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badgrrlkane 2012-05-25 09:37:51

Why? Why didn't they just stick with the original storyline.They changed so much.

The movie is okay why the first rocked! And since it's supposed to bethe final X-Men film,I guess they felt they had to throw in as muchstoryline as they could & in the process they added Hollywood storylineinstead of keeping it true to the comic storyline. I mean killingCyclops, & Professor X? Last, I saw their still around. And then curingMagneto & Mystique of their powers? Last time I read a comic they werestill mutants. Then making Leech a boy instead of a green mutant &totally ignoring the fact that he is a Morlock & not mentioningCallisto as the leader of the Morlocks, it just sucks! Cool they usedAngel & Colossus & Kitty Pride?Shadowcat but Juggernanunt was a joke,as he didn't look like the Juggernaunt from the comics or the cartoon &then when he walks by Charles Xavier & there's no recognition as forfreakin sake it's his half-brother???!@!!! Boo,Brett Ratner stick tomaking Chris Tucker & Jackie Chan movies. I wasn't impressed. And thento totally ruin the whole Phoenix/Jean Grey/ Dark Phoenix storyline.It's like making a movie about the Bible & then changing the story tofit Hollywoods needs. Not as impressive as I hoped. Too bad fans of theX-Men comics who don't know the storyline will think this is how it allwent down. ** out of *****

twigboy4lf 2012-05-24 17:35:28

Way to screw up a good thing!

What a pile of crap this movie is. I loved X-men. I loved the movies,the toys, the cartoon, and the comics. This movie did known of themjustice. It was a lame, chessey waste of time. First, how do you killoff the professor and cyclops. Mystique was in it 5 min., just longenough to get her naked. I am a huge fan of rebecca romjin gettingnaked and all but no point being in this movie. Two of the biggestX-men ever! The leaders. Then you cure rouge and magneto. Stupid. Thescript was good awful. The lines in this movie were awful. This moviewas awful. They should bring back Bryan Singer and redue this movie.This movie had nothing to do with anything in the comics. Then, we geta crappy love story subplot with Iceman and shadowcat that is boringand dumb. Overall I rate this movie as crap and will never see itagain. As far as I am concerned, the story ended at X2. Rathner, stickto Rush Hour, you were good at those.

thug_thug 2012-05-24 06:15:11

An overall eXcellent addition to the X-Men franchise

It's inevitable for fans of a book, show, etc. that's getting made infilm to rebel.I too was disappointed with how they used some characters. Phoenix inparticular since I got all giddy when seeing the flame-like bird in thewater during the last few seconds of the previous movie.However, the translation from something to the screen can never be 100%accurate. A movie has to sell and that means that some things will haveto be adjusted (a la Phoenix and her flames) which I'm perfectly finewith. They made their own representation of the characters which shouldplease most.The worst part of this movie is the time. Everything is rushed. I meaneverything. It's a shame not to see certain characters more, butconsidering all the eye-candy characters we do see, I, again, amalright with it.Now to the good.The effects and action will blow you away. They did the finale battlereally well and many others. I also like the little things they did,like the boy flying his paper planes with his powers, and etc.The story is a bit shaky. At some points I feel like it's about aperson who is resurrected... then a cure... then that person again...then - oh yeah - the cure... But it touches upon some very insightfulthings that I really thought about after...Fans will be turned off at some points with the lack of character timeand they way they are portrayed but if you turn that 'OMG, thatcharacter isn't like it was in comic book #37,' you'll be in for a realtreat.Here's hoping to another sequel.Pros: Great effects and action, interesting points. Cons: Lack of timefor certain characters, a bit rushed.P.S. There's a special, but short, scene at the very end of the creditsthat informs us of a character not being as dead as we thought theywere.

kristi_wilson81 2012-05-23 19:20:17

What Were They Thinking

I don't know what IDIOT decided that this would be a good story for thethird installment of the X-MEN series. I don't what to say much sinceothers may not have had the chance to check it out yet...but I will saythe everyone involved in ruining this picture should hold their headsin shame! Shame! Shame! Shame! If you are a huge fan of the x-mencomics and the two previous films then you may agree that this one hasbeen mucked all over! The writing is so far out there you wonder ifthey gave an intern a crack at it. It seems that no consideration wastaken in following all the characters back stories. Obviously you don'twant to drag it on forever, but you shouldn't just throw new mutants inthe mix with only a wink as to why they are involved. *Could Spoil*Character's ruined: XaiverMystique (Best Bad Girl Ever Pre-X3)Dr. Grey (Should Have Became The Phoenix/In Flames)Cyclops RogueMagneto (almost) Also, all the relationships are destroyed. They really let this one goto the dogs. Hopefully, these errors in judgment are resolved if thereis to be a fourth. Over all X-Men: The Last Stand is a movie I wishwould have only been a bad idea. I don't share my bad ideas! Why dofilmmakers????

rcblsoml 2012-05-14 18:10:55

This movie sucks, if you liked the comics don't see this

When I heard Brett Ratner was going to direct it I thought it was goingto be bad, but I thought bad like a bad movie - dull, stupid, etc.Instead it was like he wanted to trash all the characters. They havesaid this is the last movie and I hope it is. Ratner decides to trashsome of the best characters in the series. I found it very offensivethat he could come on and just destroy characters that he is probablycompletely clueless about.SPOILER*** He kills off Cyclops (very early on) and Professor X (abouta third of the way through). Trashes Mystique, Rogue, and then deliversa really STUPID ending. The government is trying to "cure" mutants,when Magneto threatens, the President decides to eradicate any mutantsthat oppose them. Then Magneto and his brotherhood kills a ton ofsoldiers, destroys the Golden Gate bridge, then it's like okay, all isforgiven, everything is peaches and cream. Right. So when the mutantsblow out a couple of windows the President decides to stop them by anymeans necessary. The mutants then kill dozens/hundreds of US Armypersonnel but then it's over and apparently everyone kissed and madeup. So the Brett Ratner theory is blowing out windows is bad, killing ahundred or so members of the military is no problem.I really, really hated him killing off Cyclops and Professor X. For noapparent reason. All he had to do was read a few comic books to figureout how you can accomplish things without killing off main characters.It really bugs me that they take a property like X-men and put it inthe hands of a hack like Ratner then let him flush it down the toilet.If he wanted to make a movie and kill off a bunch of people why didn'the make an original movie? Why take a group someone else created andjust squash them.I hope this movie bombs, I hope Ratner never gets near any story I haveactually read or heard off. Thanks god he didn't get a hold of the Lordof the Rings. A pox on Ratner and Fox for putting out this offensivepiece of garbage.

TheGame2k2 2012-05-13 23:31:57

Entertaining Sequel That Is Slightly Flawed

Brett Ratner takes over as director for this sequel because BryanSinger went on to do Superman Returns.The story for this sequel revolves around two main plots. One revolvesaround Magneto and his newly formed Mutant Army battling the governmentand their newly created cure and its source, a little boy (who is bestknown as Leech from the comics). The second plot revolves around JeanGrey, who has now transformed into the Phoenix, she now has the powerto kill anyone and anything that gets into her way, including two ofher closest alias including Cyclops and Professor Xavier. She joinsMagneto's army and Wolverine tries to connect with her throughout thefilm.Out of the three X-men films, this movie feels the most distant fromthe comics. They did a great job on telling the story about the cure,which is actually a story that did exist in the comics. But the storyof the Phoenix story goes in a pretty odd direction from where it leftoff in X2.The Phoenix character is very different from the comics. They neveractually call her the Phoenix in the movie, except by Xavier once inthe movie and many of the characters powers from the comics and thepowers shown in X2 are completely absent, which is very unusual. Butoverall, despite all that, the character still works very well mainlybecause of the powerful performance Famke Janssen gives in the movie.This movie finally introduces Beast/Hank McCoy, who is surprisinglyplayed by Kelsey Grammar. Even more surprising is that he actuallyplays the character extraordinarily well.The acting is absolutely magnificent. All three X-men films willdefinitely go down as probably the most well acted Comic book moviesever made.CGI is top-notch as well. All of the effects are very well done,especially in the final fight scene, which is one of my favoritescenes.There are a couple flaws in this movie, which I feel keep this moviefrom reaching the standards that the first two films set. Again, thedeparture they make from the comics will definitely get on some fansnerves. Also, some of the characters they cure or kill off will alsoaggravate some fans. Throughout the movie they kill off Scott Summers(mainly because James Marsden was doing Superman Returns) and CharlesXavier (but after the credits they show that he transfers himself intoanother body). They cure three of the main characters, Rogue, Mystique,and Magneto (even though they show that either the cure wheres off orMagneto is too powerful for it) Overall, while it is very different, itis still one of the most entertaining and well told comic book moviesever made that is definitely worth watching.

Martin Edelius 2012-05-13 10:23:57

The weakest of the three

Right off the bat you can tell that Bryan Singer isn't at the helm ofthis final(?) installation of the X-Men movies. The movie is a lot"clumsier" put together and lacks all the feeling that Singer put intothe previous two movies.Quite a few of the characters are either very black and white or actout of character and the story is either too simple and obvious or toobscure and inexplicable.The actors put in a great performance but it's not enough as there'stoo little emotion most of the time and when there is emotion, it's sooverblown that it gets embarrassing.Kelsey Grammar does a pretty decent rendition of The Beast, even in thefighting scenes (although a fair bit is CGI). Why The Beast is in themovie to begin with is not entirely clear to me though.The fight scenes are nice but they could have skipped the plot and justhad 90 minutes of non stop fighting, the rest isn't even good enough asfiller material.Fans of the X-Men comics will no doubt be upset over how some of thecharacters are re-written to fit into the movie but that's the least ofthis movies worries.See it if you've seen the other two or just want a decent superheroflick. Otherwise you shouldn't really bother.

stefan001 2012-05-12 17:34:32

Darkest X-Men movie

X-Men: The last stand has an entirely different feel to it than theother X-Men movies, probably because this one wasn't directed by BryanSinger. It is definitely the darkest one of the three X-Men movies.The special effects are absolutely amazing (as they should be). I foundmyself going "wow" a few times during the movie.As for the story, I guess it's OK, but all in all the movie seems kindof empty. And it was way to short, in the sense that you didn't reallycreate any kind of relation to many of the characters. On a morepositive note; there were a few twists which I found reallyinteresting. The movie had a few clichés (a few comments in the movie)which I didn't like especially much.I rated the movie 7/10 because I DID come out of the movie theatersatisfied with my experience, but they could have done a much betterjob with the movie. And if you're a X-Men fan, I doubt you'll bedisappointed (now that there's a lot more of the mutants).

2012-05-08 11:43:45

The Supreme X-Men Story...on A.D.D.

Like all worthwhile film trilogies, themes and character arcs established in 2000's X-Men come to their fruition in this final? movie installmant of Marvel's famous mutants. But, are we given the grand finale we deserve? No.While the first movie served simply as exposition to introduce the conflicts and motives of this well-drawn cast, the second movie laid it all out and showed film audiences what comic book readers knew for decades: the X-Men are powerful, amazing, and very tragic characters, which makes them very human.In The Final Stand, we are given a glimpse at how unethical Xavier can be, how vain Magneto really is, and how stern Storm can come off. But what highlights this film, and makes it even a little enjoyable, is the chemistry between lost soul Jean Grey (played PERFECTLY by Famke Jensen) and unrequited lover Logan (returning fav Hugh Jackman.) Not to mention a fanboy's dream script incorporating elements and images from X-Tales like Days of Future Past, Planet X, the cartoon episode 'The Cure', and of course, The Dark Phoenix Saga.As a fan of these stories for 15 years now, I can say that the spirit and message of X-Men was fullfilled with the trilogy, but The Final Stand did not meet up to expectations. One could blame last minute director Brett Ratner for pushing the film along at a pace that doesn't allow for thought, or the screenwriters for trying to do TOO much in one film. When Cyclops is reunited with his beloved, believed dead and gone, their reunion is almost watered down. Yes there is shock. Yes there is confusion. Yes there is joy. But that scene alone flows like there was a checklist, like they had to hit these feelings and move on. And the whole movie comes across like that. So, I credit this movie for telling a great story, but it loses point after point for how poorly at times it tells that story. Most likely, 20th Century Fox's demand to have the film out Memorial Day 2006 gave the production team too little time to fine tune what could have been a masterpiece.Casual moviegoers will love it. Plenty of action, special effects, romance (however complicated), comedy, and a good theme.Comic fans either embrace it or loathe it. But this isn't a comic. This is a movie, and a decent one to be sure. It's just not a great one.As far as DVD features, the Collector's Edition's where it's at.

jmw23 2012-05-08 06:31:40

A Cinematic Abortion

I'll be the first to admit that I didn't have high hopes for X-Men 3.Bryan Singer did a fantastic job on the first two movies, but withSinger's departure to helm Superman, and his replacement by hackdirector Brett Ratner, things didn't bode well from the outset.The premise of The Last Stand is interesting. A cure has been found forthe mutant gene, and those mutants who wish to be ordinary will be ableto go to a clinic, get a shot, and instantly fit in. Some mutants(notably Rogue) are eager for the "cure", others, led by Magneto, seethe cure as the first step towards a future in which every mutant isforced to lose their powers and conform. This is a situation rife withpotential. What is a mutant? Can they really be "cured", or is therenothing wrong with them in the first place? There are obvious parallelsto the abortion controversy, with long lines of mutants eager to becured facing down angry protesters and attacks by extremists. None ofthis gets explored. It's all just glossed over on the way to fightscenes and explosions. The X-Men don't do any soul-searching; evenafter they learn that the government has developed weapons whosebullets permanently rob mutants of their powers. Magneto is portrayedas the extremist, but shouldn't this be setting alarm bells off for ourheroes? Apparently not, as they rush to defend the facility where thecure is manufactured, improbably located on Alcatraz Island.Meanwhile, Jean Grey, killed at the end of the last movie, hasreturned. This time she has become the Phoenix, and off-the-chartspowerful mutant barely capable of maintaining control. Professor X andMagneto struggle over who gets to keep her, and meanwhile, the audienceyawns. The Dark Phoenix story from the comic books was a lot moreinteresting. Here Jean becomes a ping-pong ball bouncing from good toevil and back again in the space of an hour. It's fair to say that thisentire plot line could have been dropped and no one would have missedit.As the movie went on, the audience started laughing at the incrediblycheesy dialogue and weak writing. I heard one patron muse that thedialogue sounded like a bad 80's action movie. This was a realdisappointment after the last two movies. As X-Men 3 dragged on, theplot incongruities mounted up. Why did Cyclops have to die off-screen?Where did Nightcrawler go? Where were the Sentinels that fans longed tosee? How is it in a school full of powerful mutants, the X-Men can onlyrustle up six team members for their "Last Stand"? Why did Magneto, amaster of metal, need to bend the Golden Gate Bridge to get toAlcatraz? That part really made no sense. It was obvious Ratner wanteda neat special effect…I doubt the Bridge could even reach the island,no matter how it was twisted. Angel shows up in the finale just so hecan be there with a last-second save when the villains throw his fatheroff a roof. Huh? How did he reach the battle in time? He wasn't in thejet, and he can't fly from New York to San Francisco that quickly. Hewould have really been out of luck if the villains had decided usetheir powers to kill his father instead of throwing him off the roof ina dramatic way. It was all just so nonsensical and lame, with oneexplosion-filled fight after another. The death of Professor Xavier atJean's hands felt emotionless and dull. Don't worry though, because ifyou sit through the credits, Professor X isn't really dead! EvenMagneto's reaction when his cohort Mystique takes a mutantgene-removing bullet for him felt very out-of-character. It didn't helpthat random mutants were used as plot devices every time the writerneeded to overcome some script problem.Fundamentally X-Men 3 is about what would happen if someone invented acure for being different. If there was a "cure" for being a minority,what would that mean? It's a shame that such a fantastic premise iswasted on a hack director, weak script, and cast of characters so largethat none get enough screen time (except Halle Berry who I've had morethan enough of). I know X-Men 3 did gangbuster numbers at the BO, but alot of that was on the strength of the last two movies. I predict a bigdropoff as disappointed fans spread word of mouth. Ratner and co.burned us here. We won't be so quick to see another X-movie next time.

teneniel2 2012-05-04 12:59:09

Liked it but wanted more...

I have waited for this sequel to come out ever since I heard they weremaking it. This past week was like waiting for your baby to be bornexcept with a baby you are never left wanting for more. My expectationskept lowering after each review I read but my eagerness to see themovie remained strong. I have watched X1 and X2 on DVD so many timesI've lost count so wild horses couldn't keep me away from seeing thismovie.As soon as the movie starts, your attention is held and never waivers.There are weepy moments. There are shocking moments. There are momentswhere you are holding your breath. Then there's the moment when yourealize the movie is over and you are wanting more and more.Yes, there were some disappointments. The movie was too short for thestory. It would have been nice to see more of the abilities of the"new" mutants. I wanted to see more of Phoenix. I wish there had beenmore action sequences involving all the X-Men together as a team. Ialso wondered what happened to the scene (this is not a spoiler sinceit was not in the movie) I read about in STARLOG magazine whereWolverine is spun around by Magneto. That would have added more drama.Please don't judge the movie too harshly before you see it. It is stillworth viewing. My only hope is that when it is released on DVD, therewill be about 30 additional minutes of footage included as well asdeleted scenes.Someone mentioned in a review that you should stay until after thecredits. I decided to do this and was surprised to see others waitingas well. After the credits end, you will be surprised. Please take thetime to wait. It's well worth it.

Abraham Botha 2012-05-03 22:15:02

True fans do not watch!!!

I am sorry for giving this movie such a bad review, but I feel it is myduty as a true fan of X-Men to tell how these directors andscreenwriters got it wrong...Firstly, the character Rogue: this lady has been depicted throughoutthe entire trilogy as this sad and pathetic person, but in the comicsand series she took another mutants powers (superstrong and able tofly) permanently and she was just this kick ass cool gal... Centuriesapart from the rogue we meet in the movies. She decides to give upbeing a mutant? You must be joking!!! Secondly, the fact that somemutants goes all homo sapien on us, and the rest do the dance with theGrimm reaper: I truly don't understand why you would do something likethis. Magneto is this awesomely powerful being, and I refuse to believethe plot about a drug that can cure mutants, it's just NOT believable!I can however believe you that this was the last movie, becauseeverybody is dead, or they lost their powers??? Who is going to star inX4, maybe Kitty who will be running through walls the entire movie...Phoenix: I don't have words - killing Xavier and then turning everybodyinto little bits of atoms... can you say "someones been smokingmarijuana" !!!! Marvel, please send out a notice distancing yourselffrom these people who made this movie, and if you had a real big partin making it...shame on you for disappointing all your true fans! atleast the 15 year old boy sitting next to me enjoyed it, and he wasecstatic at the end when "THE OLD GUY WHO BENDS METAL IS GETTING HISPOWERS BACK".....

TheTruthShallHateYouMe 2012-05-03 03:02:42

This movie sucks

I thought Brett Ratner destroyed the X-Men movie series. It was awfulCyclops dies in the first 5 minutes of the movie. I will have to gowatch the old Fox cartoon episodes to make up for the stuff I haveseen. God please save Brett Ratner. I hope they make a fourth to redeemthis third installment. I thought Juggernaut wasn't a mutant? He gotclose to that little boy and lost his power. They should have tried tokeep it around the same storyline as the comics. It took years forpeople to evolve into mutants and mere seconds to change them rightback into normal humans. It's like watching Terminator 3. It was betteroff without a third. I am sorry if this offends anyone but, I can'thelp being upset about it.

2012-05-02 15:07:53

World War X

In X1 there was the attempt by Magneto (played superbly by Ian McKellan) to convert humans to mutants. In X2 it was a plot by a corrupt Fed to kill all the mutants using Xavier (Patrick Stewart). In X3 a "cure" is found that makes all mutants human.Cure indeed. Who said the mutants were sick? Such is the view of the mutant self proclaimed leader Magneto. Magneto fears that the "cure" will be forced upon the mutant population and wages war against the source of the cure with the aim to destroy it and anything that gets in his and his loyal followers way.The movie is suspenseful and exciting. No bathroom break urges in this one. New mutants are hatched and some of our favorite mutants are dispatched (quite early on in the movie). Special effects are 5-star.There is no need to see X1 or X2 in order to fully understand and be thoroughly entertained by X3. Hugh Jackman is back in the tough-guy roll as Wolverine (we like you better as a tough guy, Hugh); Halle Berry (Storm), Anna Paquin (Rogue), James Marsden (Cyclops) and Rebecca Romijn (Mystique) are all back too. And Famke Janssen is back as Phoenix as you've never seen her. Beast is in this one too actually played by (to my surprise in the rolling credits)...Kelsey Grammer! Now there's a real mutation!All in all a very entertaining hour and 45 minutes. X fans won't miss it. You shouldn't either if you're into the action genre.

patrokov 2012-04-30 09:18:34

Better than the previous two

Some might think it ironic that each X-men movie is better than theprevious, but what it actually shows us is that the X-men are bettersuited to episodic story telling than to single movies. In this sense,the X-men share more in common with Highlander and Stargate, in thatwhile the movies were decent, the TV series they spawned wereinfinitely richer and better. It takes a while for a series to get itslegs, develop the characters properly, find the right directing, etc.So X-men, now in its third season has jettisoned it's too-slow director(so he could go and make Superman Returns too slow) and is finallyfinding its legs.This movie is by far the most graphically violent with the sense thatreal people are dying (not that it's gory). It is also the most maturein its storytelling. It doesn't fall victim to the classic blunder oftrying to explain everything while giving us enough explanation for usto willingly suspend our disbelief. (Think Mitacloreans vs. "the forceflows through all living things binding them together.") And finally,pay attention to Ellen Page's Kitty Pryde (the girl who can walkthrough walls). In one movie, she's already shown far more heart,spunk, and superhero attitude than Anna Paquin's Rogue has in threemovies. No offense to Ms Paquin, but since when did Jubilee everupstage Rogue? Rogue was miscast from the beginning, the choice to makeher a child was a mistake, and it shows more than ever in thisinstallment. Just be glad that there's enough other things going on sothat you don't miss Rogue too much. And if your favorite characterdoesn't get enough screen time...don't worry. There will be plenty moreX-men episodes--I mean movies--to come.

lone_jafa 2012-04-29 19:53:25

X-Men... X-Men 2... X-Men 2.5 and now X-Men 0

Sad to say that as a long time fan of the X-Men (comic) books and arecent fan of the movies that I did not like this movie. I understandthat if I want to see my comic book heroes on the screen like they werein the books I should watch Cartoon Network. You can never trulytranslate comics to the big screen. The first two movies reallycaptured the essence of the book - misfits trying to find their placein the world as a team.This movie went for the all action - lots of characters but nosubstance - no story flick. Just like the "Rush Hour" movies. Quite sadconsidering Brett Ratner did the 'Prison Break' pilot about a group ofmisfits trying to breakout of prison as team. Lots of action - lots ofcharacter - and a storyline. What happened to Night Crawler? What happened to Cyclops? Why didMagneto move a bridge?I think people will wish that Bryan could have done this movie andtaken the characters to the next place.

edtxag 2012-04-27 02:33:46

Amusing movie but not good

So I watched a midnight screening of this last night and well I leftthe movie with mixed feelings. It was nice to see the X-men on screenfighting with the Brotherhood. (However by X-men I mean Wolverine,Beast, Shadowcat, Iceman and Storm) As you all have heard by now******SPOILER ALERT******** some idiot thought it would be a good ideato kill of Cyclops and Professor X in the early part of the movie. Whothe hell runs this idea by whoever is in charge of approving things forMarvel and they said yes???? I have a bucket and a bat I would like tointroduce them too. But even so I understand the Professor Xdeath.....its mainly to show that Jean Gray has returned as the Phoenixand has no control. However they simply got rid of Cyclops because theactor decided to follow Bryan Singer and go help him withSuperman......now thats just childish and immature to kill of an entirecharacter simply because an actor decided to further his career and gomake another superhero movie.Anyways my rant being over the movie is decent, has really good specialeffects, had a few moments that brought a smile to my face and otherswhere you get into the action....although another gripe I have isinstead of bringing to the screen other characters we like they decideto bring in unknowns to help Magneto (he simply recruits at mutantchurch meetings) why not introduce Scarlett Witch, Quicksilver,re-invent Sabertooth to the way he is suppose to be, Blob, Avalanchehell we have had to stomach toad in the last two might as well keep himhere, instead of adding porcupine man, a transvestite shock-wave typecharacter, and a quicksilver female that can detect mutants.....Same goes for the X-men it turns out that 6 X-men can hold off all ofMagnetos forces....they should have had Nightcrawler return, KEPTCyclops (at least till the final battle if they MUST kill him) broughtin Havok, Gambit, Rogue (instead of simply writing her off give hersuper strength and flight already), Psyclocke etc.They could have salvaged this movie easily since some of the plot isOK, but instead of seeing unknown mutants fighting on screen show usthose we like from the comics brings this one down and it just seemslike a missed opportunity.

blonde20s 2012-04-26 16:49:39

X-Men: TLS ; Not the best but damn good!

My first initial re-action to this movie, was "OH MY GOD", the secondwas, "I can't believe Rogue sold out!", but I'll explain in a minute!X-Men: THE LAST STAND is an amazingly fast paced movie, though not asfast paced as a lot have commented on! I enjoyed the action sequences,and introduction of new characters. MY likes and dislikes were asfollows... *MAJOR SPOILERS* LIKES... FAMKE Janssen as THE PHOENIX!!! This had to be the best partof the movie, and though the scene in Jean Grey's House with Prof. Xwas controversial, I thought it was amazingly done.ELLEN PAGE as KITTY PRYDE! She was my new favourite character in themovie, the love triangle didn't bother me so much, because I believe itwas to be more in Rogue's mind than in actuality.Wolverine's last stand: The way his skin kept burning off and regrowingreally re-in-acted scenes (for me) from the comics.Kelsey Grammar as Beast: As soon as he said "Oh my stars and garters!"'NUFF SAID! Dislikes... SADLY.... ANGEL... he had no part.. I realize he was the inspirationfor the cure, and the inspiration to keep the school and Xavier's dreamalive (I won' go into specifics), but he was in three scenes, had fourlines... and by the end, kinda looked like a seagull flying through thesky.Jean Grey's lack of speech towards the end... why was she standing backand watching the World while the evil mutants fought?! Colossus... one line in the whole movie... but he's in soooo manyscenes. HUH?! I was wondering if he was just standing there to lookbeefy and to hurdle Wolverine around?! The speech to the X-Kids before the final battle. In the trailer it'ssuggested that Storm and Wolverine are against't them tagging along,but an alternate scene was used where Iceman was nervous aboutfighting, and Wolverine gives him a speech about courage (in my opinionI'd have liked to have seen the former).And finally... Rogue's sell out. From seeing previews (TV spots) I knowthat they filmed an alternate ending where Rogue decides not to takethe cure, but I guess it was to show fans that not everything can be"Alls well that ends well", though if the cure is only temporary thenshe will be back!!! *END SPOILERS* Over-all I like this movie, though X2 was my favouritein the series! I think Brett Ratner's direction was a little messy attimes (not as sleek as Brian Singer's), and the CG was a little cheesycompared to the first two, and the script in some parts, well, therewas a lack of a script. But I did enjoy this movie very much!!!Hopefully a GENERATION X/NEW MUTANTS movie is in the making!!! RAWK! 8/10

wtnally 2012-04-25 01:44:43

despite what you may think

May Contain Spoilers! this was awesome. and out of all of the other people here who say it'sbad, i have no idea where they are getting it from. although i HIGHLYprefer the second X-Men better because Bryan Singer is just a awesomedirector, Brett Ratner did a very great job as well. and i have a veryimportant message to those who do see this, WATCH THE MOVIE EVEN AFTERTHE CREDITS!!!!! it is SO important to do so. i did really enjoy thismovie i just felt there wasn't as much action as the first and secondone's. a lot of critics say Brett Ratner couldn't direct this onebecause he does movies like the family man, rush hour, rush hour 2 andred dragon which are all good. Bryan Singer did the usual suspects,x-man, x2 and the new superman which are all awesome so some people aregoing to think Bryan would do a better job, which i am unsure about.Anyways i highly recommend this film to anyone it is very good. 9/10

llutsic4 2012-04-24 14:23:51

X-Men was Awful!

I was at the midnight screening and before watching the movie. Ichecked the credits. I was truly excited to see Jubilee, Rogue,Pheonix, Storm, Omega boy, and Beast. As I was watching the movie frombeginning to end. I must ask this! How could you totally rewrite andchange the entire history a character is supposed to develop? It iswrong, overdone, overwritten total miscontent of a character. First youtry to stick with the history of the comic books and cartoon. The next,you try to stir things up a bit a decide to rewrite the entirecharacter to your own liking. All of you who were there to see it knowexactly what I am talking about. The movie has totally been redone andhas been turned into a complete piece of crap. For example: SPOILERWARNING!!!! READ BELOW!!!! When Professor Xavier Dies (Never happened!This is totally rewritten.) Omega Boy (More like porcupine boy. Hisentire character has been reduced to him basically killing people byejecting sharp quills out of his body. He was telekinetic for godsakes!), Pheonix/Jean (Her powers were entirely introduced the wrongway and her killing Cyclops is just ridiculous.), and Storm was stillexcluded from the story with minimal monologue. If I remembercorrectly, her lines were something along the line of, "It's time wemake our choice! If you're with us, then *be* with us!" Now I canrespect changing things around a little. But If you are to do that, Doit right. Not all over the place.So in closing, the movie was a major disappointment and was donehorribly. I give it 4 out of 10