All of this has led this writer to a dangerous question: wasX-Men: The Last Standreally that bad?
Surely if Singer had been in control, we would have seen a similar plot unfold.
At points, this central gear of a cure to mutation provides some big emotional moments.
The de-powering of Mystique also gave me a surprising amount of feels for a baddie send-off.
After an attention-grabbing introduction, Angel gets hugely under-used.
Magnetos what have I done?
moment is rushed passed rapidly to make way for more cool shots of the destruction going on.
In the climactic battle she then decides that Wolverine probably had the best idea anyway.
I didnt know what he meant at the time, but upon re-watching his wise words rang true.
He sends them to recover Jean from Alkali Lake without warning them of her power at all.
She can turn people to dust Charles, you might want to mention that.
It isnt just the Professor who suffers from the sloppy writing either.
New characters are introduced then left alone with little or no character development.
As a kid on first watching, I thought these new characters were all pretty cool.
Now though, their involvement and treatment stands out as a symptom of poor writing.
New members of Magnetos brotherhood are treated just as badly.
Will there be any redemption for these cool new characters?
Will we see any juicy moments of personal revelation to set up for a sequel?
No, they all die.
A few central players have some genuinely emotional moments.
For every successful moment though, there are several severely stupid ones.
The film as a whole
Finally, I was drawn to thinking about the film itself as a whole.
That isnt all we can enjoy either the effects in the film are generally stunning.
The films strong points are overshadowed by a horde of problems which its hard not to notice.
Suffice to say, Bryan Singers return is even more eagerly anticipated by me after this spot of analysis.
