Comments on: X-Men: The Last Stand

By: Goon

Goon — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 17:45:47 +0000

plot hole. hilariously explained:

http://jugsisdumb.ytmnd.com/

By: Chopper

Chopper — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:17:00 +0000

i really liked this flick, better than the first 2 i think. i heard that this is the end of the first trilogy, they are thinking about doing another 3.

By: Nuno

Nuno — Tue, 30 May 2006 01:25:34 +0000

I went into X-Men: The Last Stand with very low expectations and I actually enjoyed the movie. It was bittersweet because there were many things about it that I liked but by the end I felt like there was something missing. X2 was easily a huge improvement on X-Men but I can’t say that X3 was better than X2. It didn’t feel as though there was enough closure with many characters and that would be alright if the series was continuing but this was supposed to be the last chapter. If there was going to be a fourth X-Men, It’d be nice to see more of Rogue, Iceman, Colossus, Angel and Kitty Pryde but I doubt FOX would finance it if McKellen, Stewart and Jackman weren’t returning and I don’t think it would work without their characters either. The last thing I’d want for the X-Men are direct to video efforts just for the sake of sequels.

Overall, I felt X3 was entertaining but it didn’t really wow me the way the final X-Men should have.

By: Goon

Goon — Mon, 29 May 2006 05:13:59 +0000

here’s a small nitpicking example

“This movie raped Juggernaut’s character. He’s not a mutant in the comics!”

no. Juggs isnt a mutant in the comics, but thats a pretty stupid thing to worry about being adapted. I mean, if he wasnt a mutant…. Magneto wouldnt associate himself with him.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 29 May 2006 03:16:29 +0000

I pretty much agree with you on this one Goonie. I wasn’t really aware that the fanboys were in such an uproar over this film, but I knew the worries over Brett Ratner leading up to it and honestly, I didn’t see much difference between his direction and Bryan Singer’s. I have no complaints in that regard.

It was entertaining, and I really liked the fact that it was more straightforward than the previous two movies which got kind of convoluted by the end. The main problem with X-Men 3 (and its one that I feared going in) was that there were so many characters and plot threads going that none of them really had ample time to gestate or to get wrapped up nicely. Which is a shame because they used some of the best and most quintessential X-Men plotlines out there.

I’ll save the rest of my comments for this week’s podcast.

By: Goon

Goon — Mon, 29 May 2006 01:32:40 +0000

theres way more i could have written to be specific but would have involved major spoilers. I actually live with a comic nerd who liked the movie, but is smart enough to know its a seperate medium. Some of the things that happen in the movie that many claim would ‘never happen’ – ie certain characters wanting the cure, actually happen in the comics as well as the 90s animated series which was pretty true to the comics most of the time. Yes I know Brett Ratner doesnt have the greatest reputation but he certainly didnt disgrace the series by any stretch, people are blaming him for the script even… Ratner was pretty much a hired hand to follow through with materials that were already pretty much set in place for him. This film isnt really Ratners vision in any way, yet I see Schumacher references here and there. its frustrating how many people did all they could to nitpick things they hated.