Sunday, August 23, 2020

Movie review - X-Men#3 - "X Men Last Stand" (2006) **

 The opening sequence was moving - the teenage boy who doesn't want to be a mutant werewolf (great work from that kid actor), and I thought we'd be fine.

But as it went on it got worse, and muffed simple things. There's this love triangle between Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen and James Marsden, but does Jackman really love her? And they get rid of Marsden instead of playing out conflict between them all which would have added to the drama.

There's a lot of characters but no one seems to have a decent story. Ian Mackellan seemed silly in this with his hat. What happened to Rebecca Romjim Stamos again? Ellen Page pops on screen I wish she'd done something decent.

There's a lot of quips and cliches. Vinnie Jones just quips. It's not a very good script. The direction isn't that cohesive. Wolverine is a lot more war and cuddly.

Some decent moments but I was glad when it was over.

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