X-MEN: THE LAST STAND (2006) | FIRS TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION 

“Is Jean really dead…again?” You just summed up every X-Men comic for the last 30 years

I laugh when Beast tells Wolverine "Boy, I've been fighting for mutant rights before you had claws." In truth, Wolverine was the oldest mutant in that room.

Calling Angel "Eagle Boy" is somehow the funniest part of this video.

"I feel like he's kinda like the Beast from Beauty and the Beast." Cass, you literally couldn't have been more correct if you tried. 🤣

Colossus throwing Wolverine was called a fastball special in the comics.

It had Kelsey Grammer as Beast as another example of spot-on casting, just like the first film had for Prof. X, Wolverine, and Magneto. I'll give it that.

"Did everything in that movie just get reset?" is the most insightful observation about the future of the franchise. lol

The fact that they are covering their eyes when no blood is shown is hilarious lol. Logan will be a treat.

Interesting Fact: The character Juggernaut isn't actually a mutant in the comics. He was Charles Xavier's stepbrother who had attained his abilities from a powerful magical artifact called The Gem of Cyttorak. Also, the best part of the movie is definitely the Quote. "Charles Xavier did more for mutants than you will ever know. My single greatest regret is that he had to die for our dream to live."

Jean Grey and the "Phoenix Saga" is one of the biggest stories in the X-Men comics. It was also done really well in the 1990s animated series.

Now that you seen this movie I can say at the end of the 2nd movie, there was a silhouette at the bottom of the lake in the shape of The Phoenix.

I think Captain Picard and Gandalf would get along swimmingly. ...wait. 🤣🤣

Carly: (points at Wolverine at 32:49) "Can he be cured? B/c he was kind of made." Cassie: "That's true. Maybe his healing ability would go away, but not his metal." Good question from Carly, and good answer from Cassie made my inner nerd proud.

Her reaction to the “bone darts” 😂

Those of us who have seen all of these movies also have a lot of questions 😂

"Can't you just get a boat?!" Asking the real questions.

Haha I love how ya’ll call Mystique “Blue Girl”. Iconic.

Kelsey Grammar as Beast PERFECT CASTING!

He moved the chess piece. The cure wasn't permanent. Jennifer Lawrence is in X Men Days Of Future Past which is a good one

It's pretty funny how you said "That was 20 years ago and they look exactly the same", because, when this movie came out, there was a lot of discourse about the CG used to make them look younger in that opening scene. Not only was it shocking and mind-blowing for most of us to see Patrick and Ian digitally de-aged, but that technology was so groundbreaking at the time that many articles and videos were written about its use and the potential to digitally change the appearance of actors on screen in the future (much of which we have definitely seen at this point).

The next movie is "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" which has two post credit scenes.

That last set piece with Jean causing chaos was pretty spectacular. And Wolverine having to end her. A lot of very memorable scenes and effects. It's just that the movie feels disjointed somehow. Probably because of the switch up with directors.

“I’ve been fighting for mutant rights since before you had claws.” “Homie, I remember the Civil War. Try again.”

I absolutely love how every time Wolverine sees Magneto, he's all like "raaar!" and the other xmen are like "Wolverine, what about your metal bones?", but he's all like "raaar!" and goes after him anyway. Magneto just thinks about it and then Wolverine is like "AAAAAAH, MY BONES!"

The reason this movie gets hated on is because "Dark Phoenix Saga" was a pivotal story arc in the entire run of the Xmen comics, and this movie was a pale illusion of an adaption of that story. But the franchise make up for it with "Days of Futures Past", another pivotal story for the comics and one of the best Xmen movies overall, and it is the one that JLaw stars in.

Next is X-Men Origins: Wolverine, followed by X-Men: First Class, then The Wolverine, followed by X-Men: Days of Future Past, then X-Men: Apocalypse, followed by Logan, & finally X-Men: Dark Phoenix

I agree with your original assessment. Leechs' mutant "curing" ability is proximity based, and Rogues is contact base. So there is no way she would be able to "take" his power since hers would be "gone" before she could get close enough to touch him 👍

"They can cure us?" asked the young lady that drains the life out of anyone she touches. "There's nothing to cure," said the woman who controls the weather and was actually worshipped as a goddess.

In the comics Colossus would often throw Wolverine at attackers in a team playing technique they both dubbed as "The Fastball Special." It was great to see this being given a nod in the Danger Room sequence.

The guy with blue fur, played by Kelsey Grammer, is named Beast, just like Wolverine, Rogue, Storm, etc. There are three Wolverine movies, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which tells his backstory, and introduces the character of Wade Wilson/Deadpool, played by Ryan Reynolds. Audiences liked his portrayal of Wade and HATED how they depicted the Deadpool character. Actually, he wasn't really Deadpool. Then there's The Wolverine, a stand-alone story featuring Logan. And finally, there's Logan. After this movie comes the prequel X-Men: First Class. Which was made because the studio wanted to "reboot" the series with younger actors, but they didn't want the fan backlash that would come from just remaking the movies, so they made it a prequel. Then they added a little time travel in a later movie, changing the timeline, and presto, they can make movies with a younger cast and do whatever they want with them. They also ignore the fact that the stories stray into the same time period as depicted in this movie, but the characters are still being played by the new cast, rather than these original actors, as should logically happen.

"It was like 20 years ago but he looks exactly the same" HA! That's just Patrick Stewart, BABY!

It's so funny how Hank thinks he's been around much longer than Logan, while Logan had been fighting in the Independence War already :D

She was talking about saving her by killing her

Just a heads up for you two. Continuity goes out the window in the X-Men films from here on out, so don’t worry if things don’t make sense as far as the timeline of events.

The braindead patient Moira McTaggert is tending to is Xavier's twin brother. Xavier transfers his mind to his brother's body, exactly as in the hypothetical ethics question he was asking. A LOT of people don't figure that out.

Fact: This movie was directed by Brett Ratner as Brian Singer (director of the first 2 X-Men movies) left for WB's Superman Returns. As Ratner was not too familiar with X-Men lore, he depended heavily on the screenwriters to craft the story.

This movie was directed by different people from the previous 2 movies. That's why it feels so different.

Someday they'll get to watch "Logan". It's the film that Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman wept together on opening night. Many raw cut onions were served in the concession stand that evening.

I LOVE how Carly is like, "isn't that his dad?" and "I saw the chess piece move!" And Cassie says no both times. And I'm just yelling at my screen, yes it was, yes it did! Think it happened a few weeks ago with another movie where she recognised a younger actor and Cass was like, no I don't think it is him. I wonder if this is common in big sisters who take the lead and discount theories and questions that the little sis have haha. My older brother definitely would! 😆 Also I'm fine with them skipping a few but I really want to see them react to Logan. It's a must! Probably the highest critically reviewed one left from critics and audiences, and I'll definitely be crying along with them!

*Angel* & *Beast* The "Eagle" character is called Angel (Warren Worthington III) who made his first appearance in X-Men #1 (1963) and was an original member of Professor Charles Xavier's X-Men appearing alongside Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, and Iceman. Marvel Girl being Jean Grey's name throughout the original 1960s X-Men comics. Beast (Hank McCoy) also appeared in X-Men #1 and like Angel was an original member of the first X-Men team. During this time Beast didn't have his iconic blue colour or fur at all and resembled a human with big feet and hands. *The Little Kid* & *The Morlocks* The little kid who can "cure" Mutant abilities is listed as Leech a kid from the comics and X-Men Animated Series but the movie differs greatly from his comic/animated appearance. In both the Comic and Animated Series Leech is depicted as having green skin with big clear eyes looking closer to depictions of classic green aliens than a human in terms of his face. He was taken in by the Morlocks a community of mutants living in the underground tunnels beneath the New York area living as outcasts thanks to how they looked, unlike most of the X-Men excluding Nightcrawler and Beast most of the Morlocks cannot hide their Mutations and suffer the most from Anti Mutant, hideous and deformed according to the humans. The church scene in this film did showcase the Morlocks but I would've preferred more unique physical Mutations, film highlighted people with unique facial structures that made them stand out but I wouldn't say it made them look like a Mutants just normal people with a one of a kind face. Compare this to someone with spikes sticking out of their body to a person with white skin and massive red eyes. I feel like the people behind the film didn't want to go too far into the "monstrous" thinking it would scare away the more mainstream audience. Judging off how they made Leech a normal looking kid which is a shame as the Morlocks are such an important aspect of this world and so are Mutants who stick out as differant. But regardless we still got characters like Nightcrawler and Beast giving you an idea of how much a Mutation can change a persons phyrcial appearance. *Lack of Personality* Alot the background Mutants are pulled from the comics minus their iconic outfits so most of them are easy to miss. After watching X-Men 97 i started to re-remember how much personality all these Mutant characters have in both outfits and character designs something the films strip away unfortunately for alot of them. It's like Captain America showing up in a tank top with a star on it... I feel like Superhero films during the early 2000s were just scared of showing anyone with a colourful unique outfit. This is something we've thankfully overcome in the past two decades and even before this during the later half of the 2000s we started to see more personality come into the outfits worn by characters from Watchmen to Superman Returns and Spider-Man.

I personally would recommend the *FIVE* episode Dark Phoenix story arc from the 90 X-Men Animated Series any day over this film for anyone who wants a perfect adaptation of The Dark Phoenix Saga. For me the Animated Series is the definitive version of this storyline so it saddens me so much when films try to adapt these amazing stories but just miss the mark by a light year. Same thing happened with Batman & Robin (1997) a film that pulled from the Batman Animated Series, episode *Heart of Ice* but did not come close to the masterpiece of storytelling that is the Batman Animated Series. Sometimes I feel like Animation is just the way to go for most comic book media but then we get some amazing comic book movies and shows and I think "Wait a minute this is amazing stuff" and then Madam Webb releases.... Then Invincible and X-Men 97 are amazing and you think "Maybe Animation is still the way to go".

Loved to hear the rules lawyering about Rogue interacting with the anti-mutation kid. Everyone gets into discussions like that.

Do NOT try to figure out a comprehensive timeline for these movies. Think of them as alternate universes.

The “Eagle boy” is Angel who was one of the original X-Men from 1963 in the comics along with Cyclops, Beast (the blue fur Secretary of Mutant Affairs), Iceman, and Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) that Professor X recruited.

"the eagle boy" I do love this channel 😂

From all the reactions. people are forgetting about, she has psychic. She could clearly read Logan's mind. So no cure is optional!

In the books juggernaut was not a mutant, he was the step brother of prof. X. He found a mystic gem that turned him from a 90 pound weakling into the juggernaut.

5:41 Mark! Kelsey Grammer, as a starship captain, encounters Patrick's in an episode of you know what! 🖖 The series "Frasier", the "MCU", and "The Star Trek Universe" all co-exist within the greater and over all "Tommy Westphal Universe"! 😮

Please watch all of them! They all connect in a weird way. Keep it up its gonna be a great adventure!

Hank IS called Beast or The Beast. Also yes the Chess piece did move. And yes Charles put his consciousness into that person’s body so he technically isn’t dead!

"Eagle Boy", is actually called Angel. Angel along with Hank/Beast, Scott/Cyclops, Jean/Marvel Girl and Bobby/Iceman were the original 5 X-men.

The 1-to-5 classification for mutants has got to be an invention of this movie. In comics, the most powerful beings are Omega level threats.

38:38 There are THREE Wolverine films actually. 1. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" 2. "The Wolverine" 3. "Logan"

Just posting without looking it up (cbf) The Mutant 'cure' ends up to be only temporary (hence Magneto moving the chess piece at the end) Prof X did in fact transfer is consciousness into another body right before he died (when he was talking to his class about it, the body in a coma, in the 'zoom call' during the class is actually his twin brother! His twin brother is brain dead so its kinda ok for Xavier to take it over)

"Could he have just got a boat?" Exactly!

The two sisters were a lot of fun to watch during War of the Worlds

wow I've seen this movie likely a dozen times and never knew there was a post credit scene. And yes the Chess piece did move, very slightly. xD

If you think Patrick Stewart looking the exact same as 20 years ago is somehow supernatural, I must disappoint you. That's just the power of Patrick Stewart. Dude has looked the exact same since the early 80s until deep into the 2010s. It's only recently that he started showing his age.

I still remember the audience reaction to Magneto moving that chess piece.

Colossus: The Forbin Project 1970

However, the soft reboot XMen that come right after this have two instant classics back to back. XMEN FIRST CLASS is appropriately named as it is first class all the way. Incredible blueprint how to reboot a series right. However, XMEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST is the high water mark and XMEN movies finest hour. No spoilers. But, it's the one truly non prime era MCU film that could've fit in with those movies in terms of quality. It's freakin' cool.

Eagle boy is called Angel or Archangel/ Warren Worthington 3rd. He is one of the original 5 X-men team members from the first class in the comics. They are Cyclops, Jean Grey/ Marvel Girl/Phoenix, Beast, Iceman, and Angel.

Carly: Now we had to lose Jean twice. Me: eh, you'll get used to it.

The X-Men have a "holodeck" called The Danger Room. The metal skin guy is Colossus, who is in Deadpool, with a different look played by a different actor.

Tell beast to stop sh**ing on my lawn

Look kids! It’s Bill Duke. “I’m gonna have me some fun.”

It's funny you mentioned Wanda because in the comics Wanda was Magneto's daughter and yes, she and Jean Grey were two of the most powerful mutants in that universe.

Greetings! My take on the series: X-Men: Awesome X2: Awesome X-men last stand: Okay (post credits scenes) X-Men origins wolverine: Decent. The one with the failed Deadpool (post credit scenes) The Wolverine: Awesome Logan: Acclaimed as one of the best superheroes movies ever X-Men first Class: Good Days of Future Past: Acclaimed as one of the best superheroes movies ever (post credit scenes) X-Men Apocalypse: Decent (post credit scenes) X-Men dark Phoenix: psychological thriller in X-Men Halloween costume The new Mutants: mutant horror. Can probably be skipped Deadpool: Awesome. Rewatch with Carly (post credit scenes) Deadpool 2 super duper cut: Awesome. Rewatch with Carly (post credit scenes)

This was the highest grossing X-Men film for 8 years. Yet it's considered one of the most hated. Brett Ratner replacing Bryan Singer as director was because Singer bowed out to do 'Superman Returns' (strange choice to some). This one moved a little quicker than the first 2 films and upped the action (a la' video games and animated series). Between Jean becoming the Phoenix, this new cure being made and Magneto staging a final attack to tip the balance did make for some goodness. So much was cut from the film as the alternate versions of some scenes and deleted scenes are actually pretty cool. Most of us following the franchise knew that this was the end for the moment. Fox wasn't done and more X-movies were coming. But last and not least, X3 did another milestone as the first-ever Marvel movie with a post-credits scene.

Honestly, of the original 3 X-Men films, this one is my favorite because it was the first one I recall watching.

The Phoenix story is about the X-men going into space to defeat an evil alien D’Ken dictator of the Shiar and stop him from using the M’Kran crystal to take over a part of the galaxy. Jean gets the powers of the guardian of the crystal, The Phoenix. It takes the X-men, the Shiar guard and Space Pirates called Star Jammers to defeat him. The Star Jammers are led by Corsair/ Christopher Summers, father of Cyclops. Cyclops dies in this movie because the actor was also in Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns movie which wasn’t very good.

Having watched X-Men 97, and seeing how Mags reacted when a mutant got their powers taken in that, and comparing it to the way he just abandoned Mystique in this makes me hate this one just a little bit more now.

Wolverine would say to you: You want the best? You got it.

Your reaction was wonderful. Phoenix had a big story in the comic (and the cartoon). Several attempts were made to use parts of the story in the films. It would be nice if you would watch the cartoon story at some point.

The X-Men, particular the comic book era written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by (fellow Canadian) John Byrne with inking by Terry Austin is a treasure trove of some of comic's best stories, but sadly, no film has ever really reproduced the original stories or matched their quality. The entire Dark Phoenix saga was a masterpiece, but would have needed the film budget to be doubled for an accurate recreation. In that comic arc, a mind controlling villain named Mastermind infiltrated Jean's mind and then courted her in the Victorian era in a time travel simulation. This was done with the help of an evil mutant consortium called The Hellfire Club. He was the reason her mind broke and Dark Phoenix emerged. And when it happened, Jean just didn't vaporize a few people. She blasted across the universe and destroyed entire and solar systems with alien civilizations. To end her rampage, it literally took an inter-galactic battalion of powerful Alien super heroes to slow her down long enough for Charles and the others to try and bring her back, while preventing her from devouring entire galaxies. Jean's death was a jolt that caused the letters section of the following comics to be filled with upset fans who were shocked and brought to tears over Jean's demise. I'm hoping that someday, perhaps not even in my lifetime, that a future filmmaker will reproduce their stories accurately with the budget necessary to pull them off. Until then, this franchise is just a bunch of action movies, loosely based on the comics and written to reach the widest possible audiences to turn a profit. Still, they're fun in their own way, and the reactions are great, as usual. But to the original comic fans of these stories, nothing produced on film so far has captured the emotional gravitas of the original comic books.

Rogue was completely wasted after the last two movies.

What happened to Apocalypse Now ?

Regarding the ending: There was an idea to have Leech stand by the window, leaving it up to the audience to decide, whether or not Rogue actually took the cure.

“Could we have just got a boat?” 😂😂😂

What happened to your Apocalypse Now reaction did it get blocked ? I was just about to check it out

This one is my favorite of X-Men movies.

Great reaction. I watched your vlog interview today and you were awesome. I was telling my wife about your back story a little bit. She's not a person who follows reactions, but she definitely finds your journey interesting and I keep her up to date. I let her know how much I enjoy you Cassie and I love the the dynamic between you and Carly when she joins you.

Next up X-men first class. There’s 3 wolverines. Wolverine origins. The Wolverine. And Logan. A lot of people dislike the origins movie. But the origin of Wolverine is good. It’s what they do to other characters that people complain.

37:55 "Did everything in that movie just get reset?" Welcome to the X-Men movie series. 😆

excited for Wolverine Origins, not everyone's favorite but I like it

lol bone darts took me out Carly! Lol. Cassie- how do you know they’re bone darts. Carly - Cause its coming out of his bodyyyyyyy lmao

glad you remembered the case study thing! so many people don't notice that. the dark phoenix saga is one of those quintessential xmen stories that always gets adapted. im almost sure mcu phases 7-9 (mutant saga) is going to build up to this moment.

24:58 lol “how do you know they’re bone darts?!!” I laughed really hard at that.

Where has the Apocalypse Now reaction gone?

34:12 - Accurate comparison: The Phoenix is a Nexus Being, just like the Scarlet Witch. Injecting Jean with the antibody would have been ineffective.

“How do you know they’re bone darts?” 🤣

There are 3 Wolverine solo movies. I dunno if anybody ever told you this yet or if you researched it yourself, but Rogue started out as a villain and has a long history with Captain Marvel and ended up getting some of Captain Marvel's powers. Rogue was sidelined a lot in these movies, but she is actually a very powerful mutant and yes, can and does do a lot of good with her powers. There are 4 more of the main saga X-Men movies, 3 Wolverine solo movies and 2 Deadpool movies with a 3rd one coming out later this year. There is also the New Mutants movie, which became its own stand-a-lone movie.

Bone darts!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Imagine having the rights to this IP, a cast of this caliber, two amazing first films… and blowing it this hard.

"I feel like he's kinda like the Beast from Beauty and the Beast." - Cassie talking about Hank McCoy AKA Beast LOL

30:04 Oh, she totally nailed it 😂

Did anyone knew Professor Charles Xavier voice appear in Dr. Strange movie.

The critical reception and public opinions of this film were both very divisive and mixed upon its initial release. Regardless of whatever your thoughts, praises, or criticisms are on this movie, the one thing I think we can ALL universally agree on is that choosing Kelsey Grammer as "BEAST" was one of the absolute best choices they made and it’s astounding how well they were able to get this character down! From his casting, to his make-up and prosthetics, to his sophistication, to his mannerisms, to his animal-like fighting, even him reading upside-down! Next to choosing Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine and Patrick Stewart as Xavier/Professor X, this is without a doubt as pitch-perfect a realization as a cinematic X-Men character can be! Which REALLY makes it such a pity that the film producers and executives (or whoever's in charge) NEVER asked him to reprise his role after doing this movie, especially seeing how wonderful he did here AND the fact that Kelsey Grammer has voiced his desire to reprise the role several times!

Jennifer Lawrence plays the younger Mystique in the X-Men Prequel movies from First Class up to Dark Phoenix

Considering the quality of X-Men: The Last Stand, I should say that the scene in which Wolverine and Professor X had the intense discussion about Jean Grey and the Phoenix is notable for raising the stakes intended by the filmmakers. At the same time, it showed a darker side of Professor X with regards to his immense power over the minds of others, even over Jean Grey. In some ways, it reminded me of the dark side of Xavier which happened in 1993's X-Men #25 (part of the Fatal Attractions storyline) when he did something unthinkable on Magneto.