Movie Review : Xmen 3

[EnderJE]

I hate the fact that Cyclops died. I thought he was a pivotal character in the books (but completely wasted in the movie).

 

[coldblue1955]

It was ok.


Now overall the movie was decent and would make most noncomic book reading fans happy. For the rest of us, it was really a let down. X2 was so much better and you can tell they (whoever they are) changed the formula for this one.


Do not scroll down unless you want to read SPOILER ALERTS!!










Ok, first off... the entire premise of The Cure was worthy of the entire movie plot. It had potential. But they were not happy and had to throw in the Jean Grey / Dark Phoenix saga. BIG MISTAKE. The Dark Phoenix saga is worthy of an entire movie itself. Here as simply a subplot, it was cheapened and rung through hell to water itself down to fit in and not overshadow the other plot. They bombed here. Big time.

Next, where the fuck was Nightcrawler? He was done awesomely in X2, but here no trace or mention of him.

Professor X died. That was really unnecessary.

The directors fucked up and had mutant powers doing things they simply could not do. When Colossus transformed into his armored self, he was able to also transform other people along with him if he were touching them. (as shown in the Danger Room sequence.) He never had this power in the comics.

The Cure was actually a mutant named Leech that disrupted the mutant gene on a DNA level. If you were in the room with him, your mutant gene was deactivated and you lost your powers but if you were injected with his antibodies, your mutant gene was completely destroyed. Ok, so Kitty runs in there to save him with the Juggernaut on her heels. She tries to phase them out of the room but she can't because her powers are disrupted while being close to Leech. Now here is the kicker, the Juggernaut busts in the room and they trick/defeat him after Leech causes him to lose his mutant powers. The problem with this was that Juggernaut was never a mutant in the first place. He had no mutant genes to deactivate or disrupt. He was an average guy until he gained his power from some Cytorak ruby gems he came in contact with. His power is from a magical/mystical source, not mutant genes. That made no sense at all.

Also the superheavy weight slugfest between Colossus and Juggernaut never materialized. That was robbery. What good is it having two super strong beings if they battle each other?

The good news however is that Cyclops died (I hated him that sniveling little pansy) and Storm got her ass kicked royally in the movie. (Uppity bitch that she is deserved it)

Overall, I give it two stars out of five.

the let down for me is that the juggernaunt was twice the size as they have him in the movie. He was almost the hulk's size.

 

[Sub-Zero]

It was ok.


Now overall the movie was decent and would make most noncomic book reading fans happy. For the rest of us, it was really a let down. X2 was so much better and you can tell they (whoever they are) changed the formula for this one.


Do not scroll down unless you want to read SPOILER ALERTS!!










Ok, first off... the entire premise of The Cure was worthy of the entire movie plot. It had potential. But they were not happy and had to throw in the Jean Grey / Dark Phoenix saga. BIG MISTAKE. The Dark Phoenix saga is worthy of an entire movie itself. Here as simply a subplot, it was cheapened and rung through hell to water itself down to fit in and not overshadow the other plot. They bombed here. Big time.

Next, where the fuck was Nightcrawler? He was done awesomely in X2, but here no trace or mention of him.

Professor X died. That was really unnecessary.

The directors fucked up and had mutant powers doing things they simply could not do. When Colossus transformed into his armored self, he was able to also transform other people along with him if he were touching them. (as shown in the Danger Room sequence.) He never had this power in the comics.

The Cure was actually a mutant named Leech that disrupted the mutant gene on a DNA level. If you were in the room with him, your mutant gene was deactivated and you lost your powers but if you were injected with his antibodies, your mutant gene was completely destroyed. Ok, so Kitty runs in there to save him with the Juggernaut on her heels. She tries to phase them out of the room but she can't because her powers are disrupted while being close to Leech. Now here is the kicker, the Juggernaut busts in the room and they trick/defeat him after Leech causes him to lose his mutant powers. The problem with this was that Juggernaut was never a mutant in the first place. He had no mutant genes to deactivate or disrupt. He was an average guy until he gained his power from some Cytorak ruby gems he came in contact with. His power is from a magical/mystical source, not mutant genes. That made no sense at all.

Also the superheavy weight slugfest between Colossus and Juggernaut never materialized. That was robbery. What good is it having two super strong beings if they battle each other?

The good news however is that Cyclops died (I hated him that sniveling little pansy) and Storm got her ass kicked royally in the movie. (Uppity bitch that she is deserved it)

Overall, I give it two stars out of five.

lol it was gay as shit

the mutant whose mutation was being a fucking tinker bell fairy (the kind that flys, and th ekind that loves men).

everyone dies.

juggernaught wasnt even black, his muscle suit was fake as hell, he wanst even funny

 

[digger]

Non-spoilers:

Good casting. "Warren" looks the way he should, "Colossus" was dead-on, Kelsey Grammer makes a great "Hank." Much better luck with their Juggernaut than they had with Sabertooth. "Iceman" rocks in his wholesome whitebread way (even if the 18-year old playing "Kitty" makes him look like a child molester).

On the Juggernaut's origin, meh, they can't go draggin' in Doctor Strange and all that, any more than they could introduce the Sh'iar and Empress Lilandra. The critics' heads are exploding from "too many characters!" as it is. So, in the movie he's a mutant. Deal with it.

Make a note of the guy running the lawnmower -- the guy the camera lingers on for no apparent reason. The credit for "Lawnmower Man" will make it clear why.

And don't make the mistake I did and leave before the credits are over. Apparently there is one last teaser scene AFTER the credits. (Feel free to PM me and tell me what it is.)

What the heck is this noise about how rotten the director is? Given the sheer inevitability of the script, I don't see that having Singer directing would have changed a thing.

Spoilers:



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How the heck did they make Ian McKellen twenty years younger? Nicely done.

Colossus could share his power in the Danger Room sequence because the person he was sharing it with was Rogue. Duh.

The Scott & Jean love story -- daaaaamn. They actually filmed what Claremont wrote, near enough, and figured out how to put it up on the screen. I never hoped to see that, let alone done right. Famke J. said right after the first movie that she knew the Dark Phoenix story, and that she wanted to do it. Glad she signed on, and glad they were able to come so close to doing it justice.

Can't believe they actually used "I'm the JUGGERNAUT, bitch!"

 

[AAP]

But Rogue doesn't share powers, she steals them. She would have become armored, but Colossus would have been still in human form (and usually unconscious since that is the effect her touch usually has in the comic books)

They should have saved the Dark Phoenix saga for another movie. But since they wasted that plot, what do they have left with to use the next go around? The Brood saga? Can you imagine the heads imploding trying to figure that out?

 

[Sub-Zero]

But Rogue doesn't share powers, she steals them. She would have become armored, but Colossus would have been still in human form (and usually unconscious since that is the effect her touch usually has in the comic books)

They should have saved the Dark Phoenix saga for another movie. But since they wasted that plot, what do they have left with to use the next go around? The Brood saga? Can you imagine the heads imploding trying to figure that out?

it was called the last stand or whatever

its the last movie it was a trilogoy

 

[Wulfgar]

was the lawnmower man Jeff Fahey?

 

[Testosterone boy]

OK....did they show plenty of Rebecce Rejimn and Halle Berry.....wearing about nothing?

That is important.

 

[Wulfgar]

Ill go see it now that I know cyclops died
he got on my nerves

 

[rnch]

hugh jackman is one of my favorite actors of his generation.