Just saw X-Men III (Now with spoilers!)

[KenM]

One thing I would have liked to have seen was Iceman cruising on the ice that he makes like in the old "Spider Man and his amazing friends " cartoon.

 

[Quasqueton]

I saw it last night. I really liked it. I thought it a great movie.

Quasqueton

 

[Staffan]

He needs to die to let the team grow. If only comics had the brains to offf him. Luckily, the after-credits scene doesn't have to be followed up on with a full return.

They have written him out from time to time. At one time, he was dying of heart failure, got rescued by Lilandra and the Star Jammers, and then they had to high-tail it out of there because they were being pursued. That put him away for 75 issues. Currently, he is depowered (following the House of M thing) and has been thrown out of the X-mansion. We'll see how long that lasts.

 

[Psychic Warrior]

For those complaining that Cyclops only got a few minutes of screen time - did any of you actually see XMen 2?! He dissappeared for nearly an hour of film time while being 'reconditioned' by Stryker and had very little to do before that (mainly push Xavier around in his wheelchair). I'm amazed the actor even came back for the role after that. It was obvious that CYke was being written out even back then. These are defiantely the Wolverine-show movies.

I liked this movie and am glad that Xavier is not gone (to whomever said that Xavier needed to die - I couldn't disagree more. Xavier is the heart and soul of the XMen). I'll miss Scott and Jean but I would still go to Xmen 4 (even with Halle Barry as team leader *shudder*).

 

[BlueBlackRed]

I was horribly disappointed with this film.
It's not a bad movie, it's just a letdown from the quality of the first 2 films.
It still beats The Hulk, DareDevil, and The Fantastic Four easily. But that's not an accomplishment to be proud of.

I felt that the movie was turned into a cheap shoot-em-up style of movie.

 

[Viking Bastard]

I'm not surprised in the least that they're killing everyone off.

The official comment is: This is the last of the 'Singer Saga'. We will most likely see more X-franchise movies, but those will be new stories set in the same continuity. This story is over.

In reality I think they're just trying to decrease the cost of the cast: Keeping the big stars like Hugh Jackman and (ugh) Halle Berry, while getting rid of the more expensive secondary cast (Patrick Stewart, Famke Jensen etc.).

 

[Chimera]

Saw it Friday night. Liked it.

Not a cure, a temporary solution. Supresses, but as we saw, won't last forever.

I don't see that as being a "then all this was for nothing" type of thing. Magneto has, in the words of Ricky Ricardo "A lot of 'splainin' to do" to Mystique and probably won't be as easily trusted by "the pawns".

I was more bothered by him being FREE and in the park at the end. This is a man who has killed a lot of people. They won't just let him run free because he's no longer a mutant.

Halle Berry was worthwhile in the film. Love the whole change-of-heart on her part. ("I'll never do another X-men movie again unless it's all about Storm" - followed by the whole Catwoman debacle...)

Agree that Xavier was far too powerful as given and that they're better off writing him out of the thing entirely. Very probably makes Berry more interested in sequels, as she's potentially got a beefier role in any future movies. Also makes me wonder about Patrick Stewart's health, as he's made some comments about being "too old" to do more Star Trek and so forth. Maybe it's kind of like Ron Glass' character being killed off in Serenity because of the actor's health.

I have NO PROBLEM with Rogue seeking the cure. If you're a horny teen and you can NEVER have intimate contact with anyone without risk of killing them, then the cure seems like the solution. Since WE know that it's not permanent, it, in meta-terms, gives her character the time to explore intimacy before ultimately regaining her powers. (Which aren't like Superman/Xavier/Magneto type powers anyway, folks.)

 

[Testament]

Theory:

If there ends up being an X4 (which I suspect), then the villain is obvious. Nathaniel Essex, AKA Mr Sinister is the man to go to. Why? Because whenever a ressurection is needed, he seems to be the man to do it in the comics.

And consider who died. Can't be coincidence.

 

[WayneLigon]

I was more bothered by him being FREE and in the park at the end. This is a man who has killed a lot of people. They won't just let him run free because he's no longer a mutant.

With all the chaos at the end, everyone who was not Wolverine just got the hell out of Dodge. Magneto can easily slip away in the ensuing chaos and he can't be found afterwards - there's no one that can use Cerebro anymore, even if he'd register on it. There's any number of explanations.

 

[RigaMortus2]

Remember when Magneto says something to the effect of "mark my words, the humans will strike first" in reference to them using the "cure" forcefully... Then when they free Mystique and Juggernaught, one of the guards shoots Mystique. Magneto says, more or less, "see, I told you so. I told you they would strike first!". Doesn't that seem a little... odd? I mean, moments before it was Magneto that destroyed the caravan that was transporting Mystique. Wasn't he the one that struck first?

Over all, the movie was good, not great. The first two were definately better. Maybe I had too high hopes for it.