Did anyone else seriously HATE her as Rogue?
I'm picturing in my head some sassy yet volnerable southern gal and then I see her and instantly got pissed off.
Just reaching out to see if I'm the only one?
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miscast of the decade
shareI HEARTILY agree. Terrible choice. She shouldn't have been a teen, either. Blecch!
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I wish Rogue had of had Mrs marvels powers in the xmen movies
shareI didn't mind her being a teen because that's when mutant abilities manifest, but I didn't like Anna Paquin as Rogue. She is not what I pictured at all!
shareafter watching "Man of the House" I always thought Vanessa Ferlito would make a much better Rogue... she's sexier and has the Southern accent down
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Disagree with you all. Anna Paquin is great as Rogue, and Singer was right to make the character a teenager with a clear story arc rather than just another sexy mutant.
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I agree with you on that captain the story line should of followed the comic a little more than it did.
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You do realise that films which are adaptations are allowed to deviate from the original source? What works in a comic does not always translate to the cinema screen. The mutants in X-Men develop their powers when they are teenagers - therefore Singer and the writers had some of the mutants as teenagers to show how they deal with these changes. Rogue was an especially good choice as her power is more of a curse, so we get to see how she copes with being alienated from human society for being a mutant whilst also being isolated from contact with others by her power. If you're only watching this film for sexy, adult women then there's three in the movie already.
As for Cyclops and Storm - not every character can be given a fully-fledged backstory and character development in a two-hour film. I think Singer did an amazing job of introducing the ten mutant characters to the audience, especially since most of the audience would have been unfamilar with the comic.
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Rogue has NEVER been depicted as a teenager in the comic books (unless in flashbacks).
most people like the character of Rogue as an adult...most people didn't like Rogue as portrayed in the films.
Singer could have easily done that by using the character of Jubilee instead (which was done in the cartoon series). This wouldn't have violated any continuity with the comics and it would have been more acceptable to the audience as Jubilee is already a teenage charater with similar issues
I was watching the film because I love the X-Men that I grew up with and was expecting to see a film that portrayed a live action version of characters that I knew from the comic books. It's that simple!
Wrong. Most people who've seen the film have never read the comics, and so would be unaware of the character as a adult. When you say 'most people' what you mean is 'most people who are fans of the comic' (ie. a small minority of the film's audience), and even then I would question whether you are right.
The movie centered around Rogue, and it involved her being the timid girl she was. I thought the was great in this movie, because she didn't overplay her character, she just calmly allowed Wolverine to mislead the entire plot of the movie. Frankly, anyone who's seen the 25th Hour, I don't think it's hard to believe she could pull of a tougher Rogue, but you don't get tough unless you're hardened, such as being strapped to a gyroscope in the Statue of Liberty and forced to turn the world's leaders into mutants, only to be saved at the last minute. In fact, if I had a complaint about her portrayal at all, it would be similar to the Tobey McGuire as Spider-Man complaint- there was no growth over the series. Once she started getting experience under her belt where she should be learning the use of her powers, getting comfortable with herself. Instead, her role stays static, as the girl who runs around and screams. I would have liked to see Synger's version of the third movie, because I think that there would have been some real growth to her, completing her story, rather than just stopping it like what happened.
All I'm saying is that she was perfect in the first X-Men, and that after that, she seemed like an obligatory afterthought, from which it seems like the complaints stem.
I'm willing to buy that premise, but even then, AP can't act well and her accent is abysmal. All the way through you can hear her accent fluctuate even mid-sentence, dropping in and out of her American accent depending on the word she is saying. Some actors (regardless of age) can just 'do' accents. Anna is not one of them, yet.
Please do not make negative comments about a film YOU NEVER SAW. It makes you look stupid.
Of all the miscasts in this terrible move Anna is far from the worst.
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Anna Paquin was great. I remember thinking it was weird she was so young when I first saw it, but once you break away from the comics or cartoons and just look at the movie itself (as I have after years of not seeing it or keeping up with the source material) she's really great. The accent, the vulnerability, everything was perfect for the story they were trying to tell.
shareAgree with Rumbaabaa, Anna Paquin was a fine choice. Loved her in Fly Away Home, and loved her to see in X-Men! Didn't know that Rogue was an adult character although it fitted as teen. And Anna's sexy, and I say that being a gay male! Well, makes me be. I don't believe in labels either. Anna's is a thousand times better than a sexual/sexist whore!
shareShe destroyed one of my favorite Marvel character. Rogue. Easily the miscast of the decade. Anna Paquin was basicaly wrong in every way.
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She destroyed one of my favorite Marvel character. Rogue.
Yep thats why I did. I watched the 90s cartoon and was glad of the fact that my precious Rogue hadn't changed at all. :P
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no, because her Rogue is different to the Rogue in the comics. had the movie Rogue been the sassy, tough chick, he wouldn't have had cast her so she wasn't miscast.
Singer had a different vision so it only fit that the girl playing her should be able to play a vulnerable sweetheart.
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Interesting discussion.
The main thrust of the X-Men, throughout its long history, is that of mutants being "different" - an allegory for race, or any other form, of hatred. Next step the concentration camps sort of stuff - Mutant Registration vs. the Yellow Star. Singer carried this on, initially by showing one such camp and drawing the parallels - "we don't want your kind here" sort of stuff.
A tough, sexy and sassy superpowered woman doesn't really fit into that mould. But a teenager trying to cope with being a "dangerous freak" and wandering into all kinds of trouble does. In this first movie of the series, Bobby was not the focus and in fact barely features (except also as Mystique). So the teen angst has to come from somewhere else. As already mentioned, Jubilee's powers hardly fit the plot and frankly couldn't be made to. The alternative choice might have been to bring in a whole new character, but that probably wouldn't sell with the fanbase. So why not change the back history a little to incorporate Rogue into the X-Men prior to her Ms Marvel runin?
It's my understanding that some back history for Cyclops was filmed but not used - I don't know if that's true, but it would make sense if the scene was cut to save running time as it adds nothing to the plot of the movie. The triumvirate in this movie are Magneto, Wolverine and Rogue.
Anna Paquin is an accomplished actress and delivered what was asked of her. Whether it's what some individuals wanted or not, it was what Brian Singer wanted. And it sold well enough to guarantee further movies in the franchise.
Can't really have been that bad, then?
Exactly. They had her crying - crying!!! In the movie. In both movies. Rogue cries for nobody.
In the comics, Rogue is almost pure warrior, she doesn't cry even when she's in a few bloody knife-fights sans powers and gets stabbed multiple times. She keeps fighting. She likes to fight - it's the only physical contact she gets.
The comic book Rogue would have torn out Ian McKellen's throat out with her teeth.
The Rogue from X-Men Evolution has a classic battle with Magneto over the skies of NY on a cold Christmas Eve, with her out for blood.
It was just wrong seeing the X-Men's pure warrior - or "human tank' as the writers of the comic call her reduced to a quivering whimpering creature.
I guess i don't think the problem is Anna Paquin, but the way the character of Rogue deviated from the comics. It isn't a problem that she was a teenager, she was a teenager when she joined the X-Men in the comics too, but her character comes off as being so weak and afraid in the films(the only thing she seemed to be doing was screaming) while in the comics she's always been one tough cookie, with or without extra powers.
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