XMen III - The Ultimate Atrocity
The Final Stand. Let's hope it was the final movie of this very disappointing Marvel Movie adaptation franchise. I don't understand how Stan Lee can sit by and play cameo appearances in each film and not be just spitting bullets.
I'm a life long comic fan. In fact I started reading The Uncanny XMen back in the early 80's, just about the time that the "true" phoenix saga was occurring. I was really excited about this latest movie and even thought about taking the day off when it was released and I'm so glad that I did not. I'm also thankful that this past Saturday when I finally got to see the movie, that I only had to pay $5.00. Any more and I may have demanded my money back. (Maybe I still can...)
What was wrong with the movie? Where do I start? What was right with it? How about the opening scene where we are introduced to the incredible danger room sequence that was obviously an attempt at the issues "Days of Future Past." The original story line had Kitty Pryde, a new member of the XMen being transported into the distant future where a few of her dreams are realized and so are her nightmares. The first tinge of excitement I had was at the appearance of Colossus. We briefly saw him in the last movie evacuating children from the Mansion after an attack by the government. As I recall, he was even speaking in a Russian accent. This was the pinnacle of Peter Rasputin. He's a Russian, found by Charles Xavier during the height of the Cold War and brought to the United States to learn how to focus his mind and his mutant power. Having Colossus strut on the screen as some American, blond haired muscle freak was quite disappointing. Oddly enough, once the movie was over, the Danger Room sequence was the only memorable sequence of the film.
The next disappointment of the movie was Cyclops. Scott Summers is of course over-raught with grief after the seeming death of Jean Grey, but this rebel without a clue aspect of his character was a bit overdone. Riding off to the place of Jeans death and then hearing her voice was interesting, even if it was still weak. This whole scene was only to introduce us to the rebirth of Jean as her alter ego. Her ID and Superego fused together to create the ultimate schizophrenic class 5 mutant that Jean herself calls "Phoenix." What crap is that? I was squirming in my seat when they flashback to show Xavier and Magneto, as Erik, going to Jeans house when she is a young girl. What a load of crap. It was at this point that I started asking myself why the producers and obviously ignorant writers of this garbage could not stay true to Jeans origin and background. It was far more interesting and far more believable, especially in how Jean becomes the Phoenix. Re-birth from the ashes after sacrificing herself to save her team mates. This crap about another personality and psychic barriers for her own protection??? Oh please, the barriers Charles puts in place were to repair the damage that Jean encounters when her best friend is hit by a car and dies in her arms. Jean feels the full force of the empathic abilities that she possesses and it is too much for her. This alter ego was the first of many nails in the XMan coffin.
Next, and probably the most irritating part of the movie for me, and the part where I should have walked out, was where Scott comes face to face with Jean. He removes his protective glasses and they each look into each others eyes and then Jean basically incinerates him. What!!?? This is the same Phoenix, or Jean Grey that is supposed to have just sacrificed herself to save him and the others and also the future Jean that again sacrifices herself to save Scott and her XMen friends. She kills Scott in an instant. This was the point of no return for this mistake of a movie.
Oh, but it gets better. The next point of debauchery is where Xavier goes to Jeans Parents house to "heal" her and put the psychic barriers back in place. This from the same Charles Xavier that has just said that she is the most dangerous mutant on the planet. This fact also draws Magneto to her, wanting to harness the class 5 power that she possesses. Not even sure where to start with all the bad crap in these scenes, since there were so many. The German sounding Juggernaut, who is actually the half brother of Charles Xavier. Not in this Universe. How about Storm being this whimpy manipulator of weather. or the bad hair day Walverine? Nope, I'll jump ahead to where once again, Jean descends to the depths of utmost evil and actually kills Charles Xavier. Incineration strikes again. This scene also leads us to conclude that she has done the same to her family since there is no signs of them.
So now the two most pinnacle members of the original XMen are dead at the hands of Jean, oh I'm sorry, Psycho Phoenix. Is their no help for us now as she embraces the dark side with Magneto? What crap!? Can it get worse?
Why yes it can. Whether it’s the lame sequence with Angel, another original XMen, Rogue wanting the "cure" in a syringe, Ice Man and Kitty, or Magneto's attack on Alcatraz using the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Give me a break! How much damage can we do to the once great XMen title in one movie? Why would Magneto, the self proclaimed, and almost believably, most powerful mutant on the planet pick up and move the bay bridge? How many other ways could he have done this? It's plain stupid the way it happens. He and his band of evil-doers, flanked by the Crimson Psycho, walk across the bridge from nowhere and lift it in to place. I'm sorry, but one of the coolest things about Magneto was always how he could create such incredible fortresses, vehicles and other modes of travel by manipulating metal into an almost life-form. He creates things out of thin air, often by dismanteling one thing and creating another. This lame special effect was just that, lame.
The rest of the movie if not all of it was predictable. Wolverine and Storm come to the rescue with the rest of the New XMen and it all comes down to Wolverine. He's got to, "sniff, sniff” kill the woman he loves. Oh be strong Wolvy. Its okay, we know you can do it. Then were all done, evil psycho girl is dead at the hands of Wolvy and we must decide the fate of the Mutants. Yeah whatever. Lame, lame, lame! I'm ashamed to see anyone seeing me come out of this movie. Is it too late to get my money back?? I couldn't get out of the theatre fast enough. Too bad I dropped my cell phone and had to go back and get it.
Well, it stunk! In my opinion and any other XMen fan, a "steamy pile o' poo." There were three highlights in the movie, but still too few to save this final atrocity. The first was the introduction to "The Fastball Special." This is where Colossus throws Wolverine at the Sentinel, which is a classic move. The second was where Ice-boy finally ices up and becomes Iceman. The third and final was where The Beast says, "oh my stars and garter." That's classic Beast terminology. Kelsey Grammar is also by far the best actor and XMen of the movie. Very well done, but alas not enough.
Stan, I don't know what you were thinking or how much they had to pay you, but you did the XMen wrong. You're best selling most popular comic ever created by Marvel went down in flames. If I were Wolverine, I'd be comin' fer ya bub, cause you dishonored the man who does the best at what he does, and that’s not very nice.
I'm a life long comic fan. In fact I started reading The Uncanny XMen back in the early 80's, just about the time that the "true" phoenix saga was occurring. I was really excited about this latest movie and even thought about taking the day off when it was released and I'm so glad that I did not. I'm also thankful that this past Saturday when I finally got to see the movie, that I only had to pay $5.00. Any more and I may have demanded my money back. (Maybe I still can...)
What was wrong with the movie? Where do I start? What was right with it? How about the opening scene where we are introduced to the incredible danger room sequence that was obviously an attempt at the issues "Days of Future Past." The original story line had Kitty Pryde, a new member of the XMen being transported into the distant future where a few of her dreams are realized and so are her nightmares. The first tinge of excitement I had was at the appearance of Colossus. We briefly saw him in the last movie evacuating children from the Mansion after an attack by the government. As I recall, he was even speaking in a Russian accent. This was the pinnacle of Peter Rasputin. He's a Russian, found by Charles Xavier during the height of the Cold War and brought to the United States to learn how to focus his mind and his mutant power. Having Colossus strut on the screen as some American, blond haired muscle freak was quite disappointing. Oddly enough, once the movie was over, the Danger Room sequence was the only memorable sequence of the film.
The next disappointment of the movie was Cyclops. Scott Summers is of course over-raught with grief after the seeming death of Jean Grey, but this rebel without a clue aspect of his character was a bit overdone. Riding off to the place of Jeans death and then hearing her voice was interesting, even if it was still weak. This whole scene was only to introduce us to the rebirth of Jean as her alter ego. Her ID and Superego fused together to create the ultimate schizophrenic class 5 mutant that Jean herself calls "Phoenix." What crap is that? I was squirming in my seat when they flashback to show Xavier and Magneto, as Erik, going to Jeans house when she is a young girl. What a load of crap. It was at this point that I started asking myself why the producers and obviously ignorant writers of this garbage could not stay true to Jeans origin and background. It was far more interesting and far more believable, especially in how Jean becomes the Phoenix. Re-birth from the ashes after sacrificing herself to save her team mates. This crap about another personality and psychic barriers for her own protection??? Oh please, the barriers Charles puts in place were to repair the damage that Jean encounters when her best friend is hit by a car and dies in her arms. Jean feels the full force of the empathic abilities that she possesses and it is too much for her. This alter ego was the first of many nails in the XMan coffin.
Next, and probably the most irritating part of the movie for me, and the part where I should have walked out, was where Scott comes face to face with Jean. He removes his protective glasses and they each look into each others eyes and then Jean basically incinerates him. What!!?? This is the same Phoenix, or Jean Grey that is supposed to have just sacrificed herself to save him and the others and also the future Jean that again sacrifices herself to save Scott and her XMen friends. She kills Scott in an instant. This was the point of no return for this mistake of a movie.
Oh, but it gets better. The next point of debauchery is where Xavier goes to Jeans Parents house to "heal" her and put the psychic barriers back in place. This from the same Charles Xavier that has just said that she is the most dangerous mutant on the planet. This fact also draws Magneto to her, wanting to harness the class 5 power that she possesses. Not even sure where to start with all the bad crap in these scenes, since there were so many. The German sounding Juggernaut, who is actually the half brother of Charles Xavier. Not in this Universe. How about Storm being this whimpy manipulator of weather. or the bad hair day Walverine? Nope, I'll jump ahead to where once again, Jean descends to the depths of utmost evil and actually kills Charles Xavier. Incineration strikes again. This scene also leads us to conclude that she has done the same to her family since there is no signs of them.
So now the two most pinnacle members of the original XMen are dead at the hands of Jean, oh I'm sorry, Psycho Phoenix. Is their no help for us now as she embraces the dark side with Magneto? What crap!? Can it get worse?
Why yes it can. Whether it’s the lame sequence with Angel, another original XMen, Rogue wanting the "cure" in a syringe, Ice Man and Kitty, or Magneto's attack on Alcatraz using the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Give me a break! How much damage can we do to the once great XMen title in one movie? Why would Magneto, the self proclaimed, and almost believably, most powerful mutant on the planet pick up and move the bay bridge? How many other ways could he have done this? It's plain stupid the way it happens. He and his band of evil-doers, flanked by the Crimson Psycho, walk across the bridge from nowhere and lift it in to place. I'm sorry, but one of the coolest things about Magneto was always how he could create such incredible fortresses, vehicles and other modes of travel by manipulating metal into an almost life-form. He creates things out of thin air, often by dismanteling one thing and creating another. This lame special effect was just that, lame.
The rest of the movie if not all of it was predictable. Wolverine and Storm come to the rescue with the rest of the New XMen and it all comes down to Wolverine. He's got to, "sniff, sniff” kill the woman he loves. Oh be strong Wolvy. Its okay, we know you can do it. Then were all done, evil psycho girl is dead at the hands of Wolvy and we must decide the fate of the Mutants. Yeah whatever. Lame, lame, lame! I'm ashamed to see anyone seeing me come out of this movie. Is it too late to get my money back?? I couldn't get out of the theatre fast enough. Too bad I dropped my cell phone and had to go back and get it.
Well, it stunk! In my opinion and any other XMen fan, a "steamy pile o' poo." There were three highlights in the movie, but still too few to save this final atrocity. The first was the introduction to "The Fastball Special." This is where Colossus throws Wolverine at the Sentinel, which is a classic move. The second was where Ice-boy finally ices up and becomes Iceman. The third and final was where The Beast says, "oh my stars and garter." That's classic Beast terminology. Kelsey Grammar is also by far the best actor and XMen of the movie. Very well done, but alas not enough.
Stan, I don't know what you were thinking or how much they had to pay you, but you did the XMen wrong. You're best selling most popular comic ever created by Marvel went down in flames. If I were Wolverine, I'd be comin' fer ya bub, cause you dishonored the man who does the best at what he does, and that’s not very nice.
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