X-3 The Last Stand
POSTED BY: Tayeatra
UPDATED: Sunday, April 5, 2026 17:34
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Ok, so honest opinion time for everyone that's seen it.
(I'm not posting spoilers since I don't want to ruin it for anyone.)
Here what I wrote in my review blog...
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Ok. So I saw the film last night and I've been processing it since then in my mind.
I've always been a comic fan and then the cartoons and movies so I tend to watch who's in the background of every scene to see if I can name them. I really didn't need to do that this time though because the director kept shoving the camera at them as if to say... 'look, look at the powers, look'.
As a fan I enjoyed the film, the effects are great and there are some really OMG moments.
As a critic the directing was a little off and the writing left much to be desired. Bits of conversation was stilted (although this could mean deleted scenes) and there were too many 'profound lines'. By this I mean, when a character has a moment of realisation and says something like 'May God help us'. Once or twice? Fine. Repeated instances of this? I begin to question the script.
Overall I enjoyed it and will be seeing it again and buying the DVD, but as an example of film-making the director should have a serious paycut... I know you have pretty/handome actors/actresses, but a round of close up reaction shots after every major event is not necessary.
Inner fan girl liked the effects, loved the darker storyline and is still somewhat in awe of the film.
Any thoughts people?
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WARNING... THIS THREAD NOW CONTAINS SPOILERS
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Taya
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I'm going to S3!!!
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I haven't seen it yet. Taking my oldest son on Sunday.
Your review did make sense, but you had a couple of typos...
THERE instead of THEIR and EVEN instead of EVENT.
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Thanks for that... suitably corrected. That will teach me not to type in the dark!
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Heading up to the movie theater in like 30-40 minutes to go hit the second showing up the day in cambridge, woot! Hopefully it's not empty cuz its 3pm on a friday!
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Have fun and don't sit to close to the screen. There's a lot happening in the background of some scenes, so sit back and appreciate it!
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oh i will. I like the middle (since you get the best sound, usually) or towards the back (its just more comfortable then craning your neck)
hopefully this wont be my last showing this weekend. I'm hoping to drag my suitemate outta his room tommorrow (or even tonight) to go see it, since he practically never leaves his room, except to go to work!
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Originally posted by Tayeatra:
Any thoughts people?
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I can't argue any particular point. I think I'll have to see it again to really get a good feel and engage my "critical" side. I pretty much just sat back and let it hit me. And it sure does that. One thing I will definitely say for this movie is that, like the 2nd, it is its own movie. As a trilogy they have done a good job of changing the feel. This movie has its own distinct feel, it is a very different story, as X2 was a very different story from the first. I thought they did a good job treating characters well and not letting the action taking over completely. I felt the new characters added were pretty true to the originals and well acted.
All in all, I say go see it. It was quite a ride. Now its time to sit back and wait for the spoilery discussion thread...
PS Don't read Hippie's response if you want to avoid spoilers.
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Yes, as a fan i generally liked it, too, but i have my gripes.
I thought that some scenes moved waaaaaay too fast to be realistic. For instance, when
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Mystique gets shot with the 'cure' and transforms into a human, Magneto cuts her out way too quickly. These two characters have run together for years. They've broke each other out of prision, fought very hard to realize the same dreams, and he just turns his back on her the second she becomes human? That was way too quick. If he'd have at least said something pretty, took a few second pause to mourn the loss of a partner, i could have believed it, but
it just seemed like he was working within a two-hour time constraint. Oh, yeah, he was, but i felt rudely reminded at that moment. Also moving too quickly was Angel's breaking out of the lab. Those lab techs were moving too fast. I think the studio could have spared a minute or two for both of those scenes.
Another dislike was the teenage lovey-dovey drama. Sure, it was a minor subplot and kind of was a good excuse for
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Rogue to be out of the action and get cured and all that jazz, but i found it kind of distracting. By that i mean i yelled in the theatre, "Don't you dare reduce this movie to stupid teenage bullshit drama!!!!" I think Rogue would have gotten the cure without Bobby in her life, anyways. Her power truly was more a curse than a blessing.
On a feminist perspective, i have to bring up Jean/Phoenix. It has long been a notion in our culture that women with power are dangerous and evil. Since they overpower men, they can not be controlled and are therefore bad. I know that X-men comics were written decades ago, and i am not arguing that Jean/Phoenix isn't a malovelent character; she is! Damn true! But here we are, 2006, seeing the same theme for the billionth time. In case you are doubting this, pick a Disney movie. (we've seen near all of them, or at least some.) For example, Cinderella. Made, 1950 something, right? Good girl is helpless, evil stepmother has all the power over the good girl till Prince Charming saves her. Powerful women have been villified in media throughout the decades.
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Mystique is quite evil until she saves Magneto and gets her power taken away. Then we don't see her until we learn that, sans mutant powers, she has gone to the authorities to stop the mutant uprising. And, lo and behold, at the end of the movie, bad girl Jean/Phoenix has to die (and it takes the best man to do the job). No chance of her controlling her powers and becoming a good character.
So, yay, another movie that subtly reinforces the ages-old myth that empowered women are bad.
I did enjoy Magneto's line about Mystique's beauty, however. "She was so beautiful." No possibility of doubts that Magneto just wanted some ruckus and glory. He truly appreciates mutant beauty, power, individuality. I don't think i ever doubted his motives before that moment, and i certainly don't now.
I also enjoyed the concept of humanity want to "fix" individuals who they think are "broken." It kind of continues the social commentary that X-men has always mirrored. Hasn't America recently tried to "fix" other, "broken" nations? The ones who don't think like us, whose power is maybe a little or a lot threatening? Or the ones that we pity and basically see as sick and disadvantaged? Kinda interesting social commentary there if ya think about it.
Oh, yeah, and i've got to jump on board and say the special effects were out-or-this-world. But now i have to get off my butt and get ready for work.
Toodles!
Oh, i am a tweaked one, yes i am...
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Hi Hippie...
Can you please edit your post to cover the spoilers with the spoiler feature. I don't want to wreck it for anyone.
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