Movie Title: X-Men:The Last Stand
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Gramer, Rebecca Romijn, Vinnie Jones, Patrick Stewart, Ben Foster.
Time & Date of Showing: 2:15 pm showing on Saturday, May 27th.
Attended With: Coordinated a last minute "sibling trip" with my sister and brother, and their respective fiances.
Movie Synopsis in One Sentence: When the government creates and releases a "cure" to the mutant gene, mutants find themselves taking sides on the issue with explosive consequences.
New Characters Not in First or Second Movie: Phoenix (Jean Grey's other side), Dr. Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast, Cain Marko a.k.a. Juggernaut, Warren Worthington III a.k.a. Angel, Callisto, Kitty Pryde, Peter Rasputin a.k.a. Colussus, Multiple Man, Jubilation Lee a.k.a. Jubilee, and some others I may have missed.
The Good: With plenty of new characters, top notch visual effects, and the return (and demise) of some X-Men favorites, the scope of the movie is larger than ever before. Even though his makeup comes off as a little out of place sometimes, Kelsey Gramer plays a good Beast and shines in one particular fight scene towards the end of the movie. Ditto for the success of Vinni Jones as Juggernaut.
The Bad: Simply put, Brett Ratner. Unfortunately, the director had his mind set on making an action-focused comic book movie instead of a drama-focused comic book movie like Bryan Singer made with the first two films (of course, Singer's two films also had a lot of action, but there was a deep, solid story right along side of every explosion and cool fight scene). The story and dialogue are lacking from an overdose of "final-movie-in-the-trilogy" cliches.
After the Movie: Make sure you stay until the end of the credits for a special scene that is VERY much worth the wait...
The Verdict: The movie is pretty successful as a visually thrilling action movie, but it falls short where the previous two films soared, namely in the 'good story' area.
If You Liked______, You May Like These Movies: X-Men 1 & 2, Spider-Man 1 & 2, The Matrix Trilogy.
FINAL GRADE: B-
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