X-Men 3: The Last Stand
- March 07, 2006
- 3 comments
Check out this trailer of X-Men 3: The Last Stand. It looks like it’s going to be pretty good. I hope it is, because the first two were pretty good.
I was never a big fan of X-Men as a kid, or comic books for that matter. I liked Wolverine, but what young boy didn’t? I mean, how cool would that be to have Adamantium throughout your body, have really cool spikes that come out of your hands at will and you can heal fast. It’s every boy’s dream, right?
Anyway, when the first movie came out, I saw it because it looked interesting. It turned out to be much better than I thought it would be. The effects were well-done but not over the top and the action was there but wasn’t the driving force. It actually had a story line, which was refreshing for a comic-based movie.
When the second one came out, I was half expecting it to suck, but it also was better than I expected. Again, there was a story line to follow and more of the Marvel comic mutants were shown in their earlier years, like Colossus who was another childhood favorite.
This third one has what looks to be the most interesting story yet with the largest cast of mutants yet. I hope it’s at least as good as its predecessors. It’s not out until the end of May, so I may be able to see it in the theaters in Austin once I’ve moved down there.
I remember seeing the preview for “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” and thinking it looked kind of cheeseball. I still haven’t seen it yet. I guess I’ll have to find a copy of the comic somewhere though.
I saw Constantine the other night. It’s also based on a comic book, but the movie sucked donkeys. It felt like they were trying to cram too many views of good/evil/heaven/hell into one movie. It just felt too contrived.
I also saw Shaun of the Dead right before that, which was brilliant. That’s a movie I’ll probably end up buying.
Jay
March 23, 2006
Shaun of the Dead was fantastic! I love how with just a little tweaking, that script could have been a tremendous pure HORROR film. If I wasn’t laughing so hard I would have been terrified.
Constantine is a great character, developed over twenty years in the comics. He got his start as a weird little guest star in “Swamp Thing” when Alan Moore took over the writing chores and was handed over to other writers for his own book. In the book, he’s a vile, foul-mouthed, cockney Brit who hangs with the dregs of society but has a sort of moral code and uses his wits to fight evil. Paul Bettany could have played him to the hilt but they hand the character over to cute, clean-cut Keannu. I don’t care how many cigs he smokes, or how many digital kung fu fights he’s in, Keannu doesn’t scare me in the least.
We went and saw “V for Vendetta” last week. Loved it. I know the Left has claimed the film as their own, as a “warning”, etc. Don’t believe them. Ask them this question: Would this film be shown in Cuba? China? Saudi Arabia? North Korea? Those are its targets. Moore wrote it as a dopey reaction to Margaret Thatcher’s re-election, I know…but to me it represents anger against Theocracies (Saudi Arabia) and strangle-hold governmental control of media ( China, North Korea, Cuba. ) I think it’s great. Hugo Weaving is awesome.
I hope “X-Men 3: The Last Stand is good also. Some of the costumes look pretty bad. Juggernaught looks like he borrowed Ricardo Montalban’s plastic chest from “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.” The X-Men comics were a blast when I was a kid ( they’ve been around since the 60s. ) Still…if you want to see a good comic book movie, check out “V for Vendetta.” Ignore the stupid reactionary bullsh*t from people who think it glorifies terrorism. It was based on a comic book that came out in the early 80s and was alluding to the Thatcher years in England. And in my opinion, nothing is more totalitarian than lefties nowadays. The film ( and the comic book, let’s be honest ) sets up easy targets ( pedophile priests, Hitler-esque talking heads, etc. ) but the message is pretty good. The government should stay out of peoples’ lives. Hey…that sounds conservative! If you want to read some AWESOME comic books, check out “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” by Alan Moore. Forget the movie. It has nothing on the book. You might also want to read “Watchmen” also by Moore. Probably the best combination of words and pictures published yet. But back to X-Men…I hope that after this film, they give Wolverine a film of his own. Back in the 80s, he went solo and it made for some good reads. He always seemed to be mixing it up with the Yakuza.