Why Mr. Singer....

Rating: 7/10 (21 May 2014)

The only thing trickier to make than a sequel is a third part. I was probably not the only disappointed one when I heard that Brian Singer left behind the X-man saga for the most famous and maybe even the most boring comic book hero (leaving with the composer, the editor, the cinematographer, the writer and the set director). In his place was first Matthew Vaughn then the even less assuring Brett Ratner. Let me quickly just add that while Singer is a more talented and artsier director, Ratner is a popcorn movie director, who will never win an Oscar even if his film are wildly entertaining. So anyway they had to find a new crew, they dug up Zak Penn X-men 2's co-writer who is responsible for Elektra's story and tacked on Simon Kinberg, whose first film was XXX's second part the two of them quickly sawed together two story lines (The Phoenix and the mutant vaccine stories) then thinking they did their job grabbed their paychecks, and the fate of the film was left up to the director. The previews were convincing and the gossip suggested that the film will be tough. It has been several months since The X-Men stopped William Stryker, but that victory came at a price: they have lost Jean Grey. Scott Summers (Cyclops) is still grieving he goes to the place where Jean Grey sacrificed herself, and she appears. Meanwhile, humans have discovered a cure for the mutation. The X-Men are appalled at this idea. Magneto, decides to organize an army of mutants and wage his war against the humans. Now, The X-Men must stop Magneto again and put an end to the war against the humans, as well as stop Jean Grey's Phoenix powers. The film was a lot harder to digest on many levels. First off you had to swallow the bitter pill of some glaring mistakes, ignored characters, how it was over the top in trying to be epic and in a few scenes the totally silly script. Luckily the film makers decided to take risks too with the 200 million dollar budget and have some balls when it came to the ending of the film. The heroes are not invincible, they were willing to make life ending sacrifices to further the story and this all just made the film more human. It was also a positive that Cyclon stepped forward as a character and didn't stay a footnote like in the first two films. But with such a huge budget I do not understand why the film was so short. They would have had more time to show us the characters, but no It's also interesting to note that though it tries to be sentimental, the drama is somehow lacking despite the many deaths. Ratner killed the style Singer created with the first two films. He massacred the heart of what embodied the x-men sage. Despite all these negatives the film isn't bad, it just isn't as good as it's predecessors so 7/10 Max - https://www.youtube.com/user/silverscreenreviews1