X-Men: The Last Stand

[puckrobin]

This film fills me with confidence for Superman Returns. All the brains associated with the creative success of X-Men and X2 have left Xavier's School and moved to Metropolis.

So, what of X-Men 3 or X3? It felt like a bunch of disjointed moments strung together. Constant "wouldn't it be cool if..." and "top this!" scenes with little thought to storytelling logic, consistency of character, directorial sense or anything else that makes a proper movie.

The movie tried to do far too much, and spent too little time with any one element. My watch said the film was well under 2 hours. My mental clock said it was longer than Lord of the Rings. It's funny how a quick, haphazard pace can make a film seem longer.

And perhaps under Bryan Singer's direction I'd feel differently, but the Juggernaut is one of many characters best left in 2-D forms such as comics or cartoons. On screen, he just looks so very, very silly.

X-Men: The Last Stand is to X2: X-Men United as Revenge of the Sith is to The Empire Strikes Back.

Of course, some people like Revenge of the Sith. Go figure.

Allen

P.S.: Or as a friend would put it, "meh!"

Comments

[marytek.livejournal.com]

I saw it yesterday afternoon with Tarotcub and we both loved it. It's meant to be entertaining and it did entertain. Granted it could have had better direction and script writing, but it was a decent little summer blockbuster.