Is X-Men: The Last Stand Really That Bad? 

I busted out laughing in the theater when they cut from Xavier's funeral to Colossus walking through the school with a giant TV under his arm like he just raided the Professor's room.

The real issue was that it was trying to combine two different stories that don't mesh well together: the Cure and the Dark Phoenix. The Cure story fits perfectly with where the series was headed, though it needed the tone of the previous two to be fully perfect. Dark Phoenix really shoulda been what happened after - like X-Men 4, Rise of the Phoenix. Plus, splitting the two stories would've allowed for more time to develop the newer X-Men, namely Colossus and Angel.

I love the tattoo scene on this movie, because it really puts Magneto into perspective. The younger mutants think they're so hardcore but Magneto is like "i survived the Nazis. I'm the definition of hardcore"

I’m sorry but Wolverine calmly lighting a cigar off a flaming car while fiery debris flies through the background will never EVER fail to make me laugh😂

I always wondered if Pyro died at the end. He was knocked out, then Jean pretty much destroyed everything around her and we never saw him in the aftermath.

I have imagined a parallel universe where Singer never abandoned X-Men 3 for Superman. In that universe of wishful thinking, he's not a perverse scoundrel and X-Men 3 was the first $1 billion superhero movie and Brad Bird was the director of Superman: Birthright starring a young Henry Cavill. Ah, how beautiful it could have been... Your video brings back memories. Thank you.

The treatment of Cyclops in these movies… what a shame. I mean, the treatment of most characters in these movies is poor, but Cyclops is the one I hope to see done well the most in the MCU.

What about Famke? Famke's performance in this film is truly remarkable -- she successfully carries Jean's rage we've seen building from X1 and X2. When Famke raised her arms into the Phoenix pose in the Grey Household, that moment was electrifying and disturbing, because we knew Exactly what that meant. Patrick Stewart seems horrified to sit before Famke. He cannot face her smothered fury. Famke grounds Phoenix in a way that has set a standard in our minds. She walked so Elizabeth Olsen could run.

*Compared to Dark Phoenix it’s basically a masterpiece.*

The main issue with last stand is that it actually has a lot of cool scenes, but it has no real structure. Imagine having a plate full of your favorite foods, but it just looks like a big mess.

Wolverine’s transition to “leader” of the team didn’t flow well into shit. Charles very CLEARLY asks Storm to be his successor and the movie literally ignores that and pushes what should be the most powerful mutant in the movie to the side. And of course she’s a Black Woman.

I have to say the soundtrack really had some gems. "The Death of X" and "The Phoenix Rises" are some of the best tracks in the series.

What they did to Cyclops and Profesional X was inexcusable. It becomes the Wolverine show, and he should not be powerful enough to take Dark Phoenix out on his own. I could go on and on

This video was quite the surprise. Would love to see you do a retrospective on all the X-Men movies now that the property is moving on to a new era as it gets integrated into the MCU

In my opinion, X3 is just following the standard '3 movie ' pattern used often in Hollywood. Movie 1: Introduces characters, and set up a few sub-plots and character histories, in case it's successful. Eg original Sar Wars was, err, Cowboys and Indians in Space, with goodies in White, baddies in black. Movie 2: Hey, we made money with movie 1, lets add a whole lot of characters, a really good story, and go all out on this one. Movie 3: Actors are looking a bit older, some are also getting work in other movies (its been a while, somethings got to pay the rent, especially if you are not one of the highly paid Stars ), and we wern't thinking ahead anyway. Lets, umm, end with a big battle, kill off the main characters and get on with other projects. Movie 4: Oops. Didn't expect to be this popular. Err, make it a prequel. Jump back in time for some reason? Younger versions of characters are easier to hire. If we have to use any of the original actors, do wonders with make-up and camera work? Off screen voice over? Movie 4 could be the start of another sequence of 3. At times, Hollywood can be very predictable.

I feel like if you know nothing about X-men beyond the first 2 films The Last Stand is a satisfying enough conclusion. But if you're even slightly a fan it's impossible to not be irritated by the decisions the film makes. Turning the most iconic storyline in arguably all of marvel comics into the b-plot, throwing away Jean and Scott's relationship to give Logan more screen time, killing off the leader of the x-men 20 minutes into the film, turning a regal powerful character like Storm into someone's auntie...it was just too much lol. Totally agree with the commenter saying the cure should have been the only plot of this film and then Jean comes back in a phoenix focused story for X4. But the early 2000's loved their trilogies!

I can confirm that the "I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!" line got a huge laugh from the audience; we couldn't believe a RU-vid meme made it into the actual movie! Also, the soundtrack is pretty damn good, the climactic scene with Wolverine and Phoenix is one of my favorite epic scores ever!

I love how you address the score in the film, most reviews don't do that they only look at the writing, action, acting etc etc

I think how much you enjoy Last Stand is often inversely proportional to how invested you were in the earlier films. As someone who think X1&2 were ok at best and doesn’t really mind the ways Last Stand deviated from what those established…I think it’s a neat bit of dumb fun, with some interesting ideas and arcs.

I remember being upset with how they treated Rogue in this movie. She was so important in the first two movies and in the last one she was just pushed aside. She wanted the Cure and I think she got it but if I recall it all happened off camera.

There was no main theme song in the X-men trilogy, each episode had their own theme song, it wasn't until later that they basically made the theme of X2 the official theme of the franchise

I'm actually rewatching all of the x men movies, and honestly, I agree with all of that. Rewatching X3 was actually pretty entertaining with huge character translation flaws like Juggernaut.

I think you pretty much nailed this. I left the theater not jacked, not disappointed...just... like I saw A movie lol.. when X3 is bad, ITS BAD.... when it's good, it's pretty damn good... Pretty much new to your channel, so forgive me if you've covered this movie, but here's a scorching hot take, where I feel I am #1 on a list of ONE lol: If you get over the Deadpool stuff (I mean really, NOT a big deal), XMEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE really isn't that bad! In fact, I've watched it more than X3 and like everyone else, I absolutely CANNOT GET ENOUGH of Liev Schreiber's SABRETOOTH... (in fact, I look at HIM as being the awesome, HUGE IMPACT, but on screen for 30 seconds, secret cameo we get in Kang Dynasty/Secret Wars... no one is mentioning him. As far as I know, no one is eben thinking about him lol... but I can definitely see a scene where it looks like Jackman wolverine is about to kick the bucket, and he's saved by Sabretooth (and then they either kill each other or Wolverine just cuts his head off, in yet another Audience: "Wow! HE saved Wolverine??" Sabretooth: "Nobody kills him but me...." Audience: "aaaaah...cool cool...aaaaaand he's gone"

I've always had a soft spot for this movie- even more so after Days of Future Past but before Apocalypse as it showed the promise of what they were fighting to prevent with the future iteration of the Dark Phoenix.... obviously fell flat but still I also think that the music they use for Jean/Pheonix is pretty great as it always stuck with me and was the first time I ever noticed how great a scene is made by the choice of music.....

Singer did the best job of getting us invested in the characters in a way that the sequel prequels didn't. X3's Beast is really well done and far more accurate in tone to the younger version. I loved Kitty too. Halle Berry's Storm is actually fairly consistent with early Storm before she had to take on the leadership role as well. The mistake was not making X4-X6. They could have done the Marauders Massacre, followed by fall of the Mutants (Apocalypse), followed by Cable, maybe even Age of Apocalypse.

One of the best original orchestral soundtracks of the last 20 years. John Powell slayed it. As cheesy as Xavier death or the Wolverine killing Jean scenes are .. Powell soundtrack gives them gravitas.

The Last Stand is literally my favorite X-Men movie (I love the series as a whole). I’ve gotten to the point of hiding it or avoiding the subject LOL but I seriously love it. I think it’s emotional and epic and that if you accept it as the film it is and not through the adaptation lens, people will like it a lot more. It’s my biggest hot take lmao

The real answer is the writers strike during this year hit A LOT of cinema and television that year. I'm shocked no one has mentioned it, perhaps too young to remember? It could probably warrent a long video just covering how many franchises it messed up.

I remember enjoying it for what it was, but it did fall short of the first two installments.

I like The Last Stand. It’s not great, but it has some great moments that I feel pull together

Over the Xmas period, I watched all the X-men movies in release order ( was almost tempted to do it in Chronological order). Although Last stand wasn't as good as 1 and 2, I didn't hate it. It's sometimes hard to gauge their quality in retrospect when there were bigger disappointments later down the line. This has been a really well-presented video and pretty much sums up my feelings about the movie. Will probably check out more of your videos.

Jon Powell's score is tremendous, so epic

7:35 - Actually it was. It is worth recalling the scene after the credits, where Xavier is alive? By the way, Scott's death, although implied, was not shown. It was a ploy to bring him back in potential sequels. Oh yeah, in the original script, Magneto also died at the hands of the Phoenix, but then they decided to just deprive him of his powers ... and return him right before the credits began.

Like most x-men films I just pretend it didn’t happen. Killing Scott in the first few minutes of a dark phoenix movie is beyond bonkers. But they never developed his character or relationship with Jean anyway. They would’ve needed at least another 2 or 3 movies to course correct off wolverine’s one man show before getting to a proper dark phoenix

Despite it being disappointing, no one can argue that Kelsey Grammer was the best version of Beast hands down.

very interesting. Id absolutely love to see another cut of this film offering a similar atmosphere to the first 2.

I remember watching this so much as a kid. I need to rewatch the X-Men films again.

X Men First Class is GOAT of Superhero movies!

it's a masterpiece compared to most superhero movies that come out nowadays .

W for proper naming for Elliot, just a little something to be appreciated of this video on top of the good ass breakdown

Thank you for this video. I've been a proponent of the third movie in the X-Men OT for some time. I feel it was wrongly judged by critics due to it having a director other than Bryan Singer. And if you look at the majority of negative reviews over on Rotten Tomatoes, you'll see that it's the main contention cited in those reviews. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) was action-packed, intriguing and fun. They finally unleashed Magneto and showed what a total badass he is, plus the fight scenes looked right out of the comic frames. It was cool! My only complaint was killing off Professor Xavier. It diminished the movie but didn't ruin it for me.

The Dark phoenix theme was pretty fucking dope. I get chills whenever I watch Xaviers death, and that's 90% the score.

My biggest problem with the fox x-men films comes down to just how flanderised a lot of the characters were with a few exceptions( wolverine being one of the most obvious exceptions).

Ok not only did they dissed my boy, Cyclops, for being the leader, but they also made Rogue a side character or have her arc end in tragedy, having her take the cure where her entire character is supposed to be accept her for her she is

Me knowing nothing about the director 👁👄👁

Yes.

Nice take! I always enjoyed this movie. Yeah it’s not the end all he all of TDP, but honestly read that story. It ends with Jean shooting herself with a ray gun. Asking Wolverine to do it was so much more poignant, and set up a solid basis for The Wolverine. Also the music was the best of any of the X films. Yes it had problems, but it also had some great touches - Charles’ slight smile before being obliterated, Pyro and Iceman facing off, not having a disinterested Jennifer Lawrence.

10:00 I think one of the key aspects to a memorable superhero movie is the theme. It's like the memory of a treat you fondly recall from childhood

I actually really like X3. It's a pretty entertaining movie no matter where you stand on your opinion.

Last Stand X-Men vs. 2012 Avengers is really ultimately down to how quickly you can knock out Hulk and Thor. It's been a long time since I've seen X-Men: The Last Stand, I only ever saw it once, the X-Men movies were just never part of my rotation growing up since I didn't own them, but going off what I can surmise, it's a closer fight than you might think, probably more in favor of the X-Men. I love Captain America, he's awesome, and while ice can't kill this man, it will certainly stop him, so the right strategic opportunity with a blast from Iceman is all you need, but even Beast or Colossus could theoretically take him out, we're not concerned about future events like Cap holding back Thanos and such, this is strictly 2012 Avengers, but Iceman's who you want. If Colossus and Beast can hold Iron Man down, say they knock out a couple of his boosters so he can't fly away, then Wolverine can cut him out of the suit. Hawkeye and Black Widow, well, they're just ordinary people for the most part. Kitty Pryde can just have all their fire fly through her, so you just have someone come in from the side while they're distracted with her take them out. It really is then Hulk and Thor that need to be stopped and that's where things get interesting. It's certainly possible to stop Thor at this point in time for him since he's not confident in being the God of Thunder without Mjolnir, but I'm not sure how to stop him short of Wolverine cutting off his hands so he can't easily summon Mjolnir if you were to separate it from him. Similarly with Hulk, he's more in a savage state, but he's so tough, how do you stop him? What does lightning do to him? We know he can get mad and throw a rock at lightning, but that won't do any good, and he was never struck by it when he and Thor fought on the Helicarrier, so I'm thinking it would have to at least slow him down for a second. In theory, can't Kitty Pryde phase through to hearts and brains? I'm not saying she do anything that will kill them, I don't think that's the point of this fight, but if she can knock them out by causing them to pass out by some mean or another than just brute force and blunt trauma, then the X-Men have it. However, as we saw, the 2012 Avengers took on an entire alien army lead by Loki and won (albeit with an unplanned nuke, but they were gonna close the portal, after that, the US Military comes in and takes out the remaining stranded army). Like I said, it's been a long time since I saw Last Stand, so I don't know how well that X-Men team can actually team up, but even for the first time, the 2012 Avengers are pulling combo moves and coordinating attacks. Caps giving orders, Hawkeye's up high taking out speeders, Cap launches Black Widow up high enough so she can commandeer a speeder and learns how to use the Chitari tech against them, Hulk can rip pieces of armor of the Leviathans, jam them in their skulls and then Thor smacks it down further to the brain, Iron Man's deflecting his blasts off Cap's shield, they're really coming together as a team, which might just save them against the X-Men. The Chitari being an army implies that they have battle tactics and strategy, something I'm not sure all the mutants had in The Last Stand, it's just a bunch of guys flailing powers about, but not necessarily strategically using them, making them easier to defeat by the X-Men. But I don't know how you stop the X-Men. With my limited knowledge, I don't know just how strong these versions of the X-Men are to taking damage. Even with his Adamantium Skeleton and healing factor, it's still not impossible to knock out Wolverine because that's the cause of a concussion and his brain smacking around in a literal chrome dome. Even electrocution should work, too. How long he's down for the count is dependent on how much you harm him for his healing factor to get him back to full strength. How much energy does it cost Kitty Pryde to phase? Is she still fairly new to it, or can she just not be touched for as long as she wants until everyone else gets tired fighting her? Again, I don't know how good Storm is, but I imagine she's pretty tough to beat when she can control the weather and make the terrain a soupy mess while she floats above. Iron Man can attack her, but she can't attack him necessarily. She and Thor obviously have a similar powerset so it might just be a draw. Can Hawkeye deliver a concussive arrow in a sneak attack while she's busy fighting someone else and that knocks her out? Black Widow can also probably taze Iceman no problem, she just can't get frozen, so maybe you tagteam him with Cap and he takes the bulk of the fight, using his shield as protection until Widow gets the opening she needs. With enough time to get angry, I could see Hulk just punching Beast away and then it's a pretty fun fight between him and Colossus. How tough's this version of Colossus? I'm sure not as strong as the one from Deadpool, who still has his struggles in his one v. one matches. If you can't just do simple one on ones, I think everyone on the X-Men team is probably going to need a bit of tagteaming to defeat, which I can see the Avengers doing with ease. I think it really depends on who gets taken out first and who's left standing the longest. The Avengers are primarily, for the most part, just normal people while the X-Men have their powers, but the powerhouses of Hulk and Thor, if they can work together, could give the Last Stand X-Men a decent run for their money. If Kitty Pryde can do what I think, and wasn't knocked out early on, then she needs a tough partner like Wolverine or Storm to act as a distraction for her to get in position and then pull her phasing trick, but that's all assuming the X-Men know how to be a team, despite that kind of being what they're known for from the comics. There's still something in my head though that thinks it goes to the X-Men, and maybe that's because I know the Avengers too well and the X-Men not well enough.

In the words of Chawles Xavior: "I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul that comes to" audition for Magneto knowing what Sir Ian McKellon did with the role

“in chest the pawns go first” is something i say way too often to this day 😂😭

I do think there are moments that are extremely epic in Last Stand. I love the fight at Jean’s house and almost everything with Jean and Logan in the last battle as a huge Wolverine fan. Kelsey Grammar’s Beast is one of the best live action castings for a comic book character imo. It’s a shame they didn’t use him more. I am curious how much different the film would’ve been if we had say Vaughn directing and David Hayter writing it. Hayter sounds like he would’ve made it closer to the Dark Phoenix comic storyline, even doing the moment where Wolverine tries to kill Jean but knows he can’t because he loves her. I doubt it would’ve been as cosmic as the comic but certainly would’ve been better than that other Dark Phoenix movie 💩

Yes, it is that bad. Also, if you watch all 3 X-Men movies in a row, Wolverine comes off like kind of a creep a-hole and his "love" of Jean Grey is so unearned.

I had no idea this movie was that short.... Looked it up when you said that, it's just 104 minutes. That's a LOT of ground for 104 minutes. I do remember the scene with Angel shaving his wings disturbing in a very particularly horrifying way....

I used to watch this movie over and over again on DVD when I was a kid. All these X-men films had a sense of maturity and drama that the MCU films lack. I often wonder what would've happened if FOX had bought Marvel. Would've been interesting to see what they could've done with other Marvel characters.

Bobby wasn't hitting on Kitty. Not even remotely. He treated her like a younger sibling, since his sucks so much. As for Last Stand crew vs Avengers? I think Avengers would lose simply because of Wolverine. Thor and Storm would be deadlocked, Hulk would deal with Colossus, Beast would steamroll Widow and Hawkeye, Iceman would ground Iron Man...and Wolverine would beat Cap. None of the Avengers have the means to outfight or kill Wolverine.

After this film, I don’t think we see Rogue ever again do we? I know she was in DoFP but all her scenes were cut.

As mentioned in the video, Wolverine stepping up as leader is supported by the trajectory of the movies, but I was always really disappointed by it not being storm that was taking command of the team. Also didn’t like the death of cyclops, thought Prof X felt out of character, at least for the movies, missed night crawler. And of course thought that the two plots should have been two separate movies, with Dark Phoenix being the 4th. So many movies rush things that would benefit from taking more time to establish (venom in Spiderman 3). I actually kinda like Love and Thunder (though not as much as Ragnarok), but it seems to follow a similar format of trying to shove multiple massive comic arcs into one movie. Many other good points in this video as well!

After watching the first two X-men movies that were actually about something, this one was what I’d like the call the start of the “spectacle formula” for superhero movies. No character in X3 feels correct it’s hard to explain….

Considering I thought the first 2 X-men movies were only "good, but nothing special", the crazy spectacle of Last Stand at least has a dumb fun aspect to it.

The people demand more Frasier-Beast!

The first scene with Angel traumatized me when I first saw it and any time I watch the movie now I have to half close my eyes.

Personally I really never got the hate for it. Tbh I enjoyed it way more than the first two as a kid. Maybe that’s cause of the quality of the vfx(holy shit it’s still so damn good and impressive especially for the time) but I dunno I always found the cure subplot really interesting. I think that alone could have made for a really compelling drama and most of the cure plot line is really fascinating. But because they set up the phoenix saga in X2 they had to try to combine it with the cure thing. But even then I really like this movie. I never got why people got so pressed at Charles’s death cause it was obvious to me he wasn’t “dead” dead even before the post credits

I loved this film it's what got me into the X-Men and marvel as a whole. The real reason people say it was weaker is simply because it has a new director who decided to go in a different direction and stop focusing so heavily on Wolverine and Rogue. It gave everyone a chance to shine. And it gave the best Beast portrayal to date, and put some respect on Storm

Yes. It is that bad. The problem is the combination of two massive Storylines with the Cure and the Dark Phoenix,and another issue I have in retrospect is how wasted Cyclops/any character not named Wolverine is in the Fox Universe.

This is the best review I’ve ever seen for this movie. It definitely has its flaws, which you well laid out. But there are a lot of good ideas in here. So many reviews just act like this movie is 100% irredeemable.

I had a pretty similar reaction to you when I saw this, I was a kid insanely hyped and in love with X2 in particular and this was my first experience realizing movies could be bad and I’ve never been able to forgive it for that. The trailers set the perfect tone too so I just felt tricked but maybe I should give it another try

This is a great video, about a movie that I really appreciate and I'm glad to see covered. That said, more than anything I just want to say how much I appreciate you naming Elliot Paige correctly without making a deal out of it. I know there are some people who throw a hissy fit over a guys name, and I just appreciate that you didn't push the issue and just let it be what it is. His name. It sounds a little obvious that you would, but theres many that wouldn't.

Since this year marks his 85th anniversary, can you do some Superman-related videos? I would love to hear you discuss the Christopher Reeve movies, Superman Returns and Superman: The Animated Series.

Is Last Stand that bad? No. Not even Wolverine Origins was bad

Love how I hear "Sup-Ero" instead of superhero. But overall good video man

Great job! I especially respect that you mentioned Kitty Pride actor by his name Elliot Page. Thank you for that.

I have a soft spot for this movie. Mostly because of how they used Shadowcat, my all time favourite super hero.

what’s that background music u had on

I have a soft spot for "The Last Stand" and "Apocalypse". I think both are really fun, but their scripts aren't as strong as their prior two instalments (X1, X2, FC, DOFP). Both films could have used another year of pre-production and a few more drafts on their final scripts. On the positives, both have great actors, good action sequences, dramatic moments, and very good scores by John Ottman and John Powell. Still, both movies are better than "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", "Dark Phoenix", and "The New Mutants".

When it comes to the X:men films I only started watching them around the time First Class came out. I'd always been a more Spider-man & Batman focused fan. And honestly, Last Stand might be one of my favourites. The first two were alright imo, but never felt like they were having fun with the concept, this was probably me comparing them to Raimi's campfest. So Last Stand has entertaining goofy moments, as well as the awesome Magneto & Beast scenes. And all the parts with Mystique I loved, she was probably my favourite character until Jennifer Lawrence played her.

mad props for saying elliot page in this video, i know it’s seems like the bare minimum sometimes but to some of us it means a lot

I was there...I remember how the trailers made this film look like the fantastic culmination of X1 and X2's themes, tone, and building "war" arc. It was, unfortunately, not that, in the end.

No one going to mention juggernaut is supposed to stop them entering the grey house and throws them in

Do you know or where to find the original plot before they cut cyclops??

I liked the action sequences & the cast. Not as harsh on this as others are. And this came out during perhaps the best summer of my life, so it does hold a bit of nostalgia for me.

I love that fight scene in the Grey residence

Well they did make an Avengers vs XMen comic though…hopefully we can see that on the big screen someday (with John Favreau directing it)

Without cyclops the avengers definitely wipe out the X-3 cast.

I never hated the last stand to the degree that everyone else does. I think it has some really dookie parts, like killing Scott off screen, and it tried to do a little too much. It smooshed the Dark Phoenix story down when anyone who has read the comic or watched the animated series knows that story is a lot denser than it was portrayed in that movie. But I don't think it's a downright awful movie and it actually has some powerful moments. The opening scene where Angel is trying to cut his own wings off is heart wrenching. The movie at least tried to grapple with the issue of mutant identity and pride vs the option of no longer being a member of a hated and feared minority group. it just didn't go into as deeply as it could have or should have because there were too many things happening in that movie that no story line was really explored with the depth that it should have.

Big question, which Magneto do you prefer??

I remember the danger room scene was used as a promo, and I everyone I knew was hype for Sentinals. Then we all saw it and was like, wtf?

For people who read the comics, maybe it's bad. I've never read any of the comics, and I liked all three, even though the third one did feel like unnecessary at times.

While you are correct about the inferior X-men theme in the score for The Last Stand, the theme for Phoenix is absolutely phenomenal; powerful, epic, terrifying and beautiful at all once (just as it should be). It's one of my favourite themes ever and was wasted on this movie unfortunately.

I loved the part Iceman playa 😆 with the music. Oh Bobby only then if you knew that girl is going to be a dude in the future 😂

11:54 where the hell did that come from???

13:00 right here its always wolverine with the older movies so hopefully the new xmen movies give other mutants cool fight scenes and spotlights. Dont get me wrong I love wolverine but hes the only one with good action scenes

Worst decision singer ever made leaving this trilogy for that Superman returns tragedy

I liked how it X2 you weren’t completely sure if Wolverine could heal quickly enough after the bullet hit him in the head. That bullet to the head now seems like it shouldn’t have even phased him, much less knock him out.

Just like how Spider-Man 3 would have been better without Venom (for proof watch the What If video on Channel Awesome RU-vid page), X-Men: The Last Stand would have been better without Jean Grey's return as The Phoenix.

As for Cyclops dying so early was because of his actor being casted in Superman Returns and scheduling issues between the two movies.

For some reason, the filmmakers never seemed to get the Jean Grey/Phoenix sage quite right. By rights, that storyline should’ve been a blockbuster.

Wait, I just realized I don't really get the the mood of the movie because I didn't watch the whole movie, only some scenes and the trailers

The pace of the movie was just off from the start. It feels like it's over so fast, yet it's the same length as the first 2 movies.