The Last Stand

Watched X-Men III earlier at Summit with Heng, Wai Hong, Esther (whom I fetched) and Andy, Daniel, Kai Shen (separate car) and Kai Tzin (another car).

We caught the 7.45pm movie and I’m happy to declare that for once, we weren’t late, thus smashing the popular Malaysian culture attached to us as last-minute people.

SPOILERS AHEAD

I watched X-Men III with no expectations since I didn’t watch the trailer, nor do I have any gist of what it was about except for Jean Grey’s revival as the Phoenix. There are many scenes - all closely-related to Jean - which make me go, “Whoa..” when her telekinetic powers (which was said to be limitless) go. Anything in the vicinity can rise: cars, water, house (neattt effects), the list goes on.

Apparently that was all. I was slightly disappointed that the action scenes were fewer compared to its predecessors, and on the encroaching war between the bad mutants and stupid humans + good mutants, it ended so.. suddenly. o__o wtf. So short.

It’s like when you’re climaxing and someone comes along and stabs you in the groin.

Baru mula syok. Damn sweat. Jean Grey displays her dual personality (you know lah the deal with people with too powerful powers) after she was revived all of a sudden. Apparently she didn’t die at the end of X-men II, but Professor Charles Xavier theorised that with her strong will and mind, she enclosed herself in a telekinetic cocoon.

Which, in the middle of the show, her alter-ego Phoenix killed. With her mind. Professor Xavier obliterated by his own student. (The way he died was like The War of the Worlds, where the aliens zap a person and he disappeared into a fine mist.) How cool is that - you can control everything just with your mind, and the mere thought of wanting to kill someone turns your desired actions real.

Since I have never read X-men’s comic books but merely played a few of its games, I don’t know how the story goes but I suppose the movie sliced off a major chunk of it. Or took a different route.

Although I accept Jean’s death in the end in the hands of Wolverine (he didn’t even hesitate, after doubting himself previously), it’s still.. tak puas lah. :( Too few action scenes, too little character development (Angel only appeared like, thrice for several un-memorable seconds), too un-climaxing climax.

Heh.

I’ll still give it an 7.5/10 rating for being overall satisfying.

After the movie, we went to Pan Bakery at SS15 to have dinner since some of us didn’t eat yet. I had a brilliant fries + sausage supper (the sausage was cut in such a way, that it opened up like a flower) which costed RM3.80, although the fries sucked.

Andy went back, then we drove to the RM1.50 cafe to have an hour of CS (Esther went on Friendster instead). Quite alright overall despite me getting suckier and suckier. :P

Back home again at 12.30am.