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

Professor S · 05-30-2006, 12:38 AM

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.

***END SPOILER***

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 · 05-30-2006, 01:32 AM

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.

BlueFire · 05-30-2006, 01:55 AM

I was also confused on Phoenix's appearance. She looked like she was from the Exorcist. What happened to the flaming red phoenix with red, orange and yellow?

BreakABone · 05-30-2006, 01:40 PM

I haven't seen the movie yet so won't write an opinion on it.

But I will say some stuff in the defense of the movie that was out of the control of the director.

-The movie had about a year to go from concept to completion. Which may not sound like a bad thing. But when you take into effort that Spiderman and Batman pretty much film about 2 years before the release then goes through editting and all that other stuff. This movie had a year to get a script, shoot, edit, score and be out in theatres.

-Cast members who either had previous engagements or a certain someone who asked for more time or they would walk.

Canyarion · 05-30-2006, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BreakABone

certain someone who asked for more time or they would walk.

WHO? :eek: That's just pathetic.

KillerGremlin · 05-31-2006, 12:06 AM

Maybe Nightcrawler, I know he wanted more money. And he wasn't that great an actor, and not that important a character.

DarkMaster · 05-31-2006, 12:12 AM

I'm pretty sure Halle Berry said she wanted more time in the spotlight or she wouldn't do a third movie.

GameMaster · 05-31-2006, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

Maybe Nightcrawler, I know he wanted more money. And he wasn't that great an actor, and not that important a character.

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Halle Berry originally stated during interviews for X-Men 2 that she would not be returning for her role as Storm in the third film should the character not have a significant presence comparable to the comic book version. However, she decided to reprise the role after Singer left the project and Brett Ratner, who also felt Storm required a larger role, signed on and increased the role.

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Alan Cumming was reportedly uncomfortable with the long hours he had to take with the Nightcrawler makeup, but still planned to return for X3. However, the part for Nightcrawler was so minimal, it was not worth it to bring him back and go through the long and costly make up process when he was barely in the film, and the character was cut.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-men_3