X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
| Action,Adventure,Sci-Fi,Thriller
USA / English
"Take a Stand " When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men, led by Professor Charles Xavier (Stewart), and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier's former ally, Magneto (McKellen).
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The last stand? I hope not
I'll be truthful, I didn't like this film very much. Of course, it had
a lot to live up to, of course, with the previous two films high
standard. The film opens well, with strangely disturbing versions of
Xavier and Magneto visiting a young Jean. It also goes straight into to
the action, the two main plots of the story soon becoming apparent.
Both however, come second place to special effects in this film. At
just over 1 and 30 minutes, it would be almost impossible to cram a
finale worthy of the trilogy without missing out some things. I just
don't see why it had to be the emotion. With the cure side of the
story, it seems we never get an insight into the characters worries and
feelings towards it. The phoenix part is also extremely disappointing,
we aren't ever told why Phoenix does what she does and who is in
control. You can only go so far as to blame Brett Ratner, he does a
good job with the battle scenes but always seems to want to rush
anything involving a character's emotion. I can imagine him on set
hurrying along the actors as they try to get into character for the
harrowing scenes. So if newcomer Ratner isn't the problem, what is? The
script. It's as if the writers truly want this to be the last film,
killing off characters early to make way for new ones. Rogue is put on
the back seat, even though the central theme of the cure should have
her at the forefront. The final battle is also inexplicable, with both
sides not really sure what they should be doing. It does allow for one
of the great moments of the trilogy (Kitty and Juggernauts chase
through - and I mean through - the facility). Still on the script,
don't forget the corny lines ("I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!") and
terrible ending which seems to forget the events of the rest of the
film. Vinnie Jones and Halle Berry are both below par in the acting
stakes even thought they didn't have much to work with. I don't want
this to be the last stand as I think the saga deserves better than
this. The previous films had intelligence and emotion, compared to
explosions and annoyances. Maybe X4 will prosper without many of the
main characters, well, one can only hope.
Personal| Seen it: | Nej |
| Nr of disks/tapes: | 1 |
| Storage device: | Divx 5 |
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