I can't believe they did that! (or a quick review of X3)
OMFG!
I can’t believe they did that!
I can’t believe they did that, too!
I am glad they finally did that.
That rocked!
Those are just some of the reactions I had to the premiere of X3-The Last Stand.
What an awesome movie! And while it was a great movie to the general public, the fanboys (and girls) are probably still awe-struck at the events witnessed in the latest installment of our favorite band of mutants on the big screen.
To be honest, I was concerned going in to the theater. Last year’s Batman Begins rose the bar on what we should expect out of a superhero movie. But X3 took that bar and sent it into orbit!
Now, I am not going to give any spoilers here, but let me say this. Nothing is sacred, and they do not wimp out in the end with some happy “all is well, again” solution that has been seen way too often in movies, comics and TV. They take all three claws and ram them home, and there is no healing factor to save your butt. The Comic Code Commission has not approved this movie.
In the Last Stand, the X-men are forced to choose between their fellow mutants and protecting humanity as Magneto and his Brotherhood go to war over a “cure” for mutants that has been developed by a pharmaceutical company. Controversy over the cure affects each mutant. Some look to it as an escape from the persecution and isolation of being different. Others take offence that they need to be cured. And when the cure shows up as a government developed weapon, Magneto goes to war, with a resurrected Jean Grey, now reborn as the Dark Phoenix, at his side. Pyro, Juggernaut and Calisto round out the Brotherhood’s top guns, while Marrow and Multiple Man make notable appearances.
The Beast, Colossus and Kitty Pride join Wolverine, Storm and Iceman for the X-men’s last stand against Magneto’s army, with brief but important appearances by Angel and Leech.
I don’t want to say too much, and what has been left unsaid may have been too much already.
Go see it for yourself.
