X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

[Plain Old Tele]

Discuss.

[Lordmandeep]

Great action!

Lame story

 

B-

[Squaremaster316]

Poorly developed, underutilized characters (including the single worst utilization of an new character ever in Angel, whether you are familiar with him or not), nonsensical character decisions, poor dialogue, terrible practical effects, atrocious pacing, too many characters in general, underdeveloped plot threads (Rogue/Iceman), and much more.

 

* out of *****

[Goffe]

Best X movie until first class, much better executed than the first two X movies, it's a pity that the script was weaker 9/10

Edited July 8, 2013 by Goffe

[Plain Old Tele]

Pretty dismal, I give it a C-.

[Lordmandeep]

Some great action scenes like the brige and at the end but it was like watching the ending of TF3.

 

A decent film destroyed by characters dieing lame deaths.

[RobinHood26]

Not nearly as bad as I expected. Keep in mind my expectations were low and I was not hyped after X2 thinking X3 would be better.

 

The idea and general plot is the right way to take the story but Ratner's is the main problem here, he looks like he is trying to replicate Singer's style, look wise he is close. Story though he has a difficult time balancing all the plot points. All in all though the world and stakes created still make this movie fun.

 

B-

[Goffe]

I used to love this X-Men, but past few months I noticed some major flaws that I ignored when I was younger. Some scenes like, Xavier death and Alcatraz battle, are still amazing, the score is epic and memorable, acting is superb and visuals are much better than X2, but I missed some caracther develpment from the fist two Xs, the special effects were bad for 210m flick (I heard that Brett Ratner had only 10 months to make this ). Still better than the meh X1 and the pile of shit aka X-Men Origins

FC A- 9.0/10X2 B+ 8.5/10X3 B 7.5/10X1 C+ 6.0/10WO D 2.5/10

Edited July 28, 2013 by Goffe

[RobinHood26]

(I heard that Brat Ratner had only 10 mounths to make this  ).

 

 

Yeah I heard the same, thats why Bryan Singer and Matthew Vaughn didn't make it. 

[Goffe]

Could've been a lot better if not for tight time 

[Olive]

7/10

[Wadey Wilsoney]

Some good set-pieces and I really liked the score. But the script is weak and the Phoenix character get butchered all in the name of short-term thrills.Still, I was reasonably entertained, regardless of its quite glaring shortcomings.B-

[MrPink]

The killing off of several main characters was kind of bold in retrospect compared to many other super hero blockbusters, it's just unfortunate that it all feels so dramatically....dull. The death of Cyclops meant nothing and Xavier's death barely registers. Wolverine is a chump in the movie, and for as fast as this movie is moving, it's only an hour and 45 minutes long, not nearly enough time to let all the major events breathe. That said, it's not absolutely terrible. It's just really mediocre. Definitely a lot of wasted characters and some of the controversial decisions made with the film did not sit well with me (wasting Mystique especially).

 

I will give it two bonus points for Porcupine guy though. That guy was hilarious.

[Squaremaster316]

The killing off of several main characters was kind of bold in retrospect compared to many other super hero blockbusters, it's just unfortunate that it all feels so dramatically....dull. The death of Cyclops meant nothing and Xavier's death barely registers. Wolverine is a chump in the movie, and for as fast as this movie is moving, it's only an hour and 45 minutes long, not nearly enough time to let all the major events breathe. That said, it's not absolutely terrible. It's just really mediocre. Definitely a lot of wasted characters and some of the controversial decisions made with the film did not sit well with me (wasting Mystique especially).

 

I will give it two bonus points for Porcupine guy though. That guy was hilarious.

In a nutshell.

 

It's one thing to kill off established characters, but you have to have good buildup and proper reactions by the rest of the cast to make it work, otherwise, they may as well be one of the hundreds of extra's in a Roland Emmerich film.

[Goffe]

Xavier's death was amazing, AMAZING.

Edited July 13, 2013 by Goffe

[RobinHood26]

Xavie's death was amazing, AMAZING.

My favorite part of the film. 

[Ozymandias]

I haven't seen Spiderman 3, is this considered worse or better than that by most?

[MrPink]

I haven't seen Spiderman 3, is this considered worse or better than that by most?

 

Depends on how you value 'so bad it's good'

 

Because Spider-Man 3 is more entertaining by that metric.

[Goffe]

I haven't seen Spiderman 3, is this considered worse or better than that by most?

If you liked the first two SM and if you're not a whiny fanboy, you will enjoy SM3.

X3 have more flaws but it's more entertaining, plus it's 35 minutes shorter.

Edited July 14, 2013 by Goffe

[RobinHood26]

I haven't seen Spiderman 3, is this considered worse or better than that by most?

I enjoy X3 more. Im a bigger Spider-Man Fan then X-men overall, but X-men has the basic outline for the correct idea to end the trilogy.