Why did they have to ruin something that started out GREAT?

Rating: 1/10 (2 June 2006)

I'm a huge X-Men fan, and have been since I was about five. I thought the first two were awesome, but with Bryan Singer directing, why wouldn't it be. I thought Bret Ratner would do good since I loved the Rush Hour movies, but I'm sorry I thought The Last Stand blew. It was like they all forgot how to act, especially the usually wonderful Hugh Jackman. While the first two didn't exactly follow certain comic story lines, like Magento be able to touch Rogue, Rogue being a member of the Evil Brotherhood, getting her powers from Ms. Marvel, and the relationship between Mystique, Rogue, and Mystique's son Nightcrawler, the story lines were wonderful and you connected with all the characters. The Last Stand, started out with the impression of a movie with great potential, only to flop horribly. Phoenix being a evolution of Jean Grey's telekinetic abilities was fine, because in the newer comics, Phoenix is an evolution not an cosmic entity. If you stay close to the comics, you understand some of the hidden agendas, like Xavier and Scott both being sent to another plane instead of becoming crispy critters, the cure being a huge flop, but if you're not a X-Men comic fan, sorry you're just out of luck for trying to figure out anything that happens, or is implied to happen. What was the deal with all the character/plot changes? Calisto dies? Storm BEATS Calisto, becoming the new leader of the Morlocks, making Calisto her second in command, and the Morlocks....what happened to them? How can you have Calisto and no Morlocks. Spike is a bad guy? Logan Kills him? What? Rogue gets cured? Ummm... she did go and TRY to get cured, but the X-men followed her only to find out that Trask was actually Apocalypse, and I'm not even gonna attempt to explain about Apocalypse. That storyline gets a little long. And the biggest crap-out of the film...WHAT HAPPENED TO PHOENIX!?! All she did was snarl and get black eyed and scorch people. Where was the famous, "I am PHOENIX!" Line Jean stats as she envelops herself with flames in the shape of the mythological bird. What happened to her being really powerful and SHOWING IT? All she did was cry and snarl. It was like she had terminal PMS. Hugh Jackman? Did you get hit on the head and loose the capacity to act? You're great, you're SEXY, but you messed up Logan in the end. What was Logan's deal? All he did was walk around with a boner sniffing out Jean with it instead of his nose, and then all you did was boohoo about her when you did find her. Logan's been my favorite character since the beginning. I even named my son Logan. Now it seems I should have named him Girlyman. I'm just gonna pretend that The Last Stand was never made, and that GOD willing, Bryan Singer will come back and straighten out this horrible, terrible mess caused by a pathetic excuse for a movie.