Movie Review Spoilers...

decided to do a short review of the two movies i've seen over the last two days...

public announcement: if you are watching X-Men: The Last Stand, please stay until the end of the credits for a teaser...

if you have not seen them, please do not continue if you do not wish to spoil your enjoyment watching them later...



even before the movie premiered, there were already so much of controversies over it... from the law suit to prevent the movie from reaching the big screens to the protests by the churches, condemning the movie... too much controversies but then again, aren't we already living in a world of controversies?

went into the theatre without much memories of the book that i've read about a year ago... couldn't even remember the ending... which was good... at least i will be watching the movie with an open mind...

stepped out of the theatre, with mixed feelings... the movie was bad, but probably not _that_ bad... or am i trying to be kind here? lolz...

from the casting of Tom Hanks as the male lead to the draggy and long-winded conversations and dialogues between the characters, the movie was nothing but dull... the sequences of "police-chase-thief" were predictable and nothing fanciful...

of course, the only defence for the long dialogues could be Ron Howard, the director, had to explain a lot of the details of the history of the Holy Grail... from the Templar Knights to the Priory of Scion to the Catholic church to Opus Dei... one simply cannot follow the movie without the explanations... else the audience would be in a daze by the time the movie reaches its climax...

one consolation has to be Ian McKellen as Teabing... such a charming British character...

and i must say a couple of things:
1. The Da Vinci Code is not for the staunch Christians out there... why put yourselves through the torture of doubting a faith you have held dear all along...
2. i want to visit The Lourve... hahahaha...



one word to describe the movie: MAGNIFICENT...

impressive special effects, good story line (but lack of further developments between the characters), beautiful cast and amazing mutant powers...

Storm was stunning with the short hair... and Angel was perfect with those wings and 6-pack abs... Jean Grey, what can i say? you took our breaths away with your "get-out-of-my-head" look... Wolverine, still as sissy as ever (i never liked this character since the first X-Men)...

there were so many other mutants in this installment... albeit cameo roles... but i love all of them!!

the scene where Magneto moved the Golden Gate Bridge is nothing but a classic!!

two consecutive days of Ian McKellen... and one conclusion: he is good... very good...