4 things I loved, hated, and was confused by in X-men 3: The Last Stand.

[chibisophia]

First, the spoiler-free review: Xmen 3: The Last Stand is a movie I'm pretty split on. Part of me liked it; part of me didn't, and part of me was pretty boggled by it. I'm not comparing it to the comics, as I think the movies are in an entirely different universe, and thus the comparison isn't really apt. (Besides, I don't have a strong-enough

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[scootermcgaffin]

For the record, Shadow Cat (Kitty Pride) and Colossus were both in X2. And Beast (Hank McCoy) had a cameo, too.

[chibisophia]

They were? I don't remember them being there at all. 0.o I guess that's better than them just appearing out of nowhere, but jeez, I don't even remember them.

[scootermcgaffin]

Yup. Shadow Cat and Colossus (And Colossus had a tiny, bit in another, throwaway Bobby/Rogue scene, too) were both in the "attack on the school" scene. Shadow Cat woke up when Siren started screaming, phased through her bed onto the story below, then phased through one of the soldiers and out through a wall. Colossus knocked out some guys, and then helped get the younger students out through the secret exit. And then, at the end of the movie when the main characters are confronting the Senator, and he's all "How did you get those documents?" Professor X is all "Let's just say I know a little girl who can walk through walls

[trevoke]

Did you stay until after the credits? Or should I spoil you the little 20-second coda they have?

As you read, I like like like the Phoenix. The reason she's standing around a lot is because she's following Magneto but doesn't care about anything that he's doing. Magneto thinks he's controlling her, and he's really just walking her around. And that only happens because a part of her is in shock at completely disassembling a human being..
It doesn't technically really make sense, but her character doesn't have much of a drive, and it's better to do it that way than to really have her go around and only work on her emotions, because she'd destroy the world by the end of the first half of the movie.

[trevoke]

Oh, and de-powering Magneto : what else are you gonna do when all else is lost?

[azurefire]

I agree. It was depower him or kill him. They came to the same decision Charles himself came to in the comics. And yes, it's supposed to be a slippery moral slope, I think :)

[kilderok]

OMG...scott dies?! D= I too believe more care should have been exersized in the movie towards death. Its a very serious matter, and if they had done so, perhaps the emotions of their viewers may have been a bit stronger. And guess what folks? Strong emotions usually pull crowds! =D If they had used as much drama as they had in oh say...Star Wars Three, perhaps it would have rended more hearts. Afterall, war in any form is tragic. Not just..eh.

But I still want to see this movie. Mostly for The beast LMAO....scientific american eh? I read that! <3

Oh one more thing: OMG I know WE GOT IT THE FIRST MILLION TIMES wolverine. Stop with teh healing!!!! XD;

Thanks fer this in depth review! By far the most in-depth review I've read so far!

[themizmikemizan]

Scott in the movies was incredibly vapid and underdeveloped. There'd be no way to make his death mean anything without giving him development in the third picture. Which couldn't happen because lil miss pissy pants Berry wanted a bigger role.

Fact is, they could have drawn out Scott's death into a twenty minute scene complete with love, repentence, the whole dealie-o, but it wouldn't matter. Because it's just Scott, the guy with no personality from the first two movies.

Xavier's death was handled well, until the total cop-out after the end credits.

I'd go as far to say that Kelsey Grammer was a tour de force as Beast.

[chibisophia]

Oh, I agree. Cyclops in the moving is a total bore. But it's still incredibly weird that the characters they've established having a bond with never seem to notice he's dead. It makes the other characters look like tools. And Scott was a tool, but a tool they were supposed to care about, dammit!

I think I'm the only person who got pissed off by that damn cop-out. And not just because I sat through credits that were long enough I started looking for my name just in case they'd put me on there.

I agree with Kelsey Grammar doing great.

[themizmikemizan]

I never liked Cyclops, comic or movie. But, yeah, he's supposed to be the guy with a stick up his ass that people wish would loosen up while at the same time, realising that he's best as a leader when he's not.

If you're more into the comics (or for that matter the 90's cartoon series), it's very annoying how he was handled. They didn't transfer any of his personality except "Stuck-up twat".

And, well, by virtue of me calling it a cop-out, I doubt I'm a fan of it.

I'm delighted Kelsey Grammar did so well, because he's one of those folks you KNEW should be Beast, much like people sort of "knew" Patrick Stewart should be Charles Xavier.

PS "I'm the Juggernaut, BITCH!" Nice nod to the internet there. Juggs was handled well. But why no Colossus versus Juggernaut? He was right there!