Friday, May 26, 2006
I've caught X-men 3
Here is the Synopsis:
In X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, the final chapter in the "X-Men" motion picture trilogy, a "cure" for mutancy threatens to alter the course of history. For the first time, mutants have a choice: retain their uniqueness, though it isolates and alienates them, or give up their powers and become human. The opposing viewpoints of mutant leaders Charles Xavier, who preaches tolerance, and Magneto, who believes in the survival of the fittest, are put to the ultimate test – triggering the war to end all wars.
The show is extremely disappointing, considering that I am an X-men buff, I cannot give more than 3 / 5 for this show. Even after careful consideration, I find that I can't even give 3 and a half. Why? Because the movie had a thin plot, poor character development and over excessive use of special effects. Each of the characters had very little development.
That is just the critique viewpoint from a seasoned movie-goer. If you are a X-men buff, then this show is for sure going to disappoint you, if you like watching terrible things being done to your favorite mutants, then this movie is for you.
Warning: Spoilers Ahead.
X3 completely deviates from the original X-men story line. Completely. X1 was the most faithful, X2 was ok since the plot seems rather interesting, but X3? It was a sloppy story line with a lame plot. Brett Ratner (the director) doesn't know what X-men really means. I mean what-the-hell? Professor X dies! Professor X never died until very late in the X-men story, long after Cyclops became the team leader. Then, Cyclops dies! I mean what-the-hell? What"s worst is that Jean Grey killed him! The way she killed him was so stupid as well. Then guess what? Jean Grey also dies! Killed by wolverine! The stupid part of the whole show is that humans have come up with a "cure", saying that mutation is a "disease" and the soldiers were equipped with "cure-darts" that will instantly remove any mutation from the mutant.
Then the stupid part, Magneto loses his powers! Mystique loses her powers as well! Omg, that was incredibly dumb. Plus the "source of the cure is a mutant", Cameron Bright plays the young boy "leech" who has the power to remove mutation from a mutant. Ditto? He's the same young boy from 'ultraviolet' who has the similar power of killing the enhanced humans, X3 seems to have that very similar story line!
In Ultraviolet, a subculture of humans has emerged with a genetic mutation causing enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence. As more people are infected and the government becomes increasingly terrified of their growing power, those with the mutation are treated as outcasts. The government sets out to destroy them, but one woman is determined that that doesn't happen: ultra-beautiful, ultra-lethal Violet. With eye-popping martial arts skills and chameleon-like abilities, Violet becomes a rogue warrior bent on protecting her new race -- and seeking revenge on those who created it.
Sounds familiar in X3? Even the actor (Cameron Bright) is the same from 'Ultraviolet', and here he is acting a similar role. The government develops a "cure" put into stupid cure-darts and mutants loses their powers. In the original X-men, where the hell did mutants lose their powers?! Mystique, Psyhlocke, Callisto were never really given much attention in the original X-men and the major X-men hardly had any coverage in X3. Cyclops dies early in the show, Prof X soon after, Jean was never able to control Phoenix and it was the Dark Phoenix controlling her all the time. In the original X-men, Phoenix made her very very strong and she could control that power, here in X3 all she did was kill everyone else and get killed eventually.
The powers of Phoenix were over-exaggerated in X3, she was able to lift cars and a house and even an island! Insane! She never had such powers, the max of her telekinetic strength is only up to a tanker-truck or even a tank, but definitely not a whole house! Yes she could fly, but not blow people up into dust with her thought. There was one scene where she stopped all the darts like Neo from "matrix: reloaded", and blew the soldiers into dust. Magneto raised the whole San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge without much strain, the fight scenes between major characters were short and underdeveloped, like Colossus should be the one fighting Juggernaut, not Wolverine! Angel hardly had any screen time, and the fight between Bobby (Iceman) and Pyro was pathetically short, like a scene from "street fighters", but bobby turned completely into ice, that was cool. Rogue voluntarily went to get "cured", that was incredibly stupid.
Where is Cyclops? Havoc? Rogue? Gambit? Nightcrawler? Banshee? Jubilee? Emma Frost (or White Queen)? Where's Physlocke's energy katana? What's the with speed thingy? Who the hell is the spiky boy? And Moira Mac Taggert barely got 10 seconds of screen time when she is a major character with the X-men!
3/5 I cannot give it better. The director tore the meaning of X-men to shreds without any hope of filmographic redemption. X2 was much better.
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