Decided to dip into the theater yesterday afternoon with my boy 'Tini Mack to take in the latest X-Men offering, X-Men: The Last Stand.We entered the 120,000 screen polygaplex with high hopes and copious snacks and left agreeing on a couple points, the main one being how sexy Halle Berry's walk was so you can pretty much see where this review is heading...
Before I get to X-Men Trey, I have to take a second to prop one of the previews they showed before the main event. I have to say if the movie lives up to the trailer, The Decent looks like an off-the-hook horror flick. Apparently this is one of those flip-the-script movies that was made in the UK and has been out in the UK long enough for it to already be on DVD well before its debut in the US. It's due to bow here in August and I'm thinking I need to be front row and center for that bad boy. Check out the review and trailer (unfortunately not the one they showed in the theater when I saw it) to see what a brother is talking about...Now back to X-Men 3 - we also both agreed that the story didn't hold up to either the first or second installments but the F/X and action were predictably off the hook. Our feelings about it matched up pretty well with the jibber-jabber going on over at Rottentomatoes.com for X-Men 3 - tasty yet not completely satisfying - Halle's head swiviling walk notwithstanding, y'all. Man the fellas could sit on the stairs in the X-Mansion and just watch her walk by all day long...but I digress.
One thing I liked about the comic book vs. the movie is the way the comic could portray the human/mutant racial (species) tension and make it seem possible. In the movie, you're left just thinking that with all the different powers the mutants have they could just alleviate all that tension by just wiping out the humans. No muss, no fuss. I guess that's where 'good' mutants come in but how good can you be if you're always getting viewed and treated like a second class citizen? That's something to ponder as all these immigration debates rage on...
Anyway, me and 'Tini agreed that we couldn't bestow more than 2 Spinners on this bad boy and a 4 on the Homeboy Movie Viewing Scale. Nothing special (outside of the off-the-hook F/X). Wonder if the digital F/X boys had anything to do with Halle's walk??
Also a couple tidbits before I go - be sure to stay until after the credits roll to catch a final scene that will presumably set up X-Men 4 and for you 24 fans out there, note that the female doctor who is seen describing the mutant 'cure' and trying to inject Angel with it is none other than our girl Shohreh Aghdashloo (Dina Araz) from last season. Remember she played the mom in the terrorist family? I had her accent pegged from jump street but couldn't place it until after we had rolled up out of that joint. It's a minor role and not much screen time - I guess the curse of Academy Award Best Supporting Actor/Actress nominees continues. Shoot - for that matter it continues for the winners as well. What the heck has Cuba Gooding Jr. done lately? Joe Pesci? Mira Sorvino? Hmmm, guess all that glitters isn't gold when it comes to *those* Oscars...Come back, Cuba. We miss you, brother...
Peace@Least,
Tyrone
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