Sunday, May 28, 2006
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Cast: Hugh Jackman (Logan/Wolverine), Ian McKellen (Eric Lensherr/Magneto), Famke Janssen (Dr. Jean Grey/Phoenix), Anna Paquin (Marie/Rogue), Halle Berry (Ororo Munroe/Storm)
For complete cast info, see IMDb's X-Men: The Last Stand page.
Another wonderful X-Men movie! Of course, if you've enjoyed the X-Men movies in the past, you've probably already seen this one. It's nice to see a set of movies that don't get worse as the series continues. With the exception of Halle Berry being in a bit too much of this movie for my taste, there's nothing I would change about this movie. I wasn't a fan of the comics, so I can't compare the stories to that at all, but I did like the cartoon and I was happy with what they did in this movie.
The idea of a "cure" for mutations (even as far fetched as it may be in order to have one that would change everyone to a human) really allowed the X-Men to have opinions and really care about an issue that deeply affects them.
I thought the ending was perfect, since it leaves the opening for Magneto to come back. He's such a wonderful character!
They didn't explore the Phoenix story as much as I might have liked, but it was great that they finally showed all that Phoenix can do. Jean was just sitting around in the first two movies not doing much. I hope that in the future they will do the same with Rogue. My husband didn't watch the cartoons and only knows X-Men through the movies and when we talked about her getting to do her stuff after the movie, he said, "But what does she really do anyway?" I keep hoping that they'll show how powerful she can be and let her get out there and show her stuff. She and Wolverine have always been my favorites and they've definitely given Logan his time on screen, I'll keep hoping for Rogue's!
Definitely catch this in the movie theater if you can, the special effects are always better on the big screen!
Grade: A-Labels: 2006, action, adventure, comics, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, movie, sci-fi, thriller
Reviewed by Kat at the
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May 29, 2006 8:06 PM