Thank you for this thread, TKing.
What did I like about this film? Lots of stuff.
This film excelled in many things that Singer's films didn't. Mainly, the action, and reminding me that these are superheros. I love Singer's grounded, realistic version, but this film also showed that you can keep that realistic, grounded version and still have some fun with it.
I enjoy the final battle. The X-Men jumping into battle, theme music blaring, lining up across the battlefield from the Brotherhood, with Magneto and his Brotherhood raised above, looking over the battle field, claiming the X-Men are "traitors to their own cause" takes me back to the cartoons and comics in a way that X-Men and X2 never did. For the first time in this trilogy, we actually got a battle.
The way Beast was portrayed was absolutley spot on, from the writing, to the acting of Kelsey Grammer. Everything that I love about Beast (and he's my favorite member of the X-Men behind only Gambit) was captured in this film. The fact that they turned him into an original member of the X-Men was a brilliant touch, even if minor. I absolutley loved his little interaction with Wolverine in the final battle, about being a diplomat, and there coming a time when all men must... YOU GET THE POINT! Straight from the comics!
Magneto I felt was absolutley brilliant. Everything that was established in X-Men and X2, his feelings towards how humans treat those not born into power, and that the humans will only try to eliminate the mutants as the Germans once tried to eliminate the Jews, something he experienced first hand, became justified with the creation of the cure. The war had begun in X2, and he has been fighting it from the end of X2 up until this point, with all of his terrorist attacks across the globe. Now with this cure, that's the final straw, and he's going to take this war to the human's doorstep, his first move to destroy the cure at Alcatraz Island.
We see things in this film that we have fans have been waiting for; Danger Room, Sentinel (albiet just a head, but a Sentinel none the less), Angel (though not as developed as he should have been, he was still a nice addition), Iceman finally icing up, Fastball Special.
The little elements, like Magneto's terrorist threats over the TV, that are straight from the comics and give the characters just that much more.
We had the Phoenix, although not how we expected it, I still think was well done for the most part.
The story was more epic. We finally had the war that had been building since X-Men, and we had the epic personal struggle of the Phoenix. The final scene of Wolverine marching up to stop the Phoenix is one of the most powerful sequences in the entire trilogy as far as I'm concerned. And a little fanboy touch, I love how his adamantium skeleton was exposed during that sequence. First time I saw it, for a second, I thought he'd be JUST a skeleton by the end. But actually seeing his adamantium skeleton was a very nice touch.
There was just so much good about this movie that outweighs the bad. I do admit there is bad, and some of the bad is the worst of the trilogy. But there is so much good as well, that it just outweighs all the bad. The storyline is the best of the 3, with the cure and the Phoenix Saga. The movie feels like something I could actually read in a comic, or get out of X-Men Legends, more so than X-Men and X2. Scenes like the psi battle between Xavier and Phoenix, and the sequence of Wolverine marching up towards Jean to stop the Phoenix on Alcatraz, are more epic than anything in the trilogy... the only thing that could compare would be Jean's sacrifice at the end of X2.
As somebody who was against Kitty Pryde getting a bigger role in this film over adding a character such as Gambit, I was pleasantly surprised with how they handled her role. Juggernaut, though not used enough, was excellent, and spot on. Bringing in the Morlocks, since they are never referred to as the Omega Muties, I consider them the Morlocks, was a nice touch.
Thank you for making this thread, TKing, and hopefully it will stay active, and not get hijacked, because there is plenty of good in this film that is definatley worth talking about, and definatley worth praise.
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Like I said earlier, anyone can post if they have an opinion, but try to be as positive as you can. Most people that dislike the film I find have at least one thing that they found mildly interesting about it, usually the greater amount of action than in the previous movies.
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I think my favourite scene with her is in X2 where she infliltrates Strykers base and slides backwards along the floor giving the finger to Stryker. She shines in all 3 movies though.
