There seems to be a lot of hate on these forums for X-Men: The Last Stand. Why? I found it to be a very entertaining and thrilling film. If anything, too many scenes were cut out that should have been left in. I think the film was too rushed and would have benefited from a longer cut.
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X-Men 3: Why the hate? ( Spoilers)
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Yep. I loved it too.
A lot more than Superman Returns, which is what Singer went to do instead.
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- 'Curing' Mystique for no particular reason, after she was such an important player in the first two movies
- It pointlessly introduced tons of mutants who had little to do past having a 10 second VFX shot
- Rather than 'X-Men 3', an ensemble film focusing on a team of mutants in a hostile world, it was really just 'The Wolverine and Storm Movie'
- Too much emphasis on Storm because Halle Berry insisted on it after winning her Oscar--when Halle Berry was was one of the most horribly mis-cast actors in the franchise
- Too much emphasis on Wolverine because the tools writing/producing/directing/financing it thought that all you need is Wolverine to do X-Men
- It failed miserably at telling the Dark Phoenix story. Whether you look at it in terms of comic adaptation or story fulfilment of the previous movie, it frakking awful
- It completely abandoned the mutant/gay allegory that had been done masterfully in the first two films, just to tell some stupid "cure" story that had no place in a film that should have been 100% about the Dark Phoenix
- It jammed Magneto's anti-human war story in for no particular reason other than "oh yeah, we forgot about the first two movies doing that!"
- It pointlessly killed off major characters....I have no problem with character deaths, but for when they happen for no reason at all (including Cyclops off-screen)
- Rogue ceased to be an actual character with a story of her own, and was instead relegated to being a lovesick puppy with no mind of her own
- Magneto's revolt was cumbersome and moronic. Rather than the deceptive, subtle, genius villain we'd gotten to know in the first two movies....he tears up the Golden Gate Bridge for no apparent reason.
- Juggernaut isn't a mutant--so how was Leech able to harm him?
- "I'm the Juggernaut, b*tch!" Pardon me while I go vomit.
No. This movie was a disaster from beginning to end, a waste of $210m, a waste of 90 minutes, and a waste of everyone involved's time. Every last copy of this movie deserves to be dumped into vats of manure (its own kind) and then shot into the sun, before all traces of it are erased from human memory."A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life
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well, i agree that it could have been done loads better (magneto is no idiot going for open revolt, even more if they have this "cure-weapon" - no he would have done all that another way....like taking out a missile silo crew and launching against the cure facility....or by sneaking in and poisoning the "cure-child" etc.)
rogue: well...'nough said about that
cyclops....well didn't like him that much anyway (also he should have gotten an on-screen death)
dark phoenix story: well i would have loved for THAT to be tossed out (then the magneto part would have been able to expand more)
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still it was at least way better then any of the spider-man movies (or other stuff like that)
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Originally posted by DigiFluid View Post'Curing' Mystique for no particular reason, after she was such an important player in the first two movies
It pointlessly introduced tons of mutants who had little to do past having a 10 second VFX shot
Rather than 'X-Men 3', an ensemble film focusing on a team of mutants in a hostile world, it was really just 'The Wolverine and Storm Movie'
Too much emphasis on Storm because Halle Berry insisted on it after winning her Oscar--when Halle Berry was was one of the most horribly mis-cast actors in the franchise
Too much emphasis on Wolverine because the tools writing/producing/directing/financing it thought that all you need is Wolverine to do X-Men
It failed miserably at telling the Dark Phoenix story. Whether you look at it in terms of comic adaptation or story fulfilment of the previous movie, it frakking awful
It completely abandoned the mutant/gay allegory that had been done masterfully in the first two films, just to tell some stupid "cure" story that had no place in a film that should have been 100% about the Dark Phoenix
It jammed Magneto's anti-human war story in for no particular reason other than "oh yeah, we forgot about the first two movies doing that!"
It pointlessly killed off major characters....I have no problem with character deaths, but for when they happen for no reason at all (including Cyclops off-screen)
Rogue ceased to be an actual character with a story of her own, and was instead relegated to being a lovesick puppy with no mind of her own
Magneto's revolt was cumbersome and moronic. Rather than the deceptive, subtle, genius villain we'd gotten to know in the first two movies....he tears up the Golden Gate Bridge for no apparent reason.
Juggernaut isn't a mutant--so how was Leech able to harm him?
No. This movie was a disaster from beginning to end, a waste of $210m, a waste of 90 minutes, and a waste of everyone involved's time. Every last copy of this movie deserves to be dumped into vats of manure (its own kind) and then shot into the sun, before all traces of it are erased from human memory.
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You asked the question. Don't act surprised when someone tells you everything that was wrong with this steaming pile of a movie."A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life
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More a discussion than an argument really.I write articles/features/reviews for I'm With Geek.com now. Check out our stuff if you get a minute!
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Its a summer movie like most superhero movies is all about action and special effects. I don't get the comic comparassion. Most of them are contradicted by the comics all the time. I will admit the overuse of Wolverine but that is a problem with all the moviesOriginally posted by aretood2Jelgate is right
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Originally posted by DigiFluid View Post- 'Curing' Mystique for no particular reason, after she was such an important player in the first two movies
- It pointlessly introduced tons of mutants who had little to do past having a 10 second VFX shot
- Rather than 'X-Men 3', an ensemble film focusing on a team of mutants in a hostile world, it was really just 'The Wolverine and Storm Movie'
- Too much emphasis on Storm because Halle Berry insisted on it after winning her Oscar--when Halle Berry was was one of the most horribly mis-cast actors in the franchise
- Too much emphasis on Wolverine because the tools writing/producing/directing/financing it thought that all you need is Wolverine to do X-Men
- It failed miserably at telling the Dark Phoenix story. Whether you look at it in terms of comic adaptation or story fulfilment of the previous movie, it frakking awful
- It completely abandoned the mutant/gay allegory that had been done masterfully in the first two films, just to tell some stupid "cure" story that had no place in a film that should have been 100% about the Dark Phoenix
- It jammed Magneto's anti-human war story in for no particular reason other than "oh yeah, we forgot about the first two movies doing that!"
- It pointlessly killed off major characters....I have no problem with character deaths, but for when they happen for no reason at all (including Cyclops off-screen)
- Rogue ceased to be an actual character with a story of her own, and was instead relegated to being a lovesick puppy with no mind of her own
- Magneto's revolt was cumbersome and moronic. Rather than the deceptive, subtle, genius villain we'd gotten to know in the first two movies....he tears up the Golden Gate Bridge for no apparent reason.
- Juggernaut isn't a mutant--so how was Leech able to harm him?
- "I'm the Juggernaut, b*tch!" Pardon me while I go vomit.
No. This movie was a disaster from beginning to end, a waste of $210m, a waste of 90 minutes, and a waste of everyone involved's time. Every last copy of this movie deserves to be dumped into vats of manure (its own kind) and then shot into the sun, before all traces of it are erased from human memory.Last edited by Puddle-Jumper; 04 June 2011, 02:38 PM.I dunno what to put in here now..
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Originally posted by JanineGrant2 View Postmy only real problem with the film was the Phoenix story. That was an awful way to bring in Phoenix. Jean Grey (according to the comic) is supposed to be in a coma-ish state of some sort while the phoenix force takes over"Goodbye Eli Wallace, you're a good man."
- imlad, from http://www.readandfindout.com/
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