We are all mutants

Rating: 1/10 (28 May 2006)

... if you see a theater playing that movie, run. Away. Fast. Like the good mutant you are. I am not familiar with the comics, but I greatly enjoyed the multi-layered X-Men I and II. The atmosphere, the uncertainty, the subtlety. Thank you Bryan Singer. I knew the third director would need to create his own space, and I do respect that. However, I find it appalling to see that NOTHING that made the first movies interesting appeared in this last opus. Instead we face an all or nothing situation, between absolute powers from the Phoenix, or no power at all thanks to the serum. Soppy good guys, or bad goth guys. A nice mansion vs a dark forest... blahblahblah. All the film is based on special effects. But they NEVER make a script. They are the support of the story, not a reason to make a movie in the first place. This exacerbated situation could only serve this purpose : make spectacular images, which are nothing but spectacular. It eventually turns into a big destruction company, obliterating all the interesting characters (and even the X plane), giving nothing to chew on but a lingering question : who's going to die next. Although once you understand the film is a failure, you don't really care much. Once you accept the ridicule of the situation, it can become rather funny to watch in a detached kind of way... The music was not inspired, the characters were empty, the scenario worthless, the final battle a joke, and, frankly, Magneto (well played as usual by Iam McKellen) shouldn't have left Mystic laying on the floor. Yep, bad guys will be bad guys. One good point : it's a short film. Thank you for that Mr Ratner. Makes the ordeal faster.