X-Men: The Last Stand Review

After hours of idling away reading news and Wikipedia a new thought finally popped out - a personal take on the X-Men: The Last Stand. It debuted last weekend as one of the biggest opening ever and managed to eclipse the two previous outings, notwithstanding critical reviews. The huge turnout was not a surprise at all owing to the Phoenix saga, where the film plot premised on, as one of the most successful
storylines ever written in comic book history. Much anticipation was built up and much disappointment sprang out as well, mostly with the plot being somewhat unfaithful to the original.

Like for instance, did I hear it right or were they playing a different X-Men soundtrack? It just didn't sound like the signature intro.

Cyclops, for the second time around since X2: United, was reduced to useless, when he should have been the team commander only next to Professor Xavier. What's with the emo, Cyclops? Everyone had moved on. Then Jaggernaut and Professor X were supposedly half-brothers, but the movie never featured even a bit of indication to that effect. Angel or Warren Worthington was one of the good additions to the roster, but as one of the original X-Men member, he should have been given a major
part.

And what can you say about the dreadful face off between the team of Magneto, Juggernaut, Pyro and Phoenix (a Class 5 mutant) and a band of unknown mutants against Wolverine, Iceman, Beast, Colossus, Shadowcat, and Storm with only the powerless soldiers armed with plastic guns as backup? Methinks that was no match, even if you count Leech and Angel into the good guys.

Where is the fiery, as in fire, aura of Phoenix she manifested under the deep waters in the previous film?

And why do they keep killing the mutants, with Professor X the biggest casualty?! Well, of course, in the clip after the credits you may have inferred otherwise.

There are many other 'disappointments' if I dwell even on the details, as with Wolverine's height (he's only 5 feet 2 inches!). But an X-Men fan that I am, I must admit, I enjoyed the film whose plenty of mutant power action made up for the poor script. X-Men Part 4 may not be in the offing anytime soon, but with Wolverine the movie now in the pipeline the X-Men lives on!