X-Men: TLS ; Not the best but damn good!

Rating: 8/10 (28 May 2006)

My first initial re-action to this movie, was "OH MY GOD", the second was, "I can't believe Rogue sold out!", but I'll explain in a minute! X-Men: THE LAST STAND is an amazingly fast paced movie, though not as fast paced as a lot have commented on! I enjoyed the action sequences, and introduction of new characters. MY likes and dislikes were as follows...
*MAJOR SPOILERS*
LIKES... FAMKE Janssen as THE PHOENIX!!! This had to be the best part of the movie, and though the scene in Jean Grey's House with Prof. X was controversial, I thought it was amazingly done.
ELLEN PAGE as KITTY PRYDE! She was my new favourite character in the movie, the love triangle didn't bother me so much, because I believe it was to be more in Rogue's mind than in actuality.
Wolverine's last stand: The way his skin kept burning off and regrowing really re-in-acted scenes (for me) from the comics.
Kelsey Grammar as Beast: As soon as he said "Oh my stars and garters!" 'NUFF SAID!
Dislikes...
SADLY.... ANGEL... he had no part.. I realize he was the inspiration for the cure, and the inspiration to keep the school and Xavier's dream alive (I won' go into specifics), but he was in three scenes, had four lines... and by the end, kinda looked like a seagull flying through the sky.
Jean Grey's lack of speech towards the end... why was she standing back and watching the World while the evil mutants fought?!
Colossus... one line in the whole movie... but he's in soooo many scenes. HUH?! I was wondering if he was just standing there to look beefy and to hurdle Wolverine around?!
The speech to the X-Kids before the final battle. In the trailer it's suggested that Storm and Wolverine are against't them tagging along, but an alternate scene was used where Iceman was nervous about fighting, and Wolverine gives him a speech about courage (in my opinion I'd have liked to have seen the former).
And finally... Rogue's sell out. From seeing previews (TV spots) I know that they filmed an alternate ending where Rogue decides not to take the cure, but I guess it was to show fans that not everything can be "Alls well that ends well", though if the cure is only temporary then she will be back!!!
*END SPOILERS* Over-all I like this movie, though X2 was my favourite in the series! I think Brett Ratner's direction was a little messy at times (not as sleek as Brian Singer's), and the CG was a little cheesy compared to the first two, and the script in some parts, well, there was a lack of a script. But I did enjoy this movie very much!!! Hopefully a GENERATION X/NEW MUTANTS movie is in the making!!!
RAWK!
8/10