the only reason to watch this is because you watched the others...

Rating: 3/10 (24 June 2006)

Well I watched this movie looking forward to seeing how the trilogy was going to end. When the film had ended I was in the uncomfortable situation of still waiting for it to make sense. The idea of this film "The Last Stand" promised a lot. There was also a lot that it could draw on for success; a wide variety of characters, a wealth of research material that could be drawn on i.e. comics, cartoons, me, I'm sure we could've negotiated a price, not forgetting the 2 previous movies which I found entertaining. Though the movie had good special effects and action scenes the thing that was missing was the ability to draw me into it. There is the basic story outline and then nothing. No emotional connection. No beep beep of a heart monitor to suggest that though the movie is unconscious there is going to be a jolt to bring it back to life. It felt like the characters had all been mind wiped and then were running around trying to remember who they were and what they were supposed to be doing. Personally I,m hoping that somehow what I saw was just some footage from a dress rehearsal and that the real movie is still in post production somewhere.
The only problem with that idea is that my mutant ability to disappear into the realms of fantasy in the face of harsh reality was cancelled out by a little character in the movie. Why didn't I sit further back from the screen. Oh, that cursed call of the second row why did I want such a close up look at this film, that desire will be the end of me.
The last time I felt like this was when I watched Batman and Robin staring the Governor of California, what a state of affairs that was. No, that movie was awful this one was just bad.
When I think about the money that I paid and the enthusiasm that I mustered up to go and see this long awaited movie I am forced to quote the words of Magneto when, like the script and acting in this film, he was faced with the reality that his plans had fallen to pieces turned around and looking back asked, "What have I done". I Love X-Men and therefore have to ask, "why did they have to spoil a good thing".
TMW has spoken.