X-Men; The Last Stand
Having partially read tons of reviews, I was able to see one common thread. They all, good or bad, said that X-Men; The Last Stand could have been better. Now while I agree with that, it was not as lacking as they claimed. One comment I heard was that it lacked character. IT’S A MOVIE BASED ON A COMIC, NO ONE IS THERE FOR THE CHARACTERS! I could sit here and ramble about how the critics missed the point for pages, but that’s not why you opened this attachment. Here is the review.
“X-Men; The Last Stand” had been billed as the last of the X-Men franchise, and if it is, I’m sure fans will be satisfied. In this one, the humans have found a mutant named Leech (Cameron Bright,) whose power is that he can cause mutants to temporarily lose their powers. Using his mutated DNA, they manufacture a “cure” for mutation. They offer the cure for any mutant who wants it. The conflict grows from there. Magneto (Ian McKellen), a man who can manipulate metal is the head of the resistance. He claims that the humans not allow mutants to choose the cure and will force it on all mutants. He gathers a mutant army, including Juggernaut (Vinnie Jones,) a man, who once he gains momentum, can not be stopped by anything, and Callisto (Diana Ramierz,) who can move super fast and detect mutants around her. Magneto starts a war against the humans with the goal being the destruction of the cure and the capture of the mutant who is the source.
Then there is the X-Men. Lead by Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart,) a physic and head of a school for mutants. There are some new faces this time around including Beast, (Kelsey Grammar) a furry, blue mutant, (they don’t explain in the movie, but he was a scientist who was experimenting with mutation and ended up becoming a mutant,) Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page,) a girl who can walk through walls and Colossus (Daniel Cudmore,) who has the ability to make his skin steel. Back from the first two movies are Wolverine (Hugh Jackman,) with his ability to heal and steel claws and Storm (
Mixed in all of this is the physic, Jean Grey, who “died” in the last movie. There is a focus on her back story. She comes back, this time as “
As a fan of the first two, I loved this one as well. It was just what I was hoping for, minus a few things (if I were to say what those were, it would spoil the film.) Sure, it lacked what an Oscar worthy film would have, like character development, great dialogue, strong plot. It’s a comic book movie, the people who go to see it are not there for all those things. Heck, I went to see special effects, things blow up and people with cool powers fight. I will admit that it is not as good as the first two, but I was not disappointed. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I think many of the critics (at least the 52% who gave poor reviews according to rottentomatoes.com) missed the point of the movie. It’s not meant to be taken so seriously. It is, as I have said at least 3 times before, based on a comic and therefore must be seen as a movie based on a comic book and not a movie that is meant to move people.
7 out of 10
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence, some sexual content and language.
