Movie Title: X-Men 3: The Last Stand
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (6/10)
Year: 2006
X-Men 3: The Last Stand official site: http://www.x-menthelaststand.com/
Well well… the great x-men is finally here. Everyone is talking about it, everyone has been waiting for it… everyone is wondering if this is the last instalment of the great x-men. Yes… since it’s call X-men 3: The LAST Stand. So yeah… everyone sit down… puzzle a little… wonder if it is really the last one.
I always think it’s a simple theory, the cast can still act and not demanding for a unreasonable raise due to the previous success… thus it continues. If the budget is not met.. then consider it the last. But well… Hollywood movies.. will they ever be no budget for movies like this that will capture billions of viewers?
This third instalment started off with a heavy bang when we could see the x-men’s fighting and well at the same time trying to save one another’s life. No no no.. surely they all are alright as it was just a practice. Yes, yes…. x-men needs to learn too. Teamwork my friend, team work. Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) always being the one who believe he can do anything is pissed of when Cyclops (James Marsden) could not attend to teach classes.
Yes, Cyclops still has gotten over Jean (Famke Janssen) tragic death at the dam from previous episode. Well… he heard voices of Jean trying to reach out for him which leads him back to the dam. There, he got so emotional and soon start lasering up down left right center. Yeah… and men say women are emotional.
Ta da… the story soon starts when a big bubble suddenly pop’s up from the water. Aha….. Jean is not dead. After so long of waiting… cyclops finally manage to see Jean. The two love birds soon ah.. have this big and deadly kiss. Woohoo… apparently, it’s not Jean he is kissing, it’s Jean’s evil twin.. hahaha… not really evil twin… I should say the dark side of Jean (Phoenix). Oh yes… to my fellow cyclops friend… that’s the last time you are gonna see him man. Yes… he died like in the first 10 minutes of the movie and never reappear. Nope… not even a flash back. Well.. but I think they manage to pan through his tombstone with a lovely name “Scott Summers” on it.
Yes, apparently Jean is a very special mutant. One mutant so powerful that everyone is so afraid of. Even Charles Xavier (Patrick Steward) and Magneto (Ian McKellen) is both trying to get her. Charles is trying to tame her which well… causes his life. Yes…. even now he is dead. Magneto however on the other hand try to use her. As a weapon against the government since the government has launched a “cure”. Wooo.. magic potion to cure mutants. Yes, a cure to make them human. Sounds tempting?
Magneto manage to gather a gang of brotherhood to fight against the government. Which introduce us to loads of new character. None of them were formally introduced. Yes… I have not much idea of what their name is, what is their character name is… it’s as if all other viewers have no intention of knowing who they were. How rude of the director.
In a scene, Magneto tries to save Mystique. During the quest to safe her, he manage to find more people to work for him… and one of it, the Juggernaut. Sorry to say but hahaha… he seriously looks like a dick head. And well…. I still dun see his powers. It’s like wearing a big stone on the head and knocking people off. Mystique then accidently got shot with the “cure” when she is trying to save Magneto. Magneto then left her alone when she turns in to a human. Mutants are cruel.
When Magneto has managed to gather a group big enough, they soon head to Alcatez. Which is totally a joke the director made. Magneto moves the bridge to Alcatraz during broad daylight, but when his army invades the base mere minutes later, it’s the dead of night. Which makes me felt this movie has bad planning and definitely in a rush for time to tightly fit themselves in the summer blockbuster hit.
There and there… the last fight… yes… the x-men take their last stand to protect the world, saves the day sorta thing. I have never seen Storm (Halle Berry) that useless before in any of the previous instalment. Being such a highly acclaimed character, I always thought she is so powerful she can just zap you and totally roast you in to nice and crispy bacon. But no.. instead, she was being hit here, there and everywhere. Much to my disappointment.
The battle continues, when finally it’s up to the x-men trying to Magneto down. Well well, Wolverine sure does learn from his previous mistake which causes Magneto to lose his mutant powers. Yes, he was being jabbed with the cure. Not one but at least 4 jabs of it.
Ah.. yes… and not it’s Phoenix turn to show some power. Yeah.. she has been all this while silent. How can she not make a dramatic ending. Yes, she got all angry when the police shot the cure from behind… which the next 8 minutes feature her as a demon rather than a mutant…. breaking up stuffs into atoms. Well.. and obviously only Wolverine can handle her since he can self-heal and yeah… he killed her… for the sake of the country, the audience and ending the movie.
Well… I think it was a pathetic ending. The continuity is off…. there were some mutants which stood further away from phoenix just busted in to pieces while everyone else is still okay. I mean how could that happen? Worst part… before everything goes from bad to worst, they could have just asked the “cure” little boy (god knows what is his name) to just hug Jean and everything is settled. No killing needed, less soap opera.
Oh.. yes… did I forget to mention the Angel? Well, why mention when he is so unforgettable in the movie? He just manage to show in some few scenes. The most dramatic and well I think the longest he has ever appeared in was a 3 minutes scene with him saving his father. Rogue… ah… forget her, she is the only x-men who went for the cure…. not because of herself but for another guy? Sad… just too sad.
I just felt the script for this movie is badly done. Most of the characters have so little lines which practically have no continuity. Not to even mention new mutants popping up here and there without being introduced. What? You are expecting me to know everything inside out? If I do… do you still think I want to watch this movie? Well, at least that is what I think.
I just think Brett Ratner failed to bring the greatness of x0men out like the previous 2 instalment.
Not to even mention…. the 30 second scene which being placed after the ending credits! (Yes, sit tight and dun move a muscle until they shoo you out of the cinema) ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…. no one told me about it. How can you do such thing to people like me! I hate you… I hate you!
You could check out what’s the scene about at X-Men Spoilers.