X-Men: The Worst Stand

Rating: 1/10 (28 May 2006)

I am twenty-seven years old and I have collected the X-Men comics my entire life, and hearing what I had heard about this movie made me very angry. But, I still had to see this movie for myself because above all else, I am an X-Men fan true to the bone.
I already knew that my favorite X-Man, Cyclops, was going to die but I had to believe that Brett Ratner, of whom I do like, could somehow make this movie good. Afterall, I know that comic continuity just really isn't possible when adapted to the big screen. That said, there could have been just a little bit of resemblance to what happened in the comics! First of all, if you don't like Wolverine or Storm, then don't go see this movie, because 85% is them. If you like Cyclops or Professor X, they die. If you thought that you were going to see the Phoenix, you don't. What they pass as the Phoenix is nothing like the Phoenix in the comics.
I mean, when did the Phoenix get all dead looking when she used her powers? Oh, and somehow the Phoenix is just a split personality of Jean Grey, not a separate entity. Also, unlike the comics, the Phoenix seems to be really easy when it comes to the guys because she jumped Wolverine in 2.2 seconds. Way to mourn your husband. I seem to remember that the Phoenix was in love with Scott Summers, and that is how they beat her the first time. Wolverine did not do the killing. Whatever.
Speaking of Wolverine, I will go on record by saying that I hate the character. Unless he's written by Joss Whedon. Wolverine is the most over hyped comic character other than Batman that I know of. But, I do like Hugh Jackman, and I actually kind of like the movie version of Wolverine. Well, I did until this movie. All the guy did was cry and moan. "I love you," he says as he kills Jean. Love? Dude, you barely even know her. Is it just me, or has his healing factor gone to Hulk levels, because he was regenerating way too fast at the end when his skin was burning off. I remember the Punisher shooting him in the face with a shotgun, and it didn't grow back until the next issue.
I know, I know, this isn't the comics. I understand that, but where was it a well done plot to kill off the original X-Man and and the Professor? You give a girl some purple hair and you call her Psylocke? She didn't even have the right powers, not to mention at that age she still would have been British! Rogue and Magneto lose their powers. I have to say, the most heart breaking part was at the end when Magneto was playing chess by himself with no Xavier. Poor guy. I think Magneto should turn his hate away from the human race and go after FOX Studios. They're the real bad guys.
In the span of one year, FOX has killed off my favorite characters in X-Men and on my used to be favorite TV show, 24. The only good thing I can think of about FOX anymore is that they still show Nascar. I'm sure if they could kill somebody off on that for ratings, they would do that to.
What really irritates me is that the X-Men franchise could have gone on forever. There are countless stories and characters. But, no. FOX got mad at Brian Singer and threw a childish fit and rushed this movie out just to get out before Superman Returns. So we got a sub-par movie that was released way to soon. Just look at Colossus compared to in X-2. Quite frankly, I think he looked really bad. And don't even get me started on how bad Juggernaut looked. What was FOX thinking? There is no way X-Men was going to do better than Superman. It's freaking Superman! I don't even like Superman and I can tell you that. So we get a rushed movie that included zero character development, as many cameos as possible, and some 'shocking' deaths. Yay. And what about those plastic guns the military was using. If you look closely, they have Hasbro written on them.
I know most people are saying they liked this movie, and that's fine. I'm not going to tell you what to do because I believe everyone is their own person. There was five of us that went to see this and only my girlfriend and I hated it. But that's why I'm with her. She feels my pain. The movie did have its good points. I liked it when Iceman 'iced' up, it was cool seeing the Beast throw down, and Cyclops' motorcycle was sweet. But that's about it for me.
I would like to say, that I'm not blaming Brett Ratner. He did what he could. And I will also say that he did leave it open for characters that died to come back, and there's no evidence that the mutant cure is forever lasting. We all know that after the credits that Professor X was in a new body, and we never actually saw Cyclops die. Of course, Jean may be dead, but she never stays dead. My point being that most of what happened in this movie can be fixed, as long as Marvel takes this movie back home and makes a sequel themselves.
In closing, I don't suggest you go see this movie, but you have to judge for yourself. You'll either love it or hate it. If you hate it, you can do like I did and drop your ticket in the toilet and show it how you feel about it, if you know what I mean.