X-men 3: The Last Stand (Pre-impressions)

[thatmariolover]

I got back from it a few hours ago. I really enjoyed it; I must say when I read it was only 1h 43m long I was kind of shocked. I felt the movie was a really good length when I watched it; and wasn't particularly bored. There were a few parts here and there that I thought could have been done better, but all in all the movie was really good. I was entertained, and that's really about as important as it is to me.

Might be a few spoilers here, so highlight with caution.


I wasn't overly bothered by the plot devices they changed because in the end they're going in a similar direction, even if they do it a bit differently. Juggernaut is a mutant instead of a nerd with a powerful crystal, the Phoenix is part of Jean Grey's subconscious, not an alien telepath that takes her over, she's not found on the dark side of the moon in a cacoon (though Xavier does use the word Cacoon as a bit of a throwback to those knowledgable in the universe).

And though I tried to ignore it, the Angel sub-plot was just a bit too stereotypically emo for me.



And if you see it in theaters, don't forget to stick around through the credits; there's something there that you have to see.

[RagedHybrid]

i just finished watching the movie and even though i have never read the comics and i occasionally saw the cartoon series. I was very impressed. I enjoyed the movie very much and that ending and that part after the credits. oh man i can't wait for the next.

[Acebot44]

I enjoyed it

[BlueFire]

I came back from seeing it and I have mixed feelings about it. The action and visuals were superb but the plot was a bit whacked.




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Why did people have to randomly die like that? I mean.. Professor X dies and it was dramatic. I guess it was fitting.. but Cyclops randomly dies. That scene was very lackluster. And I understand that the movie doesn't follow the actual storyline but damn, that was crazy. I guess if you don't know the storyline from the comics/cartoons, you'll enjoy this movie. And the ending, they just had to do something like that...
























I liked the movie, but it wasn't great. The first movie was great. I think this movie could have been a little longer. It was only good for the action..

[Swan]

I saw this today with Fox 6, Dylflon and Dylflon's brother and father. I quite liked it. It was a fun little movie.





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Way too much disintigration. And I was very confused after what happened to Cyclops, I thought she ate him


PS Wolverine is an *******

[Dylflon]

I really didn't care for it.

Here's my review:






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Cons:
-The story overall felt half assed with characters introduced that have little influence in the movie. The most glaring example of this is Archangel. He was hardly in the damn thing at all.
-Many things in the movie were not full enough explored (Phoenix for instance).
-Characters died for no good god damn reason.
-Nobody seemed to care that Cyclops was dead.
-Probably should have had more action.
-Hardly any character development.
-The team of 6 X-Men for the end fight felt slapped together as half of the characters in the team had hardly been explored in any of the films.
-Too short.
-Did I mention the story wasn't very good? Seriously, I feel like the team behind the movie thought about writing the thing merely as an obstacle standing between them and money so they slapped a bunch of crap together.

Pros:
-Mutants everywhere
-Shadowcat was kinda hot.







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and there you have it..

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Dylflon

Cons:
-The story overall felt half assed with characters introduced that have little influence in the movie. The most glaring example of this is Archangel. He was hardly in the damn thing at all.

You mean Angel...he doesn't become Archangel until Apocalypse gets to him.



And yes, Kitty Pryde was quite cute.

[KillerGremlin]

Originally Posted by Dylflon

-Shadowcat was kinda hot.

amen to that

she could run through me anyday.

[Dylflon]

Oh, and another serious con is that there is no Nightcrawler.

[Vampyr]

Could someone tell me what happened after the credits? I didn't know there was anything after them so I didn't stick around.

[Fox 6]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

Could someone tell me what happened after the credits? I didn't know there was anything after them so I didn't stick around.

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remember that brain dead guy on the video presentation with moyra, and how they should act if they could transfer a dying persons mind into a brain dead body? well after the credits mora comes into he room with the brain dead guy and she says "good morning" and the brain dead guy turns to her and in Xaviers voice says "Good morning"


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[BlueFire]

Yeah.. that was dumb.

[Canyarion]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WALKED OUT AT THE END CREDITS! I ALWAYS WATCH THEM, JUST NOT THIS TIME! >.<



Oh well. I liked the movie, but it looked a lot like the others.



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Except this time they killed off half of the characters.

Angel was soooo boring and useless.




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[Professor S]

A lot has been said here so I'll only hit a few points with ***SPOILERS***:

Ratner was wholly unsprepared and lacking the skill to tell this story.

















Magneto degenerated into a stock villian, when the side story of him becoming a mutant Hitler (inclusing the botched "speech" allusion) should have been emphasized.

Colossus and Juggernaut in the same movie, and no slobberknocker? Are you ****ing kidding me? Not even a punch exchanged.

Wolverine turns into a wuss. When he had the "heart to heart" with Cyclops I threw up in my mouth a little. How his character was so completely turned on its head in these movies astounds me. If you want to see what Wolverine's personality is really like, watch HELLBOY.

I'm all for characters dying in movies, but the number kicking it in this one made me actually laugh, because it reminded me of Transformers: The Movie.

The ending fight scene was anti-climactic and smacked of B-Moviedom. It looked like they shot it on a soundstage. Pheonix's backlighting was hilariously bad. The wire-work looked like it was from a 1984 kung-fu movie. And the fight scenes were poorly choreographed and forgettable.

The only scene that turned out right was the battle in Jean Grey's childhood home. That was suspenseful and dramatic. Edge of you seat type stuff.















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In the end the elements were there for a great movie, but Brett Ratner was directing it, so it fell on its face, especially in the second half.

[GameMaster]

Having the second highest opening day success (being second to Revenge of the Sith), there's bound to be an X-4. And X-3 definitely left the door open for a sequel. I really liked it.