Monday, May 29, 2006
X-Men: The Last Stand was a disappointment. A bunch of us took in a matinee showing of it on Saturday, and while it was better than several Marvel movies (not difficult to do, of course), I think the producers really should've waited for Bryan Singer to finish his work on Superman Returns so he could finish off the X-Men series (or maybe it's not finished; more sequels could be made). Brett Ratner really wasn't up to the job of continuing the series.
A few random comments...
The movie felt rushed. Here and there, the pacing slowed down a bit to deal with a key scene, but so many scenes were rushed that they ended up feeling incomplete. It seemed Ratner just wanted to hurry through the story just to get to the big brawl at the end. Well, what could we really expect from the guy who brought us the Rush Hour movies?
Some of the new "major" characters, like Multiple Man, Kitty Pryde and Callisto (amongst others), really only seemed to be included for a display of cool powers rather than any reason related to the story. For instance, Multiple Man was just there for one scene that really could've been left on the cutting room floor. Kitty Pryde's entire existence in the movie didn't seem to work. Why was she suddenly an important young member of the X-Men? Character development for most of the new characters was shoddy, at best. There wasn't any.
While it's a rather poor way of bringing the franchise to a close, at least the producers managed to see things through. They made some really poor choices, though. I think X-Men 3 could've actually been on par with the first two if they had put better talent behind the movie.
A few random comments...
The movie felt rushed. Here and there, the pacing slowed down a bit to deal with a key scene, but so many scenes were rushed that they ended up feeling incomplete. It seemed Ratner just wanted to hurry through the story just to get to the big brawl at the end. Well, what could we really expect from the guy who brought us the Rush Hour movies?
Some of the new "major" characters, like Multiple Man, Kitty Pryde and Callisto (amongst others), really only seemed to be included for a display of cool powers rather than any reason related to the story. For instance, Multiple Man was just there for one scene that really could've been left on the cutting room floor. Kitty Pryde's entire existence in the movie didn't seem to work. Why was she suddenly an important young member of the X-Men? Character development for most of the new characters was shoddy, at best. There wasn't any.
While it's a rather poor way of bringing the franchise to a close, at least the producers managed to see things through. They made some really poor choices, though. I think X-Men 3 could've actually been on par with the first two if they had put better talent behind the movie.
// posted by Chris @ 10:10 AM 
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