The Last Stand...
May. 30th, 2006 09:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
white_tiger
I was completely blown away by what I saw in the third X-Men movie this past Friday. From start to finish, this movie was explosive and off the charts-in my opinion.
From this point onward, there will be my critique on how the movie was, so for those who haven't seen the movie yet, I suggest you wait until seeing it before reading this section.
When the Marvel logo is first shown, I thought I'd seen a glimpse-or a page-of the Phoenix from the X-Men: Phoenix Endsong 5-part saga. I was impressed by how the movie started-both Professor Xavier and Magneto visited Jean Grey when she was younger, and saw how powerful she was even then. I was somewhat shocked to see Warren-Archangel-ensuring that his wings wouldn't be seen by his father 10 years later by cutting a part of himself.
Back in the present-and, the not-too-distant future-and, Cyclops hasn't been able to move on from Jean's death in X-2: X-Men United. And, he unfortunately doesn't get to at all, since he is eventually reunited with her, only to be incinerated by the Phoenix. I was intrigued by the explanation that was given concerning Jean in the 3rd movie-that there are two personalities within her mind-Jean Grey, and the Phoenix, who relies on desire and pure emotion.
At seeing the costume changes Jean-as the Phoenix-went through was interesting, which reminded me of a humorous conversation that Wolverine and Cyclops had with each other in the Phoenix Endsong saga:
"Logan, what happened to your clothes?"
"She torched me."
"What color costume was she wearing when she torched you?"
"The red 'n' yellow one."
"And how many people died the last time she wore red and yellow?"
"'Bout five billion."
What I hadn't expected-at least, not until my mother informed me about an interview Patrick Stewart had-was that something would happen to Professor Xavier, and midway through the movie, it did. The Phoenix did to him what she'd done to Cyclops-incinerated him into cinders! Though, I liked the final words he said-in a slow motion sequence-as Wolverine looked on from another room:
"Don't let it control you..."
Storm taking the lead throughout the majority of the movie was something I liked. It hadn't been seen too much in the first two, but in this one it was shown almost like a beacon. As for the ending itself-Wolverine being the one to kill Jean in order for the Phoenix to die-something I knew would happen, but was still stunned to witness nonetheless. The first appearance of Beast, especially his famous line-"Oh my stars and garters!"-was something I was amused about, not expecting it to be in this movie.
Unfortunately, I found myself making a foolish decision and listened to a friend who'd joined me at seeing this movie by leaving; I wasn't able to see the final scene shown after the ending credits. Hopefully, another friend of mine will get to inform me on what it was about, though I'll have to wait until the beginning of next month to find out about it. Tomorrow, I'll be seeing another baseball game with my grandfather. A pretty interesting way to end this month, but I hope the week itself goes by a bit more faster-even if I have doubts about something I was promised would show up, but hasn't yet appeared.
"I may look tough, Jeannie. But I'm getting tired of killing you." -Wolverine
"...How does it feel...to be loved that much?" -Emma Frost, X-Men: Phoenix Endsong
From this point onward, there will be my critique on how the movie was, so for those who haven't seen the movie yet, I suggest you wait until seeing it before reading this section.
When the Marvel logo is first shown, I thought I'd seen a glimpse-or a page-of the Phoenix from the X-Men: Phoenix Endsong 5-part saga. I was impressed by how the movie started-both Professor Xavier and Magneto visited Jean Grey when she was younger, and saw how powerful she was even then. I was somewhat shocked to see Warren-Archangel-ensuring that his wings wouldn't be seen by his father 10 years later by cutting a part of himself.
Back in the present-and, the not-too-distant future-and, Cyclops hasn't been able to move on from Jean's death in X-2: X-Men United. And, he unfortunately doesn't get to at all, since he is eventually reunited with her, only to be incinerated by the Phoenix. I was intrigued by the explanation that was given concerning Jean in the 3rd movie-that there are two personalities within her mind-Jean Grey, and the Phoenix, who relies on desire and pure emotion.
At seeing the costume changes Jean-as the Phoenix-went through was interesting, which reminded me of a humorous conversation that Wolverine and Cyclops had with each other in the Phoenix Endsong saga:
"Logan, what happened to your clothes?"
"She torched me."
"What color costume was she wearing when she torched you?"
"The red 'n' yellow one."
"And how many people died the last time she wore red and yellow?"
"'Bout five billion."
What I hadn't expected-at least, not until my mother informed me about an interview Patrick Stewart had-was that something would happen to Professor Xavier, and midway through the movie, it did. The Phoenix did to him what she'd done to Cyclops-incinerated him into cinders! Though, I liked the final words he said-in a slow motion sequence-as Wolverine looked on from another room:
"Don't let it control you..."
Storm taking the lead throughout the majority of the movie was something I liked. It hadn't been seen too much in the first two, but in this one it was shown almost like a beacon. As for the ending itself-Wolverine being the one to kill Jean in order for the Phoenix to die-something I knew would happen, but was still stunned to witness nonetheless. The first appearance of Beast, especially his famous line-"Oh my stars and garters!"-was something I was amused about, not expecting it to be in this movie.
Unfortunately, I found myself making a foolish decision and listened to a friend who'd joined me at seeing this movie by leaving; I wasn't able to see the final scene shown after the ending credits. Hopefully, another friend of mine will get to inform me on what it was about, though I'll have to wait until the beginning of next month to find out about it. Tomorrow, I'll be seeing another baseball game with my grandfather. A pretty interesting way to end this month, but I hope the week itself goes by a bit more faster-even if I have doubts about something I was promised would show up, but hasn't yet appeared.
"I may look tough, Jeannie. But I'm getting tired of killing you." -Wolverine
"...How does it feel...to be loved that much?" -Emma Frost, X-Men: Phoenix Endsong
