Wednesday, May 24, 2006

I Wish This Is Not The Last Stand

If you have not seen X-Men III: The Last Stand (you have to see it) yet, then you have two choices: read my blog or pass it out. What you will lay your eyes into in 5 seconds contain spoilers:

1. Jean Grey is still alive, this time, very dangerous as the Phoenix. Turns out, she has been repressing her alter-ego for a long time because Phoenix is dangerous. The Phoenix brings out the vixen in Jean Grey.

2. The “cure” to mutation was found. It comes from a young mutant named Leech who can repel mutant powers permanently.

3. New mutants are introduced in this film and are killed in the end because they belong to the “evil” side: Callisto, Spike and that other butch-looking mutant. Juggernaut and Multiple Man are also in the movie but I am not sure if they are killed. Shadowcat and Collosus are still on the “good” side but this time, they are given more airtime and are also more exciting. The Beast is also in the film.

3. Jean Grey kills Cyclops, or at least the movie wants us to believe just that. I refuse to buy this one. If the producers decide to do a new X-men movie, which I hope they do, then it will not be a surprise to me if the gorgeous James Marsden reprises his role.

4. Ben Foster, who plays Angel, was “underused” in this movie. The producers and Director Brett Ratner should have capitalized on Foster’s good looks. They are not gay, I guess.

5. Halle Berry, who plays Storm in the trilogy, is more exciting in the third installment that how she was in the earlier two. Her hot new do helps a lot. The real Halle should lose the curls and go back to her short locks.

6. Mystique, played by the sultry Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, loses her powers in the middle of the movie in an attempt to cover Magneto’s back, literally. He becomes human again and is forsaken by Magneto. Guess who else loses her powers? Anna Paquin’s Rogue. She gives in to the pressure that she cannot touch her boyfriend Iceman without hurting him. She goes to the city and gets herself some doze of the cure. Find out later who else “loses” his powers.

7. You can stop reading now if you think you have had too much, already.

8. The most poignant part of the film? Professor X gets killed. He was annihilated by the Phoenix in the "battle of the brains". I was shocked. But will Patrick Stewart return, if and when the producers decide to make another X-Men movie, to revive (double meaning, double purpose) Charles Xavier? Who else dies in the film? Find out later.

8. Magneto loses his powers in the battle. He was given a dose of the cure by the Beast with the help of Wolverine. But in a span of just about five minutes, the director makes us think that Magneto, now staying in a facility for old people, has not really lost his power. I think Sir Ian McKellen is overexposed these days. He stars in two big films this summer: the da Vinci Code and X3. But what can we do? Magaling ang lolo nyo eh!!

9. In the end, Wolverine kills Jean Grey to “save” her. Hey that’s how you “salvage” people in the Philippines. The world has a lot to learn from our third-world country, don’t you think?

10. Overall, it was a “Wolverine movie”. Hugh Jackman was virtually in every scene. A move to promote his spin-off movie “Wolverine” which might be shown in theaters next Summer. Totoo, may Wolverine movie talaga!! Hindi ito joke.

11. Overall, Rush Hour director Retner, who took the job from Bryan Singer, did a pretty good job. Film critics might say that X2 is better than this one, but I enjoyed the third installment more. Moreover, X-Men III: The Last Stand is far better than the Da Vinci Code. So if you are in the dilemma which movie to watch, and have only enough money to see one movie, I suggest you see X3.

12. I want Katharine McPhee to win American Idol.

Anti-climatic, huh? It’s not my fault, you had a choice.

Smile naman dyan!! God bless us all!!

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