X-Men 3: Hits and Misses.
Warning! This post contains "spoilers".
X-Men 3: The Last Stand.
Or is it? Anyone who's seen the film would agree that it's ending easily allows for a continuing storyline. Whether we'll see any more mutant-related films on the big screen will remain to be seen, although I have heard mention of rumors of a Wolverine spin off flick. Plenty of potential there. He could return to his Alpha Flight roots up in Canada, hooking up with his old super chums of Department H, or head to the oriental island of Madripoor for some adventures under one of his psuedonyms: Patch. A Wolvie film would be fun, as long as they reserved the role for Hugh Jackman who has excelled in the role thus far.
But what of the latest X-Men adventure as presented on the silver screen? With Brett Ratner at the directing helm (replacing Bryan Singer who abandoned the project in order to direct the upcoming Superman Returns film), many fans and critics were expecting great disspointment in the third installment. While I didn't Love X3, I didn't hate it either. I think if I watch it a few more times, I'll gain more appreciation for it.
Now, on to my list of hits and misses:
Killing off two major characters within the first half of the movie: Miss
Special effects of Angel's wings: Hit
Finally showing us the Danger Room: Hit
Only showing us the head of a "Sentinel" during the Danger Room melee: Miss
Rebecca Romijn in her latex body suit: Hit!!!
Introducing characters such as Psylocke, Arclight, Spike, and Callisto: Hit
Failing to tell us which characters they were, however (with the exception of Arclight): Miss
"Fastball Special": Hit!
Madrox the Multiple Man and his special effects: Hit
Juggernaught and his special effects: Hit
Making Juggernaught a Mutant: Miss, but we're willing to overlook it.
Jean Grey as the powerful Phoenix: Hit
Failing to show her fiery bird aura: Miss
Giving Colossus and Shadowcat more screen time: Hit
Giving Storm more screen time: Miss
Failing to bring back Nightcrawler: Miss
Stan Lee's signature guest appearance: Hit!
Well, that's all I can come up with for now.
Excelsior!
posted by Al Jordan @ 11:53 AM
2 comments
2 Comments:
You've made some interesting points there, grasshopper. I shouldn't be concerned that they killed off a couple folks, since that's almost routine the comics. And the good superheroes rarely stay dead, do they?
At least we got to see Cyclops for part of the film. Couldn't they explain why Nightcrawler wasn't around anymore? At least clear that up for us!
I did like the rewrite of Phoenix's origin though. It almost made more sense to have it just be an alternate persona of Jean's instead of some cosmic entity.
i too was disappointed that night crawler didn't return.
also i think you'd enjoy a recent juggernaut post i did about his mutant-ness...
also i missed night crawler as well and more screen for storm...major boo.
Her having short hair also a miss.
--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com
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