This week: IRA (wrath)

Wrath may be described as inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger. These feelings can manifest as vehement denial of the truth, both to others and in the form of self-denial, impatience with the procedure of law, and the desire to seek revenge outside of the workings of the justice system (such as engaging in vigilantism), fanatical political beliefs, and generally wishing to do evil or harm to others. A modern definition would also include hatred and intolerance towards others for reasons of race or religion, leading to discrimination. The transgressions borne of Wrath are among the most serious, including murder, assault, discrimination, and in extreme cases, genocide. (See Crimes against humanity.) Wrath is the only sin not necessarily associated with selfishness or self interest (although one can of course be wrathful for selfish reasons, such as jealousy). Dante described Wrath as "love of justice perverted to revenge and spite".

HIT ON 27th March 2007
So. For the next tenday, no physical/verbal/psychologic violence, no bad feelings, no anger, no vengeance. Just peachy :) You can slap me and i won't fight back, how cool is that?

Τι θα ήσουν;

Δεν μπορώ να καταλάβω γιατί το κάνω αυτό: γράφω ένα τεράστιο κατεβατό χωρίς παύση, το ξαναδιαβάζω και μου φαίνεται τόσο σαχλό που το σβήνω. Και μετά καταλήγω στην short version. Σε αυτή την περίπτωση σκεφτόμουν τι θα ήθελα να είμαι, αν δεν είμαι αυτό που είμαι (ΤΜ από άκυρο eighties λεύκωμα)... επαγγελματικά όμως.

Νομίζω θα ήμουν αστροφυσικός. Ή ψαράς. Ένα από τα δύο.

GaMe SemAtaRY

If PC gaming is indeed 'dead' because of the console market, then, fuck me with a 10-foot pole, i have a regular cemetary in my study.

PC ONLY GAMES (Last updated 22/03/2007 list)

101st Airborne in Normandy, 2000 (David Braben's), Act of War, Actua Soccer 3, Advent Rising, Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings, Age of Empires 3, Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, Age of Mythology GOLD EDITION, Age of Mythology: The Titans, Age of Wonders II The Wizard's Throne, Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic, Aliens Vs Predator, Aliens Vs Predator 2, Alliance: Future Combat, Alone in the Dark 3, Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare, Alpha Centauri, Sid Meier's, Amerzone, Anachronox, Anarchy Online, Area 51, Armed & Dangerous, Armored Fist 3, ATF NATO Fighters, Jane's, Auto Assault, Baldur's Gate II COLLECTOR'S BOX, Battle Isle: The Andosia War, Battle Realms, Battlezone II, Beyond Good & Evil, Bionicle, Black & White, Black Isle GameChest, Blade Runnner, Bloodrayne 2, Broken Sword II The Smoking Mirror, Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars, Broken Sword: Sleeping Dragon, Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30, Bubble Bobble + Rainbow Islands, Bugs Bunny & Taz: Timebusters, Celtic Kings, City Life, City of Heroes DELUXE, City of Lost Children, The, Civilization III, Sid Meier's , Civilization: Call to Power, Close Combat IV Battle of the Bulge, Codename Panzers: Phase Two, Command & Conquer The First Decade, Command & Conquer: Generals, Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Domination Pack, Command & Conquer: Renegade, Commandos: Strike Force, Condemned, Conflict Desert Storm, Conflict Vietnam, Conquest Frontier Wars, Corsairs Gold, Cossacks Anthology, Curse of Enchantia, Daikatana, Dark Age of Camelot (+Shrouded Isles pack), Dark Age of Camelot (+Trials of Atlantis pack), Dark Reign, Dark Star One, Dark Vengeance, Darkseed, Day of Defeat: Source, Day of the Tentacle , Delta Force: Land Warrior, Demolition Racer, Demonstone, Desperados: Wanted dead or alive, Dethkarz, Deus Ex: Invisible War, Diablo Battlechest, Disciples II GOLD EDITION, Discworld Noir, Doom COLLECTOR'S EDITION, Doom III, Dragon's Lair 3D Return to the Lair, Dune, Frank Herbert's, Dungeon Siege, Dungeon Siege 2, Dungeon Siege Legends of Aranna, Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach, Earth 2160 Limited Edition, Egypt, Elder Scrolls Morrowind GOTY Edition, Elder Scrolls Redguard, Empire Earth, Empire of the Ants, Enter the Matrix, Erebos, EVE Online, Evil Dead: Hail to the King, Eye of the Beholder, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Far Cry, Far Gate, FIFA 2001, FIFA 2002, FIFA 2005, Final Cut, The, Alfred Hitchcock's, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy XI GOLD, Flat Out, Flight Simulator X Deluxe, Forgotten Realms Archives, Forgotten Realms: Deluxe Edition, Forgotten, The, Frankenstein Through the eyes of the Monster, Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich, Freelancer , Gabriel Knight 3 Blood of the Damned, Gabriel Knight 3 Blood of the Damned, Gangsters 2, Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, Giants Citizen Kabuto, Gorasul: Legacy of the Dragon, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Ground Control Operation Exodus, Guileverana (Milo Manara's), Half Life 2, Half Life Generation, Half-Life Blue Shift, Halo, Harbinger, Heart of Darkness, Heavy Gear II, Heroes of M & M III, Heroes of M & M III: Armageddon's Blade, Hitman Contracts, Homeworld 2, House of the Dead III, The, Hulk, Icewind Dale, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter, IL 2 Sturmovik, Imperialism 2, Impossible Creatures, Indiana Jones & The Infernal Machine, Invictus- In the Shadow of Olympus, Jagged Alliance 2, Jekyll & Hyde, Joan of Arc, King's Quest I Quest for the Crown, King's Quest: Mask of Eternity, Knights & Merchants, Knights of the Cross, Kohan Immortal Sovereigns, Kρίση στο Αιγαίο, Lands of Lore III, Legacy of Kain Defiance, Lemmings! Oh no more Lemmings, Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader, Little Big Adventure 2, Longbow 2, Jane's, Longest Journey, The, Lords of the Realm III, Magic the Gathering: Battlegrounds, Majesty: Fantasy Kingdom Sim, Manhunt, Manhunter 2: San Fransisco, Master of Orion III, Matrix Online, Max Payne 2 The Fall of Max Payne, Mech Commander 2, Mech Warrior 4 Vengeance, Medieval Lords, Men of Valor, Messiah, Metal Gear Solid, Might & Magic VII For Blood & Honor, Might and Magic IX, Might and Magic VIII Day of the Destroyer, Monkey Island 2 Le Chuck's Revenge, Monty Python's: The Meaning of Life, Mortal Kombat 4, Movies, The, Myst IV Revelation, MYST Trilogy, Myth III The Wolf Age, Myth The Fallen Lords, NBA LIVE 2005, Neverwinter Nights, Neverwinter Nights 2 COLLECTOR'S EDITION, Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark, Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide, No one wants to live forever, No Respect, North &South, Nosferatu Wrath of Malachi, NOX, Onimusha 3, Outcast, OΛΥΜΠΙΑ Saving the Games, Painkiller, Pandora's Box, Pathologic, Patrician II, Perimeter, Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh, Pilot Down: Behind Enemy Lines, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates, Sid Meier's COLLECTOR'S BOX, PLAYBOY The Mansion, Police Quest II Pursuit of Death Angel, Pool of Radiance, Prey, Prince of Persia Warrior Within, Project EDEN, Project Snowblind, Quake III Arena, Quake III Arena, Quake IV, Quest for Glory III, Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire, Rally Championship XTREME, Republic The Revolution, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Revenant, RF Online, Rise of Nations, Rise of Nations GOLD EDITION, Rising Kingdoms, Robin Hood, Legend of Sherwood, Rogue Trooper, Rome: Total War , Rome: Total War GOLD EDITION, Runaway: A road adventure, Rune: Halls of Valhalla, Sacred, Sacrifice, Sanitarium, Savage: Battle for Newerth, Sea Dogs, Secret of the Nautilus, The, Secret Weapons Over Normandy, Sentinel: Descendants in Time, Septerra Core, Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Settlers III Golden Edition, Settlers: Mission CD, Seven Kingdoms II The Fryhtan Wars, Severance Blade of Darkness, Shattered Light, Sheep Dog N Wolf, Shinobi , Shogun: Total War, Silent Hill 3, Silent Hill 4: The Room, Silent Hunter II, Silver, Sims 2, The, Sims 2, The: Open for Business, Slave Zero, Soldier of Fortune: Special Edition, Space Colony, Speedball , Spongebob Squarepants Battle for Bikini Bottom, Squad Assault: Westfront, Star Trek Omnipedia, Star Trek: Deep Space 9: The Fallen, Star Trek: Next generation COLLECTION, Star Wars: Deep Space Nine Dominion Wars, Star Wars: Jedi Knight Dark Forces II, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II Jedi Outcast, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: LEGO, Star Wars: Lego 2, Star Wars: Republic Commando, Star Wolves, StarCraft Battlechest, Starship Troopers, Starship Troopers, Startopia, State of Emergency, Stronghold Deluxe, Sudden Strike, Sudeki, Suffering, the- Ties that bind, Summoner, Swat 3 Close Quarters Battle, Swat 4 Special Weapons & Tactics, Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror, Temple of Elemental Evil, Thief 1 The Dark Project, Thief 2 The Metal Age, Thief 3 Deadly Shadows, Timewatcher, Tin Tin Destination Adventure, Titan Quest, Tom Clancy Rainbow 6, Tom Clancy Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow, Tomb Raider: Legend, Tortuga Pirates of the New World, Total Annihilation, Totally Unreal, Tribes: Vengeance, Tropico, True Crime: Streets of LA, UFO Aftermath, Ultima Ascension, Ultimate Dungeons & Dragons Compilation, Under A Killing Moon, Undying, Clive Barker's, Unreal II The Awakening, Unreal Tournament, Unreal Tournament, Uplink, Urban Chaos, US Most Wanted: Nowhere to Hide, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines, Vampire the Masquerade Redemption, Warcraft III COLLECTOR'S EDITION, Warlords Battlecry III, Warlords IV Heroes of Etheria, Warrior Kings Battles, Watchmaker, The, Will Rock, Wing Commander: Deluxe Edition, Wizards & Warriors, World Basketball Manager, World of Rollercoaster Tycoon (COMPILATION), World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft COLLECTOR'S EDITION, World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade COLLECTOR'S EDITION, World War II Collection, X-COM Collection , XIII, X-Wing Collector Series, Zanzarah The Hidden Portal, Zeus: Master of Olympus, Zoo Tycoon 2, Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection, Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs, Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania, Zork: Grand Inquisitor.

The vast majority of those i bought at some bargain-bin, from PLAY.COM Sales or for a ridiculously low price, many, many months after its initial release. The only one i paid its normal, full price at launch was World of Warcraft. Just some info there, so you won't think i'm a nerd or something *COUGH*

300.... and more

So, yes, I watched 300.

When I finished reading the comic, a few years back, I remember actually wiping tears from my eyes. When I finished watching this film (I’m toying with the idea of using the term ‘really long video-clip'), I was similarly touched, especially during the last 5 minutes, but my eyes were far from moist.

The only beef I had with the film adaptation was Gorgo’s part in the development of the story. The added scenes (that is, the scenes that were not in the graphic novel), took the story a few paces off its target, inputting factors and side-stories (and characters) that felt obsolete, like they were just thrown in to (hastily) commercially complete the product. In other words, for me, the character of Gorgo was included just to get more ladies in the cinema (as if Gerard Butler was not enough). Furthermore, I feel that the existence of a second traitor in one film was too much, all the while diminishing the tragic role of Ephialtis who is the traitor in this story. In all, I feel like the director took a few unnecessary liberties with the script- but that is not to say that he does not deserve compliments for an excellent long video-clip, with stunning effects and cinematography. As an adaptation from a graphic novel i would say that 300 is almost a masterpiece.

As for the fantasy elements, the grotesque monster-like slaves, the… persogres, the rhinos/elephants, the ninja-immortals, all that… it’s just extreme images meant to capture the imagination. In addition, it helped me form the image of a vast, vast empire of thousands of nations… a huge army that moved and absorbed miraculous warriors and unique creatures as it swallowed nations whole. So, yes, on the way, ninjas joined its ranks, as well as savages, shamans, nomads and African tribes- sure, why not? It should also be noted that the medium of graphic novels was always based on exaggerations and hyperboles, on surreal and extreme approaches (although the last two decades have witnessed a complete 180 degree turn in this notion, with works like Alan Moore’s The Watchmen beating down on the stereotypical superhero model). In other words: this was based on a graphic novel. This has been written/said many times, but it’s really what it’s all about. Don’t ever, ever expect to take accurate history lessons from a major blockbuster (even less when it’s based on a graphic novel). It’s basically mythology mixed with some selected pieces of History- one can easily argue that Spartans were not that high in the morality section: how humane is it to kill the cripple newborn, to live for death? Were they ‘noble warriors of the light that defended the weak and protected justice” or just merciless, killing machines of no culture? What do I think? Like I wrote before- I just see both sides of the same coin. Truth be told, when I visited the tomb of Thermopylae, I felt like approaching a holy site- I almost instinctively crossed myself before realizing that this has nothing to do with Christianity (duh). But it’s so awe-inspiring that I caught myself using this ultimate expression of respect.



Some Greeks here feel insulted. It’s not that the film does not portray the courageous efforts of their ancestors (every nation has the right to feel proud when its History inspires the world); they feel that this almost holy affair has been used as a propaganda vessel, as a parallel between the strong, courageous West fighting the evil East, ignoring the laws. This here is a very delicate issue; generally I tend to see both sides of the coin though. While this hypothesis reeks of paranoia and near-sightedness, I read somewhere that the film was sponsored by the US government. What was that? Did Jack Snyder deliberately film this specific adaptation to instill feelings of militarism to the masses (especially when its target audience was, let’s face it, males 18 to 28?). Or is it possible that, if you are paranoid enough, you can see propaganda everywhere? In some kind of distorted prism, can’t any single story be used as a propaganda tool?

One thing is sure- the other offended party, Iran, should not feel offended. No one could ever possibly dare of offending their cultural and their ancestors, as it was truly a magnificent culture that affected in a positive way the shaping of this earth’s culture. This is a war that took place 2.500 years ago, and although there was an attacker and a defender, no one can put labels on who the ‘bad guys’ and ‘good guys’ were. Really, Tehran should not be offended. It’s like NASA feeling offended at Star Wars .

What pains me the most is that the one who is furthest from that model, is the modern greek. His only concern is how to make his car go faster, how many coffees he can drink basking in the sun, if his favorite soccer team wins and how much work he can skip without getting caught. The main daily target, at any given time, is to make it through the next greek holiday, which is always tied with large quantities of food and drink. Our accomplishments are so trivial that we have to look back three thousand years ago for inspiring deeds to marvel.

This Week: AVARITIA (avarice/greed)

From wiki: Greed is, like Lust and Gluttony, a sin of excess. However, Greed (as seen by the Church) applied to the acquisition of wealth in particular. Thomas Aquinas wrote that Greed was "a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." In Dante's Purgatory, the penitents were forced to kneel on hard stone and recite the examples of avarice and its opposing virtue. "Avarice" is more of a blanket term that can describe many other examples of sinful behavior. These include disloyalty, deliberate betrayal, or treason, especially for personal gain, as the case when someone lets oneself be bribed. Scavenging and hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or manipulation of authority are all actions that may be inspired by greed. Such misdeeds can include Simony, where one profits from soliciting goods within the actual confines of a church.

HIT ON 12 March, 2007

This is NOT Sparta

This is...




Go tell the Spartans, thou that passest by,
That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.

I took this picture a couple of months ago. This is the burial mound of the Spartans at Thermopylae, the place of the last stand. A very, very large amount of persian arrowheads was found here.

ΟΤΙΝΑΝΑΙ #1

'Δεν έχω έμπνευση, παππούλη!’

Το ξανθό αγόρι κοίταξε τον γέρο με μάτια τόσο μεγάλα
που όλος ο κόσμος θαρρούσες ότι χωράει μέσα τους.
Τα μικροσκοπικά του δάκτυλα, τόσο πιο μικρά και μαλακά
από εκείνα του παππού του, που ήταν όλο κάλους και
γρατσουνιές από το πολύ κέντημα, έψαχναν κάτι μέσα
στις τσέπες του.

‘Παππού, σε βλέπω ασπρόμαυρο. Γιατί;’

Ο γέρος χαμογέλασε πλατιά κι έγνεψε καταφατικά το
αρχαίο του κεφάλι. ‘Δεν είναι τίποτα παιδί μου, κοιμήσου.’

Το κολοκύθι από την άλλη μεριά, φούσκωνε ολοένα και
περισσότερο. Η γυαλιστερή του επιφάνεια έκανε περίεργα
παιχνίδια με το πορτοκαλί φως της πινακίδας από το
γκαράζ. Ο μικρός κοιτούσε μια το τεράστιο κολοκύθι,
μία τον παππού του και μία τα κορδόνια του.

Δεν μπορούσε να κρύψει την αμηχανία του και το κέρατο
στην πλάτη του άλλαζε χρώμα σαν τρελό…μια καφετί
σαν την πουτίγκα της θείας Αμαλίας, μια μπλε και μια
χρυσωπό. Τίποτα στο δωμάτιο δεν είχε μείνει το ίδιο: το ταβάνι
ήταν ο ουρανός σήμερα…βαμμένο μπλε, με μικρά
αστεράκια που φωσφόριζαν κι ένα πλαστικό φεγγάρι που
είχε κουρνιάσει στην γωνίτσα του. Οι τοίχοι είχαν φυτρώσει
φυλλαράκια και δεν μπορούσες να δεις πώς κάτω από την τεράστια
πράσινη μάζα τους ήταν κρυμμένο το γκρίζο χρώμα των τσιμεντόλιθων.
Το πιο περίεργο από όλα όμως ήταν το πάτωμα, που μέχρι
εχθές ήταν καλυμμένο στα χώματα και σήμερα ήταν μια
λίμνη από πηκτό, σκούρο αίμα.
‘Περίεργο,’ αναλογίστηκε ο νεκρός
άνθρωπος- σκιάχτρο ενώ ένα βαριεστημένο κοράκι του
ξερίζωνε ένα από τα μάτια του. ‘Δεν θυμάμαι από
πού ήρθε όλο αυτό το αίμα. Θεούλη μου! Τι απαίσιο
θέαμα! Θα πάω να το πω στη μαμά και δεν θα με
πιστεύει…’



Όταν το ρολόι χτύπησε τρεις, ο σάπιος κούκος βγήκε από
το σπιτάκι του και άρχισε να τραγουδάει χαρωπά το
αγαπημένο του τετράστιχο- εκείνο που είχε απαγγείλει
τόσες άλλες φορές σαν επικήδειο μπροστά από άπειρα
κατακρεουργημένα πτώματα.

Γαλάζιος ο Ουρανός, τι καθαρός που είναι!
Ο Βοράς τον ευλογεί και τον δροσοφιλάει
Ο Ήλιος μοιάζει κίτρινος, λευκός, πορτοκαλής.
Κλείνω τα μάτια μου σφικτά, μα ακόμα εκεί είναι!
Πράσινα φύλα παίζουν, χαζεύουν, ψιθυρίζουν
Και οι μαύρες μύγες οι αλλήθωρες, τρελά θε να
τσιρίζουν.

(Αύγουστος, 2002)

This Week: LUXURIA (Lust)

Lust is usually thought of as involving obsessive or excessive thoughts or desires of a sexual nature. Unfulfilled lusts can lead to sexual or sociological compulsions and/or transgressions including (but obviously not limited to) sexual addiction, adultery, bestiality, and rape.

Dante's criterion was "excessive love of others," which therefore rendered love and devotion to God as secondary. However, lust and love are two different things; while a genuine, selfless love can represent the highest degree of development and feeling of community with others in a human relationship, Lust can be described as the excessive desire for sexual release. The other person can be therefore seen as a "means to an end" for the fulfillment of the subject's desires, and becomes thus objectified in the process. In Purgatorio, the penitent walks within flames to purge himself of lustful thoughts.

HIT ON 1st of March, 2007
So, until the next tattoo, we're on Luxuria week (or tenday, depending on the healing process). That means no sex, of any kind. At this point i would like to apologize to my understanding, perfect girl for supporting me, through this completely dumb idea :) I'll make it up, hon, i promise.

Ghost Rider, Go Home

So I watched Ghost Rider last night.

Christ, what a mess.

Who the fuck casted Wes Bentley for Blackheart? Please be removed from the gene pool. Also: what’s with those terrible, terrible one-liners? Not to mention the naïve, child-like direction and script. My god, what a complete and utter waste. Cool effects aside, this one sucked big time.

It got me thinking though, about the heaps of super-hero movies we’ve seen these last years. I also wondered if I had caught all, or most, of them so I made myself another list, complete with ranking and comments for my viewing pleasure. This list includes only mainstream movies and/or blockbusters (mainly from DC and Marvel works), as there’s a lot of unknown and obscure adaptations out there. As an exception, I chose some independent heroes as well (from Dark Horse lines for example) and I also decided to exclude older (pre-2000) movies, which takes out the Batman trilogy, the first Superman movies and a few more.


Batman Begins (9/10) Captures perfectly the unique atmosphere and setting of the comic. Overall, the best super-hero film out there.
Blade (6/10) Not bad- but it set off an unpleasant streak of Goth-wannabes.
Blade II (6/10) A sequel on par with the first movie is commendable.
Blade Trinity (5/10) Strike three! This one had a much looser script and felt all wobbly.
Bloodrayne (4/10) Uwe Boll strikes again. Caution: a hot vampire as a protagonist never guarantees success.
Cat-woman (4/10) If it wasn’t for Hale Berry, this one would be even worse. Non-engaging script and extremely slow paced.
Constantine (6/10) Wrong man there- it’s a universal truth: Keanu Reeves just can’t act. Rest of the film was decent enough.
Daredevil (5/10) Decent attempt, again wrong protagonist.
Elektra (3/10) Extremely unfocused script, naïve storytelling. Great abs though.
Fantastic Four (4/10) Close, but no cigar. Wrong cast, wrong script.
Ghost Rider (2/10) Wrong everything, nice FX though.
Hellboy (7/10) There’s a case of correct casting. The unique personality of the setting was great on film.
Hulk (6/10) A great effort to see into the hero (in this case, the struggle of man vs beast) and some intelligent ideas. Relied heavily on FX though and that was its greatest mistake.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (7/10) That one got some bad reviews, but I liked it. It’s a very special and unique, wacky idea. If you don’t get it, you don’t get the film either.
Men in Black (5/10) Nice try at the time. You can’t watch it now.
Men in Black 2 (6/10) More solid script there, more polished character development.
Punisher (5/10) Decent try I think. It could have been better with a more dark and gritty approach.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (6/10) Correct adaptation of the era’s mood- excellent cinematography. Angelina should never, ever try accents.
Sin City (8/10) Excellent cinematography and FX, marvelous adaptation of Frank Miller art. There were some slow points when everything grew slow and tedious, but the art direction single-handedly wins the day.
Spiderman (7/10) Very good pacing, great effects, near-perfect casting. It’s a classic.
Spiderman II (8/10) More polished than the first one.
Superman Returns (6/10) It could have been much better. Based on a smart idea, but on film, it feels fake and plastic.
V for Vendetta (8/10) Alternative and political, as it should be. Bad blood effects are my only beef here.
X-Men (7/10) My favorite franchise here, this one made many heads to turn. Best casting ever.
X-Men II (8/10) Even more political and thought-provoking, excellent cast.
X-Men III The Last Stand(7/10) This one took a dive, unfortunately, as the director changed on the way. Still a great film though.

It seems I have missed some (Ultraviolet, Aeon Flux) but I’m not really sure I want to watch those… maybe only if I wanted to complete my list :P

Comments? Feel free.