let me just say that I think the first movie was pretty okay. Wolverine and Sabretooth fought, Cyclops was an action figure, and Patrick Stewart was an ideal Professor Xavier. However, Anna Paquin was far from any Rogue I had ever seen. In fact, lets just admit it, she was Kitty Pride with some of Rogue's powers. The relationship Rogue has with Wolverine in the movies (the whole protective older man and young girl thing) is actually the same relationship that Kitty had with Logan in the comics. Rogue was also an adult by the time she joined X-Men. Rogue was always the "hot girl" in the comics (not that Paquin isn't beautiful, but it's a different type of beauty). Rogue was super-model tall with extra curves, and an accent. Nobody in the X-Men movies got their accents right (except Nightcrawler and Wolverine).

Don't even get me started on Halle Berry's pitiful portrayal of Storm! Agh! Why didn't they get Jada Pinkett-Smith?

Then, there was Wolverine. Now, I love Hugh Jackman as much as the next female and I believe that he got the attitude of Wolverine down perfectly. But in the comics, Wolverine was 5'4"! Let's face it, Bryan Singer once again screwed us all over by combining Wolverine and Gambit. For example: Wolverine never openly flirted with Jean Grey, Gambit flirted with Jean and every other woman who crossed his path; Wolverine was short and stocky, Gambit was tall and...sexy; Wolverine never drove a motorcycle, the motorcycle was Gambit's vehicle of choice. So, there you have it, the two coolest X-Men characters were combined to become Hugh Jackman.

I don't blame the actors (although Jackman did produce the movie that brought Gambit in with no explanation other than the fans wanted him). I blame Bryan Singer. I also blame him for the longest, most boring Superman movie in the world, in which he cast a skinny Brandon Rooth as the lead character. Honestly, if Singer would just stop making movies altogether, I would be so happy. He should stick with House. That's a great show! He doesn't even have to ruin my favorite characters to make it!

I was really hoping the Disney takeover would fix this whole X-Men issue. I was hoping that they would take over, reboot the entire series, keep Patrick Stewart, and cast Jada Pinkett-Smith. Alas, I just discovered that X-Men: First Class is being developed by none other than Bryan Singer. Oh, Disney, how you've let me down!

Also, Will Smith is rumored to be cast in the role of (I can't believe this one) Captain America! I love Will Smith. He's a wonderful actor, but Steve Rogers is a blond-haired white man who fought in World War II! I really hope Will has more class than that. There are so many good super-heroes he could play. Captain America would be bad for his career.

So, there's my opinion. Take it or leave it.