Thursday, June 01, 2006
My thoughts on X-Men: The Last Stand
Don't read if you haven't seen the movie yet...
I've had a few days to reflect on my thoughts about X-Men: The Last Stand. Going in, I was expecting to be really disappointed. After seeing it I have a lot of mixed emotions. There are parts of me that were thrilled while at the same disappointed and let down.
I loved seeing the Fastball Special as Colossus is my favorite mutant along with Wolverine of course and I thought Kelsey did a decent job as Beast and I actually thought the acrobatic action sequences with him at the end were better than the intellectual ones of him conversing with others. And I liked the entrance each of the X-Men had when they arrived on Alcatraz Island. Seeing Bobby ice up all of the way was good to see too. For whatever reason, I really like Iceman in this movie and always have in the comics.
Ever since the first one, I've hated how they handled Cyclops. He's the team leader, always has, always will be. While I know Wolverine is the focus of all of these flicks, I still think there was room for Scott. Heck, it's even mentioned in The Last Stand that Scott is leader but he's never been treated that way. So his death (maybe) along with Xavier's really bothered me. Killing off the 2 main reasons there's even an X-Men to begin with was a major gripe of mine. Also, Phoenix's powers could have been much cooler. X2 gave us a glimpse of what it could be but they just decided to make Phoenix a multiple personality of Jean's.
Enough writing. I probably won't see it in the theater again but I will definitely pick up the DVD. It's too bad this is the last X-Men movie. I can accept a Wolverine spin-off, that's a given. But Magneto? I just don't think that will have a broad enough appeal. And when it bombs, critics will try to say that it's the end of comic book movies. They've lost their appeal. But even after the crap that was Elektra, comic movies are still going strong.
I've had a few days to reflect on my thoughts about X-Men: The Last Stand. Going in, I was expecting to be really disappointed. After seeing it I have a lot of mixed emotions. There are parts of me that were thrilled while at the same disappointed and let down.
I loved seeing the Fastball Special as Colossus is my favorite mutant along with Wolverine of course and I thought Kelsey did a decent job as Beast and I actually thought the acrobatic action sequences with him at the end were better than the intellectual ones of him conversing with others. And I liked the entrance each of the X-Men had when they arrived on Alcatraz Island. Seeing Bobby ice up all of the way was good to see too. For whatever reason, I really like Iceman in this movie and always have in the comics.
Ever since the first one, I've hated how they handled Cyclops. He's the team leader, always has, always will be. While I know Wolverine is the focus of all of these flicks, I still think there was room for Scott. Heck, it's even mentioned in The Last Stand that Scott is leader but he's never been treated that way. So his death (maybe) along with Xavier's really bothered me. Killing off the 2 main reasons there's even an X-Men to begin with was a major gripe of mine. Also, Phoenix's powers could have been much cooler. X2 gave us a glimpse of what it could be but they just decided to make Phoenix a multiple personality of Jean's.
Enough writing. I probably won't see it in the theater again but I will definitely pick up the DVD. It's too bad this is the last X-Men movie. I can accept a Wolverine spin-off, that's a given. But Magneto? I just don't think that will have a broad enough appeal. And when it bombs, critics will try to say that it's the end of comic book movies. They've lost their appeal. But even after the crap that was Elektra, comic movies are still going strong.
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