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When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.
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Hugh Jackman
Logan …
Patrick Stewart
Professor Charles Xavier
Ian McKellen
Erik Lehnsherr …
Famke Janssen
Jean Grey …
Halle Berry
Ororo Munroe …
Kelsey Grammer
Dr. Henry 'Hank' McCoy …
Shawn Ashmore
Bobby Drake …
Elliot Page
Kitty Pryde
Anna Paquin
Marie …
Vinnie Jones
Cain Marko …
Aaron Stanford
John Allerdyce …
Ben Foster
Warren Worthington III …
Michael Murphy
Warren Worthington II
Rebecca Romijn
Raven Darkholme …
James Marsden
Scott Summers …
Dania Ramirez
Callisto
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Dr. Kavita Rao
Cameron Bright
Jimmy …
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You know, the first 30 minutes or so actually aren't so bad, despite Ratner's obvious downgrade in direction ability and Scott's unneeded death. But sadly, it's all downhill from there. With Ratner as director, everything here is just slightly worse. The writing is worse, the direction is less creative, and the social commentary aspect is even more watered down than before.
I actually don't mind that Charles dies, nor do I mind how he dies. It makes sense that the Phoenix would kill him. But what I don't like is that nothing really comes of it other than motivating the X-Men to do something they were going to do anyway. This isn't the only seemingly important moment that ends up not becoming much. Pyro seems like he'll turn on Magneto after seeing what he did to Mystique, but he doesn't. Rogue leaves the story to be cured and nothing really comes of it other than her appearing at the end. It doesn't disrupt the plot or even any character relationships. She just leaves, comes back, and everything is fine.
I think the main problem with the original X-Men trilogy as a whole is their boner for Wolverine and their hate-boner for Cyclops. He does barely anything important for the first two movies and then dies in this one, which makes his death hard to care about. X2 already heavily focused on Logan, so I think his arc should've been given to Scott. Wouldn't it be more effective if Scott had lots of development in this one, and then had to be the one to kill Jean? Logan and Jean's relationship was never believable for this film's finale to work.
Jean Grey is the crux of the entire story, and despite this, she is sidelined and treated like a prop for the entire story until she dies.
CertifiedHuman03 Apr, 2025
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