X-men 3 : the Last Movie

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Saw it yesterday... felt more like an "episode" than a movie.

-Biggest problem: Magneto's out building his army, but it's not clear until the final 30 minutes WHO they're going to fight. You know WHAT they're upset about, but it's not really apparent who they feel the need to punch. The lab on Alcatraz didn't seem like it needed 100 mutants to attack.

-Juggernaut was the biggest disappointment to me. His signature line: "I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!". Laaaaaaaaaame.

-That was Callisto that Storm was fighting? I didn't see the connection at all. I'm sure all the rest of Magneto's troops had comic counterparts..but damn if I knew 'em. I caught Arclight and Spike (ugh) from the movie, but I saw Jubilee and Psylocke in the credits. Think I saw Jubillee, though--she had blue hair, right?

-Was it really necessary to have Nightcrawler appear for all of 1 second? He was on the bad guy's team and that ruined his character from the last movie.

-I don't think Halle Berry's hot at all... and I don't like her as Storm. To me, Storm always seemed to look a bit more...exotic or weird. Like, I dunno.. Grace Jones. If I squint really hard, I could even see someone lke Vanessa Williams as Storm, but not Berry.

-I liked the security around Magneto's camp... guy with spikes out of arms (based off of Marrow?)..but the other "guards" had a sniper rifle and a baseball bat. Guess they ran out of guards with worthwhile mutant powers.
"What's your power?"
"I collect dust really well".
"Great. Here's a baseball bat, you're on security detail!"

-Kinda' funny how all the evil mutants dressed like rockstar groupies or kids at a rave. When you're a mutant, you're also compelled to do hipster stuff...like wear leather pants, get weird piercings or a tatoo on your chest.

-I don't think he had an official name, but the guy who was speaking in the church before Magneto stood up... physically, he looked like a read ringer for Mastermind or even old 60's "Factor Three" Changeling.

-Was that R. Lee Ermey's voice when they were passing out guns? (The drill instructor from Full Metal Jacket). Not even a line about SKULL-FUCKING could have saved the flick at that point.

-Marked out for the Fastball Special! I liked the Sentinel cameo and the way they were building them up, so I was really disappointed that they weren't the main villains. Bolivar Trask (Bill Duke, aka "Mac" from Predator) was in the film and I spent most of the film looking for more Sentinel hints. I was expecting the National Guard to give way to Sentinels, or something. If the Sentinels hadn't been created yet, what the heck were they doing in the Danger Room, then?!

-Iceman is a future pedophile. Kitty looked about 13..and Iceman's gotta' be about 19. I wasn't feeling the Iceman/Kitty/Rogue subplot at all.

-Magneto also has perfect perception and measurement powers. He tore off exactly enough of the Golden Gate Bridge to reach Alcatraz. Not too much, not too little. In retrospect, wouldn't it have been easier to rip off the Bay Bridge?! It's closer to Alcatraz, so he wouldn't have had to carry it so far. Eh...but who the hell wants to see the Bay Bridge?!!

-I thought Beast was perfect. Looked a little ridiculous in his suit and tie, but it was a good translation of the character. Since the character or Hank McCoy made a brief cameo in the last movie, looking all normal and NOT BLUE... it brings up the question of when he became all blue n' furry. If he made the change recently, then that'd explain his tight jacket at the end.

-I got the sense that Madrox and Juggernaut had already opposed the X-men. So I'm sure there's already some shitty fan-fiction or video games out there for "X2.5 and X2.6"

-Minor complaint: but Madrox's power is based off of impact. Hit him, then he multiplies... but I can see how that could be ignored for the sake of the wider movie audience.

-Oh yeah..you guys DID see the final scene that rolled after the credits, right?!

Rating: 1 beer movie.

[Darryl The Hitman]

I missed Hank in X2 and Nightcrawler in this movie. Clearly, I don't pay enough attention.