Daily Archives: July 19, 2013

Rewatching X-Men: The Last Stand

How does Warren Worthington even warrant so prominent a place? Image found on http://xmenmovies.wikia.com/wiki/X-Men:_The_Last_Stand

How does Warren Worthington even warrant so prominent a place? Image found on http://xmenmovies.wikia.com/wiki/X-Men:_The_Last_Stand

So recently, I took the opportunity to rewatch X-Men 1 and 2. I stopped myself before I put in X-Men: The Last Stand, the infamous third film in the series. This was a movie that bothered myself, and a lot of fans, when it came out.

However, the next day I put it in and watched it too. And you know what? Better than I remembered. When it seemed like this was the end of the series, it was not as good – now that the series has doubled and with more to come, it does not feel like the painful end to the series, but like an odd middle that they have an opportunity to work their way out of.

So let’s consider this movie, in a world that now has X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: First Class, and with The Wolverine and X-Men: Days of Future Past coming! Continue reading

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