If you haven’t seen X-Men 3 yet, I suggest not reading the rest of the blog entry…
One thing I don’t get is, how is the big battle at the end supposed to be the “last stand”? Yeay, big battle between the Mutants that want their freedom versus people who want to cure the mutant gene along with people who like being mutants, but want to coexist peacefully with non-mutants. So, where are the sentinels? Oh wait, that was the simulation at the beginning of the movie. Lame. The character, Angel, didn’t get much screen time either, but the billboards all over LA County would suggest otherwise. Dave didn’t like the fact that the movie killed off 3 of the main characters for instant dramatic effect, which after a thought, is a bit cheesy. I would have hoped for a better death for at least Scott Summers. He died at the hands of Jean Grey, overcome with happiness after a long bout with grief. I would wonder why Jean Grey or rather Dark Phoenix would kill him so easily? Is Phoenix that bitter about Jean or the world to kill Scott? Professor Xavier’s death was kinda sad, too, in a cheesy and easy kill kind of way. I really didn’t feel too emotional about his death, because really, in these kinds of films, main character dies, main character is miraculously brought back to life. Not to mention the smile he had when he was vaporized. It was an aww, s/he died, when the 3 characters died. Overall, I liked this movie, but I think this particular movie would have done much much better as a mini-series on television. I would have liked have seen more of Mystique, as what happens to her after her humanification instead of a small snippet of her selling out her former boss. I think one of the best moments in the movie came at the very very beginning, when the young Angel was trying to saw off his wings. It was very sad to see a young boy with tears running down his face full of pain.
Now I’m sleepy. Time to hop off to bed.