Critics' X3 Film Reviews: Master Thread

[RagingTempest]

Cannes Review: "X-Men: The Last Stand", 22 May 2006

Author: agentmatheus from Brazil
A cure for the mutant gene has been found, and the X-Men, led by Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) now have the dilemma of whether they are willing to lose their powers and live as normal people. However, the Brotherhood, led by the mad mutant Magneto (a notable Ian McKellen), believe this is an outrage against their race and this leads to a war between the two sides. Meanwhile, Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) is revealed to be alive, but with different powers. In time, it is clear that Jean Grey- now possessed by the powers of the Dark Phoenix- has become a threat and the ultimate mutant war is about to begin.

"X-Men: The Last Stand" is the most emotionally elaborate and complex of all the series. If this proves to be the last chapter of the series, it is a giant one and will leave many fans shocked and heartbroken. Brett Ratner has definitely hit the right notes, and "Stand" seems like a different type of super-hero movie.

However, Rattner makes one huge mistake as he is conducting the movie. The movie is about one hour and forty minutes long, the fastest movie in the franchise. However, it seems like a terrible mistake to do a movie with this length when the same movie has enough characters and subplots to fill in a 3 hour motion picture. In some points, Rattner's (effective) direction seems rushed. And this is a true shame, since some characters are rarely used- which are the cases of Mystique and Juggernaut (more on him later).

However, this movie has more action than any of the two previous entries in the series. Once this movie catches your attention, there's no way out. The action is so intense and the effects are so great that you feel as many thrills as the characters in the movie. The movie also plays intensely well as a drama. There is a lot of room for the situation to get tense and there are some parts where you can actually feel sad. Here in Cannes, this lady sitting beside me cried in a heartbreaking dialogue between Jean Grey and Wolverine (the magnificent Hugh Jackman). Right there, I knew this movie was going to be a success.

Many new characters are introduced to the franchise. Three of them are worth notice: the Beast (Kelsey Grammar), Angel (Ben Foster), and Juggernaut (Vinnie Jones). While Ben Foster handles his role well, but nothing much, Kelsey Grammar and Vinnie Jones show up as the exact right options for the respective roles of Beast and Juggernaut. Kelsey Grammar does a superb job in making Beast a charismatic mutant, with many memorable moments. Vinnie Jones is a whirlpool of rage as Juggernaut and, while the role is not exactly a Shakesperianish one, it surely provides great moments- like the amazing scene where he rushes after Kitty Pride (Ellen Page), the mutant who is able to pass through any solid objects.

While all the cast is great (especially Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, and Famke Janssen), I'd say the movie belongs to Ian McKellen and Hugh Jackman. Once again, Sir McKellen proves to be the best thing in a blockbuster as the mutant/tyrant Magneto. He is calm and wise (yet again), but knows the right time to be mean. I can think of no actor who can pull the role of Magneto better than Ian McKellen. However, one cannot leave in blank the marvelous performance of Hugh Jackman. As one of the most important characters in the movie, he proves to be a versatile and talented actor by giving the charismatic Wolverine an even more human side- a side that can be torn apart by love. These two actors prove to be a mark of a cinematic generation and show that in this movie.

In conclusion, I'd say the X-Men trilogy ended up really well. However, one has to note this is the worst movie in the trilogy; not for being genuinely bad, but because it feels sometimes rushed. However, I have to note that the final act of the movie will leave your jaws open. There are tons of surprises, and discovering who dies and who loses their powers is enough to bring the toughest X-Men fan to tears. Here in Cannes, the audience seemed to have really enjoyed this movie, and I am part of that audience. "X-Men: The Last Stand" is a marvelous, action-filled comic book brought to life, with loads of drama and lots of surprises.-------9/10

 

[Aiden]

Things are certainly looking bright

 

[XCharlieX]

Ratner caused himself undue criticism with this pacing... reckless imo.

 

[CapBeerCino]

X-Men 3: Here’s to You, X-Factor… (some spoilers)
http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/3801/58/

Written by Scott Collura
Tuesday, 23 May 2006
11:28:22

I caught the press screening for X-Men: The Last Stand last night, so while our official review for the film from Brent Simon will show up later this week, I can’t help but ramble a bit about it myself here – it is a movie I’ve basically been waiting for since 1985 or so, after all.

(Oh, this’ll be a fairly spoilery blog entry, so consider yourself warned.)

Unlike most of the fanboys made good who are scurrying to review X-Men 3 this week, I wasn’t one originally reared on the Chris Claremont/John Byrne Dark Phoenix saga that serves as the partial source material for this movie. It was actually the Louise and Walt Simonson run on X-Factor that first drew me into the world of Marvel’s mutants, though subsequently many hours were spent on back issues of X-Men to make up for the gaps in my mutant education. But X-Factor back then, children of the ’80s will recall, was a revitalization of the original five X-Men: Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Iceman, and Angel. Those five were my X-Men, the genetically altered superheroes of the Marvel universe at whose altar I prayed, and now with X-Men 3 the film, we finally have all five of those characters in the live-action flesh. If only barely.

And here’s my problem with X-Men 3 (which I prefer not to call The Last Stand if only because that is so clearly a marketing department-created title and the film itself so blatantly and repeatedly hints at a fourth film as to all but invalidate its own name): This movie, while solid enough for a standard dumbed-down summer tent pole, has taken the original concepts of the X-comics and distorted them to the point where it’s really tough for an old fan like myself to give said changes a free pass. That’s not fair to the movie, I know, but it is what it is.

Take Cyclops, a.k.a. Scott Summers, leader of the X-Men (in my day anyhow) and the love of Jean Grey’s (Marvel Girl/Phoenix/etc.) life. As played by James Marsden, Cyclops hasn’t had much to do in the films, particularly in part two, where he disappeared for half the picture’s running time, and here, where he bites the dust early on, or so we’re told as it seems to happen off-screen – he’s a major character, or should be, especially pertaining to the Dark Phoenix story, and he’s not even given an onscreen death! But most shocking is the means by which Cyclops goes: His beloved Jean apparently sucks the life-force out of him or some such, in a moment that’s more technically polished than but still reminiscent of another picture that featured Patrick Stewart, 1985’s Lifeforce.

(One can’t help but wonder: Is the death of Cyclops somehow punishment for Marsden’s moving on to former X-director Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns? And if so, how petty can you get?)

So Jean Grey kills Scott Summers. That’s one of the great Marvel Comics love stories gone awry, to be sure, but if it was done for the honest reason on the screen of showing us how evil the Phoenix can be, then maybe it could work. But no, the real reason is much more mundane: The Scott Summers character is simply in the way at this point plot-wise, as the final showdown and emotional linchpin of the film has to take place between star Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and Famke Janssen’s Phoenix. Keep Summers alive and you’ve got a mutant ménage à trois. It is a PG-13 film after all.

Cyclops dies, and a little bit of the ’80s fanboy inside me does as well. For lest we forget, the heart of the comics version of the Dark Phoenix saga was the Scott and Jean romance, and Jean’s suicide in the face of the evil creature she was becoming. In the movie version, it of course falls to Wolverine to do the deed, while Janssen’s Phoenix is apparently too engulfed in CG pyrotechnics to off herself. In fact, Janssen unfortunately spends most of her screen time in a zombified state, giving us little idea of the pain – or the ecstasy – of how it feels to be the all-powerful Phoenix.

Again, someone who doesn’t know the comic books probably wouldn’t think twice about such complaints. Fair enough. But another problem the franchise has inevitably run in to, and one that is less subjective, is its bloated, multi-character, all-over-the-place feel. It’s a mutant smorgasbord, and most of the characters suffer as a result. “We need more mutants in leather,” I can hear a studio exec yelling. “And give them tattoos too! That way we know they’re bad guys!” (Speaking of which, where’s Nightcrawler these days?)

Of my five favorites, Cyclops obviously gets a bum deal. Jean Grey, while ostensibly the centerpiece of the picture, is almost forgotten at times while the film’s other arc, the “mutant cure,” unfolds. The Angel finally makes his appearance onscreen here, but he unfortunately serves chiefly as a plot device and all of his good scenes have been glimpsed in the trailers. Iceman at last becomes his literal namesake in this outing, in a climactic fight with his ideological nemesis Pyro, but unfortunately he doesn’t share a single scene with Kelsey Grammer’s Beast, even though the two characters were always the best of buds as I recall. Of course, the age difference is substantial here, but it would have been nice to tie the two together somehow. Grammer, though, does an admirable job with what he’s given, effectively conveying the intelligence and sophisticated nuances of Hank McCoy’s personality as well as his physical prodigiousness that gave him his codename in the first place. And yes, he does get to say “Oh my stars and garters.”

But like I said above, it’s not a bad movie, and it’ll bring the crowds out in droves this weekend. So what’s to like? Let’s see:

- Halle Berry’s Storm gets to kick ass, finally, with some serious weather-witch moves that we’ve waited too long to see. Sure, she’s still got Storm’s accent all wrong, but what can you do?

- Newcomer Ellen Page’s Kitty Pryde saves the day! And against Juggernaut of all people!! And she does it, ultimately, without superpowers!!! Not bad for a tween.

- People die. And I’m not just talking extras, though there’s plenty of that (Phoenix is a bad, bad girl). Main characters bite it, and when you least expect it.

- It’s cool seeing second- and third-tier characters from the comics – Madrox the Multiple Man, Leech, Dr. MacTaggart – even if their presence reminds us that their screen time means we’re seeing less of the likes of Colossus and the Juggernaut.

- Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine remains one bad-ass muther.

- The series seems to finally have achieved a budget level and production quality that it just fell short of in the first two films.

And that, though, is that. I can’t think of too many other positives right now. In fact, I like X-Men 3 less now than I did when I started writing this. I’m gonna go download the old Simonson X-Factor run right now, I think.

 

[narrows101]

http://www.moviereviews.cc/

Written by Simon Kinberg & Zak Penn Directed by Brett Ratner
Running Time: 1:43
Rated PG-13
for intense sequences of action violence,
some sexual content and language.

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THE OPENING

X-Men: The Last Stand was a worthy finale for the X-Men series, if this is in fact, the final chapter.

THE STORY

A 'cure' has been found for the mutant gene, and now any mutant who wants to become normal, can do it. Magneto and his crew believe that the government wants to use the serum as a weapon and get rid of all mutants. As the cure is in the form of another mutant, Magneto plans to capture and kill him. Charles Xavier and his X-Men believe that the mutants have a right to decide what they want to do. Which side wins the battle could turn on the surprise resurrection of Jean Grey whose power is now greater than that of any mutant in history. What side of the battle will she choose to join? And will any of the mutants survive?

THE REVIEW

X-Men: The Last Stand, even under the direction of Brett Ratner, did a good job of following in the footsteps of the first two films. The look and feel of the movie remain the same, so you don't feel like you're watching a completely different film. Once again, since the first movie introduced the idea of mutants, no long winded explanations of how mutants came to be and what their place is in the world, were really necessary to set up this story. We start by going into the past to find a younger Xavier and Magneto as they go to the home of Jean Grey, whom they both believe could be the most powerful mutant ever. From there we find a small child who is just beginning to realize his mutant powers and the fear that enters him as he realizes he's different. Then we're back into present time (which is actually some time in the not-so-distant future) and the battle begins almost immediately. Once the 'cure' is announced, both sides of mutants realize that this could be the end of life as they know it. Cyclops is still in mourning over Jean's death. Wolverine is still hanging around and also is still in love with Jean. In an unnecessary side plot, Rogue and Bobby are having teen issues since she still can't touch him and is afraid he's falling for Kitty Pryde. Mystique has been captured, but of course Magneto and Pyro manage to release her, along with a couple of other mutants including the massive Juggernaut. Magneto taps into a huge base of mutants and is able to mobilize his forces quicker than Xavier, but the X-Men arrive in the nick of time to save the day. Sort of.

As you can see, a lot of new mutants are revealed during the film, including the big blue furball, Beast. To me, showing the new mutants and their abilities is the real entertaining part of all the movies. So, having more and more mutants is always fun, even if they all don't get a lot of screen time.

The Last Stand is markedly shorter than the first two movies, so even more gets stuffed into a smaller space, which made the fact that they kept going back to the Rogue/Bobby/Kitty love triangle even stranger. It was nice and all, but totally unnecessary and kept slowing down the action. To go from one truly surprising sequence, into a cutesy scene with Bobby and Kitty ice skating was too jarring. I think a lot more time could have been spent making the main story more well-rounded. As a plot line, the mutant cure wasn't a bad one but I feel it could have been better explained and more time spent on it rather than just announcing it and letting everyone kill each other. The fact that it was a fellow mutant who had the power to take away the mutant gene seems to me to be a big deal, but where he came from or how he worked was never discussed. Because of that, I never felt like the story was important. It was more like only a reason to allow the mutants to go crazy.

That being said, going crazy worked. There were some awesome battles, including the big final battle at the end of the film. There were also a lot of shocking developments, none of which I'll ruin here, but big things happen to big characters. I thought the special effects were all very well done. Sometimes not enough money is spent to keep up with technology, but this time around the effects were all seamless. As I said earlier, the movie was short (around 100 minutes) so we didn't get to spend a lot of time with any one character. We did get to see a lot more from Storm than before, while most of the other characters from the previous films got less screen time to make room for the newcomers. Some of the newcomers were interesting, but then there were others that don't seem to do a whole lot. You wonder what good the ability to turn yourself into a porcupine can do, but apparently with a bad attitude anything is possible. I can't honestly say that the movie was great and the best of the bunch, but it was certainly entertaining. Even if you've never seen one of the other films, you can still head out and see this one and appreciate it. The X-Men movies have always been cool, and this one is no different. Watching Storm control the weather, Magneto move bridges, Cyclops shooting lasers from his eyes, Wolverine slicing and dicing, Pyro going head to head versus Iceman... how can you go wrong?

THE BOTTOM LINE

So overall, I enjoyed X-Men: The Last Stand. I thought it was a good way to end the series (even if the final scene does open the door for one more sequel, or at least a few spin-offs.) There were some problems with the story not being as strong as before, but if you're looking for action and cool mutant powers, you'll enjoy The Last Stand.

 

[Aiden]

Ratner caused himself undue criticism with this pacing... reckless imo.

It wasn't him that caused or even wanted that I think. FOX once again

 

[RagingTempest]

Ratner caused himself undue criticism with this pacing... reckless imo.

That's where most of the problems are coming from!!! I just don't undersatnd why they made the movie so short with so much going on in it. This was suppose to be the longest of three movies, I bet if it was, the movie would be getting a lot more positive reviews, sigh!!

 

[Milkman95]

Ba-ziiiiiing!!!

Sorry Jeff I couldn't resist...Flav got you good.

No harm - I was just being my usual sarcastic self............I knew it was legit, I was just making fun of the source.....

 

[Milkman95]

It wasn't him that caused or even wanted that I think. FOX once again

Exactly. Ratner is fine, it was Fox and Rothman.

 

[J.Howlett]

I wouldn't be surprised if they did a Director's Cut for the film on DVD or in a DVD Boxset later this year.

 

[XCharlieX]

Whoever it is, they fall for it all the time.. thats gonna take a chunk out of the positives unfortunately

But it sounds like the movie is good, just too fast for its own good.

 

[okim08]

It all comes down to packing more people into the theaters. Shorter movie, more showings = $$$$$$$$$

 

[nite-owl]

Total Film review

For mutants old (Professor X, Magneto), new (Angel, Juggernaut), borrowed (Storm’s latest wig, which looks like she’s swiped it from her mum’s dust mop) and blue (Kelsey Grammer’s brainiac Beast), the discovery of an injectible mutant-cure spells big trouble. And the rebirth of Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) as corrupted cosmic-temptress Phoenix spells even bigger trouble for everyone...
Neither the exhilarating franchise sign-off that Bryan Singer would have likely delivered, nor the deformed mess that banshee-like ’net boys have been wailing was the only feasible outcome after Fox handed the reins to “comic-book Anti-Christ” (his words) Brett Ratner. The Last Stand is merely that all-too-common modern film phenomenon – the plodding blockbuster, or plod-buster, which spikes out of its three-star flatline during some solid bang-wallop set-pieces and an emotionally wrenching face-off, which goes down as the series’ spine-tingling highlight.
A perfunctory prologue reveals all our favourites back in the X-fold. Wolverine’s still puffing on cigars; Storm’s still moving clouds, but has developed a new spinning-through-air trick; Professor X and Magneto get creepy digital facelifts for a plot-laying flashback and – oh look – Jean Grey didn’t die in a watery grave. (She’s back with redder hair, an itchy temper and terrifying telepathic omnipotence.) A few new faces are clawing for mutant show-off time, too, including Kelsey Grammer’s The Beast (blue, furry, reads upside-down), Vinnie Jones’ Juggernaut (huge, padded, relishes crap one-liners) and Ben Foster’s Angel (winged, self-loathing, pretty much surplus to requirements).


No stranger to generic studio tentpoles (Rush Hour 1 & 2, Red Dragon), Ratner is like a pig in **** during any sequence involving landmarks or vehicles hurtling through the air, including Magneto’s motorway ambush of a reinforced mutant paddywagon. But most of the time, his approach is akin to having someone waving their hands in your face while shouting at the top of their lungs. Yes, X3 is fast, furious and distracting. But we’ve seen the wizard behind the curtain, and Ratner’s handling of the franchise’s provocative, relevant elements is workmanlike at best. Feel the boredom seep in as he’s forced to let his characters talk. Sense the panic as he muddles his way through the high-stakes issues (Rogue’s inner turmoil is signposted, literally, by an advert that reads, “Mutant Cure Shots Available Here&#8221.


It’s a shame, because Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn have delivered a script that snatches the baton from X2 to dive deep into the comics’ mythology. With plenty of shocks in store for trilogy stalwarts, it’s a gift of a screenplay that lives up to the portentous title. Best of all is Famke Janssen’s electrifying return as the Phoenix. Playing the super-freaky mind-control goddess like GoldenEye’s Xenia Onatopp’s all-powerful psycho sister, her scenes – particularly that one with the house – crackle with energy and tragedy. If only the rest of X3 had followed suit.


Lacking the X-factor that made X2 a crowd-pleaser, X3 still packs in enough story, emotion and ballistics to please most fans of the franchise.
Matt Mueller


3/5

 

[antariksh]

I am .

From what i have seen for the most part X3 is getting POSITIVE reviews.
Some are even calling it the best of the series and some say it was a worty sequel to end the franchise.

Then how come rottentomatoes.com is not putting all these positive reviews on their site.

According to metacritic both variety and hollywood reporter reviews are 7.0/10 which to me is FRESH. How come rottentomatoes.com calls it rotten.

I think guys rottentomatoes have a personal agenda against X3 and other rival studios (WB, SONY) want X3 to get bad reviews.

I am sure if Bryan singer had directed X3 and it was EXACTLY like what we are getting in X3, it would have probably been 75-85% guranteed because Bryan Singer is OVERRATED director.

Seriously, I am hoping SR underperforms at the boxoffice and analysts should call it a dissapointment. THAT WILL MAKE ME REALLY HAPPY!!

btw what is wrong with FOX they should release X3 in more than 3800 theatres not just 3600+ theatres. Hell X2 opened in more than 3700+theatres.

 

[narrows101]

4/5

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/entertainment/film/tm_objectid=17118050&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=x-men--the-last-stand-name_page.html

X-Men: The Last Stand

by Gail Campbell-Thomson, icNorthWest

X-Men: The Last Stand (12A, 104 mins)
Stars: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, Kelsey Grammer, Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore, James Marsden
Directed by Brett Ratner ​

WITH two successful films setting high benchmarks, the third instalment of the X-Men series was always going to have to work hard to live up to some very high expectations.

Taking place shortly after the events of the second film, X2, X-Men: The Last Stand sees the inhabitants of the Graymalkin estate of Professor Xavier's school in turmoil.

The loss of Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) - who sacrificed herself at the end of X2 - has hit everyone hard.​

Scott/Cyclops (James Marsden) is a shadow of his former self, Logan/Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is still finding it hard to be a team player, Ororo/Storm (Halle Berry) is struggling to keep everyone together and outside, tensions are still at simmering point between homo sapiens and mutants.

On the one side Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and his X-Men are still trying to find a way to live in peace with a society which hates and fears them. On the other Magneto (Ian McKellen) and his Brotherhood of Mutants have decided that if it is war humanity wants, they are more than willing to oblige them.​

Writers Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn have simplified several elements from the comic books, (although fans will get a kick out of the brief appearance by a giant Sentinel robot), and set tensions to boiling point by the discovery of a 'cure' for the mutant gene, created using the leaching powers of a young mutant boy (Cameron Bright). Battle lines are drawn, sides taken and an impending war threatens everyone.

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This latest instalment of the Marvel mutant franchise is the first without director Bryan Singer, whose dramatic flair and creative skill made such a success of the first two films. With him busy elsewhere - on the eagerly awaited Superman Returns - there were already many fingerprints on the script by the time it was announced that Brett Ratner (Red Dragon, Rush Hour 2) was to helm the project.

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His appointment caused much gnashing of teeth amongst fans, many of whom questioned his ability in less than flattering terms.

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So how does the third film measure up?

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All in all Ratner has done a pretty good job. X-Men: The Last Stand is an enjoyable and solidly entertaining action driven film.

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A fine ensemble cast - led in particular by Stewart, McKellen, Jackman and Janssen - lend credibility to a sometimes awkward script. The shades of grey between good and evil are more definitely blurred with both sides making hard and often questionable decisions 'for the greater good'.​

The introduction of new characters such as the blue furry Beast/Dr Henry McCoy (Kelsey Grammer) an acrobatic mutant with super strength and intelligence that makes Einstein look dim; Callisto (Diana Ramirez) who has enhanced speed, agility and psychic senses and the winged Angel (Ben Foster) are all welcome additions.

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More screen time is given to characters like Shadowcat/Kitty Pride (Ellen Page) who can phase shift through solid objects and Piotr Rasputin/Colossus (Daniel Cudmore) who transforms into living organic steel, these additions bring a welcome infusion of new blood (although British audiences may wish that Vinnie Jones' Juggernaut had been kept strong and silent).

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At 104 mins events fairly zip along although sometimes the sheer number of characters and sub-plots make things seem a little overstretched.

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The action set-pieces are impressively handled and are backed up by some excellent CGI effects that will have audiences' jaws dropping appropriately at regular intervals.

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However, the film is lacking the emotional gravitas that Singer undoubtedly brought to the first two instalments.

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Sometimes this works in its favour - main characters are all pretty well established and most of the audience will be bringing that knowledge and connection with them.

But the lack of emotional weight gives proceedings an odd sense of detachment, especially in scenes of poignant, powerful high drama causing them to fall a little flatter than they should.​

 

[XCharlieX]

It wasn't him that caused or even wanted that I think. FOX once again

Perhaps not.. here Brett goes again:

If you watch the other movies and you watch this movie, I think this movie has a pace that's my kind of ADD frenetic. I get bored very easily so it's next scene, next scene, next scene, keep it moving, keep it moving, keep it moving…

One off opinion of a crew can muddle a project imo... the only way this works is if this pacing feels like how it was always supposed to be ended. *crosses fingers* http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232978

 

[Maze]

Of course he's kidding............

No i'm not kidding

from what i heard from people who were at Cannes , there have been a standing ovation..

i'm looking for more sources to have more information.

 

[XCharlieX]

Standing ovation for x3?

 

[god/devil]

To be honest I am really pleased with the reviews that this film is getting because basically the only thing negative (from non hype cyclops fans) is that the movie is slightly too short but this can easily be fix on dvd so I am delighted

 

[Aiden]

Standing ovation for x3?

Fo Sho

 

[bosef982]

This film sounds like a compromise. I know people like to diminish critic's reviews. However, look at some of the greatest movies. They all have a well-balanced review pattern showing favorably. You don't see a movie with 50% of its reviews negative being considered a great movie. Good, yes, perhaps. But not great.

X2 was a great film, to have it followed up by a good film is going to be disappointing to many -- including myself.

I just don't like this denial on these boards. That these reviews are "good." There's been plenty of bad reviews to follow these good ones.

One fact is patently clear, this movie was rushed, it shows, and Fox and Co. could've prevented it. That's sad.

 

[bosef982]

To be honest I am really pleased with the reviews that this film is getting because basically the only thing negative (from non hype cyclops fans) is that the movie is slightly too short but this can easily be fix on dvd so I am delighted

Well, you're also seeing a great deal of character's not being developed, which is perhaps one of the most important thing to do in a movie.

 

[Maze]

Standing ovation for x3?

from what i hear people also applauded during the movie ..

I'm looking for more sources

 

[XCharlieX]

I will wait for the final review tally... seems like theres a fluctuation at any moments notice on negative and positive review amounts....just how many of each are out there...? hmmmm

 

[TNC9852002]

Oddly enough, alot of the more positive reviews that have been posted here, haven't or aren't appearing on RT yet..

-TNC