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Friday, May 26, 2006
  Mutan-mutan Kembali Lagi!!!
X-Men 3 : The Last Stand (2006)

* may contain spoilers *

Sigh, even the claws looked so good…

Time : 12:00 pm
Venue : GSC Berjaya Times Square
Kudapan : Combo popcorn caramel medium dan Coke

Apa cerit?
Penawar mutan telah ditemui. Golongan mutan terbahagi dua; satu yg mau dipulihkan dan menjadi manusia biasa, dan satu lagi yg mahu terus menjadi mutan. Jean Grey masih hidup dan kuasanya semakin mengancam. Dan Wolverine. Wolverine menjadi semakin macho. Damn!

Mutan2 regular
Wolverine. Is. So. Hot. Hotter than the Dark Phoenix. Jean Grey- hmm, dunno why setiap kali aku tgk Famke Jenssen aku mesti terbayangkan watak Ava Moore, sang transeksual dalam siri Nip/Tuck. Oh ye,Pyro dah jadi anak ikan Magneto sekarang. Dan, Ice - damn, ini satu lagi muka yg malas aku nak tgk (akibat drp penangan siri bangang Earthsea). Watak Rogue (Anna Paquin) pun tak banyak muncul (Man, I really loved her in the first one…). The ever-so-sexy Mystique dah tak seksi lagi dan screen time-nya sangat terhad (“She used to be so beautiful” kata Magneto). Storm, hmm, just being her usual self…

Bagaimana dgn mutan2 baru?
Angel- aku suka tgk kemunculannya semasa babak flashback ’10 tahun dulu’. For the rest of the film, wataknya tak berapa menonjol, dan terhad kepada hajatnya yg ingin membuktikan dirinya kpd si ayah.
Beast-I got a warm fuzzy feeling semasa dia pertama kali berjumpa dgn budak Leech tu, but for the rest of the time, he reminds me of Nazim Masnawi (Darn it!) And he’s a great fighter, too.
Juggernaut: “It’s Juggernaut, you b*tch!” Damn, Vinnie Jones sangat kelakar!

Babak paling best (hands down…)
A tie between Magneto’s Golden Gate Bridge scene and the final showdown between the Dark Phoenix and Wolverine in Alcatraz, dan declaration dr Wolvie (OMG, HE CRIED!!!! COMELNYA!!!!!!! DAN, DAN, DIA SHIRTLESS!!!!!! Ok, Zack stop it.)

Abang Logan, sini! Sini!

Thumbs down

Filem ni cuma 104 minit aje. Damn you, Brett Ratner!!! Dah tau nak buat finale, extend la sikit, dua atau tiga jam, dan beri peluang utk watak2 mutan lain menonjolkan diri. Dan beri Logan lebih masa di skrin (man, I love that uniform!). Dan desas-desus yg mengatakan bahawa Josh Holloway akan muncul sebagai Gambit ternyata khabar angin belaka (ok, ok, aku dah lama tau pasal ni), tp lebih seronok kalau Sawyer ada sekali dalam filem ni. Aku suka watak Gambit, terutama dalam kartun X-Men pagi2 hari minggu tu.

Tungguuuuu!
Wait after the credit rolls, ada babak surprise. (Masa ni tinggal aku ngan dua org kakak cleaner Indon yg sibuk mengutip bekas2 popcorn dan air.) Dan satu kakak tu bagi tau ‘Ada sikit lagi kan, dik?’. Aku jawab, ‘Ye kak’, (bacaan minda : “sebab tu la saya dok terpacak kat sini walaupun bladder saya dah penuh dan tak sabar2 nak ke tandas ni kak oiiii!!!”). Dan watch out for the cameo dr the man himself, Stan Lee, di awal filem.

Aku bagi : ****1/2 / ***** (my imdb rating is 10, though)

Next up for the geek:

Wolverine (2007)
Kehadiran Hugh Jackman saja dah cukup membuatkan aku menonton filem ini di layar besar.

Superman Returns (2006)
Harap2 Bryan Singer dapat memberikan yg terbaik, mcm dua filem X-Men yg terdahulu.

Ghost Rider (2007)
One of my first comic books, nak tgk juga adaptasi ke skrin besar. Harap2 tak sebosan Spawn.


Notakaki:
X-Men merupakan francais filem yg aku tunggu2. Aku siap join the road show masa diorang release the first film dulu, back in August 2000. Dan as usual, semuanya aku tgk di layar besar. Dan keluar panggung dengan senyum yg lebar sampai ke telinga.

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Comments:
Plot cure tu best gila! Kalo diorg ikut Joss Whedon punya comic story arc dgn tukar Colossus jadi Jean Grey (watak yg diingat mati tapi rupanya jd guinea pig makmal), memang ngam! Kalo bleh, suruh je Whedon direct!

Simpan dulu cerita Phoenix untuk badge yg baru nanti sbb kamonlah, the dark phoenix saga seems sooo out-of-place in the film universe.

Pastu amik durasi Da Vinci Code; buat 2 jam setgh.

Then, kekalkan Cyclops (man, there's a reason kenapa IGN pilih dia the best x-men character EVER!)

Kemudian, of course, hanya unleash Phoenix masa betul-betul nak abis.

Man, this film sure left much to be desired.
 
I agree with you, dude, I mean, considering that, at this point of time, I'd watch anything with superheroes, termasuklah Cicakman (kalau keluar nanti la, I dunno). Imho, these things kinda spoils the movie:-

Halle Berry's ego
Tau la dia Oscar winner, tapi takkan la pasal tu dia nak lebih screen time berbanding mutan2 lain?

The duration
3 hours minimum should do. (Aku sanggup pakai diaper)

Nightcrawler
Not fair la kalau asyik mak dia aje yg muncul dalam filem. (btw, mak dia dah tak jadi mutan lagi * sob *)

Angel
Apa sebenornya peranan dia? Karakternya tak di develop langsung. Worse, he reminds me of Wash, Serenity’s pilot. Sbb tu aku mcm tertunggu2 aje smart-ass remarks kuar dr mulut dia (which sadly, didn’t happen in the movie)

The Sentinels
Aku rasa tak complete saga X-Men kalau tak masukkan robot2 ni. I mean, kalau diorang boleh buat scene Danger Room tu, mungkin diorg juga boleh recreate the scene X-Men vs the Sentinels.

And to include these mutants in the next movie (I’m keeping my fingers crossed, tho’) After what happened to Charles X Xavier in The Last Stand, who knows? Mungkin Joss Whedon boleh direct the 4th film…? (source drp EmpireOnline)

Josh Holloway as Gambit (mutan faveret aku selain dr Wolvie. Kalau jadi, hope the uniform boleh tukar sikit part pink kat dada tu, mcm Wolvie’s original uniform as per comic books (YELLOW!!!!????wtf!!!!??)
Ryan Philippe as Havoc (adik Cyclops)
Rachel McAdams as Polaris
Ashlee Simpson (* gasps *) as Dazzler
Paul Walker as Longshot
Triple H/ Vin Diesel as Omega Red (phoar, I direly need someone as big and muscular to fight Wolvie, mcm Sabretooth dulu)
Josh Lucas as Quicksilver (anak Magneto)
James McAvoy as Chamber
Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool (I mean, have you seen this guy in Amityville Horror?! HOT!)
Karl Urban as Cable (anak Cyclops + klon Jean Grey di alternate reality)

PS: Aku nonton balik X-Men1 hari tu semata2 nak tgk Wolvie's first appearance...(dalam cage...with a cigar...shirtless...damn!)
 
Last tengok X men nie masa zaman kartun dulu la zack..ermm..kalau tak silap sekitar awal 90an..tapi tak tau naper tak brapa teruja plak nak nonton pilem pilem nyer..heheh! Errmm...bila agaknyer kartun Sponge Bob Square pants dipilemkan zack??
 
Cik Smiley, Spongebob Squarepants dah ada filem la. Featuring voices of Jeffrey Tambor, Scarlett Johannson dan ada cameo dr David 'Baywatch' Hasselhoff!! Tapi tak se'best' siri kartun dia la...
 
Kinda weird, aku tgk balik X1 & X2 itu hari dan my God, time sure hasn't been kind with those films. Part 1 dia dengan masalah² dia (aku ada mentioned dlm review aku) dan Part 2 plak dgn masalah plot holes yg obvious dan unoriginal.

I mean, whatta hell, masa Lady Deathstrike belasah Cyclops easily (fuck!) dekat penjara tu; she just a few meters away from Magneto, man! Why didn't Eric manipulate her adamantium to get the fuck outta there?! Then, masa kapal X-Men terhempas, where did the Brotherhood of Mutants come from?

Psl unoriginal pulak. Man, I know that Singer is a Trekkie but perlu ke curik BANYAK sgt idea dr The Wrath of Khan? The villian has a method of controlling people's mind (just like Khan's ceti eels). The villain blamed the protagonist for the death of his wife (again, like Khan keep blaming Kirk till the end). The villain has a history with the hero that goes back like 15 years (in X2: Wolvie & Stryker. STII: Again, Kirk & Khan). Pastu, scene ending; voice-over Jean Grey mmg toksah ceritalah. Almost like a carbon copy. (Dlm, STII, suara Spock; yg mati jugak dlm episod tu.)

Damn you, Singer! Sbbkan ko, aku dah stop ngaku aku Jew! Buat malu Isaac jek!
 
Hai Zack!

Aku tak puas lah tengok The Last Stand. Potong aje! Aku tensen lah sekejap sangat dalam panggung tu. Dah lah Mystique sekejap sangat. Panjangkan lah sikit! Baru syok!

Banyak sangat mutant yang cool tak ada! tension betul lah!

Anyway, Kitty is cute!
 
Oookay, Ceti Eels. According to my TREK: The Unauthorized A-Z *, Ceti eels are sluglike creatures indigeneous to Ceti Alpha V that destroyed many of Khan’s people. Their young enter a person’s body thru the ear and wrap themselves around the cerebral cortex. As they feed and grow, the person experiences pain and insanity, then death.

Kamon la dude, aku bukan hard-core Trekkie. In fact, some of the films of the series pun aku tak nonton lagi. Aku lebih suka saga Star Wars. Mungkin kena kasi chan pada Kevin Smith utk buat filem X-Men pulak la, dan kita tgk berapa banyak reference Star Wars dia nak masukkan. Atau mungkin akan ada dua mutan baru bernama Bluntman dan Chronic!

On that scene with Lady Deathstryke, aku rasa Magneto tatau lagi yg tempat tu nak pecah kot. Or he’s just waiting for a one-on-one antara LD dan Wolvie (satu fight yg bagus, considering kedua2nya mempunyai kuasa mutan yg sama dan skeleton drp adamantium.) And her death is sooo heart wrenching, sbb dia kan sepatutnya one of the X-Men, but was controlled by Lenscher. (correct me if I’m wrong here). And the Brotherhood of Mutants tu, they came from outta my A$$, hehe..

Jew, la, mati2 aku ingatkan kau ni Pan-Asian…

Ijan, ko nak suruh Mystique panjangkan apa? Btw, sapa mutan faveret kau? Sila jawab dalam tak kurang 1000 patah perkataan, hehe….


* Your Complete Warp-Speed Guide to Every Voyage (Covers all 3 Series and 6 movies) by Hal Schuster and Wendy Rathbone. Aku beli di Pay Less Book Ampang Point for a mere RM8.90, covers everything from A&P Parisian Grand Premier to 829-IV. A must-have for every die-hard Trekkie, tp aku buat toilet reading aje.
 
Ei, kamonlah! I'm a bigger fan of SW than anything else, but ceti eels terang² boleh buatkan Khan control mind org. Kalo tak, camne dia boleh korek rahsia psl Projek Genesis dkt Regula One daripada Chekov? Aku tak ckp sebijik sama tapi cara Singer handle scene tu was all too same.

No, psl Magneto manipulate LD's adamantium tu, maksud aku, masa diorg dekat penjara Magneto. Remember? LD dekat pintu masuk depan tu membelasah Cyclops. Magneto plak kat dalam; jerit dekat Charles, "You should have killed me when you have the chance!" Kenapa Magneto tak guna peluang tu? Don't friggin' tell me he was too weak at that time.
 
Oo, masa kat prison ke? Aku ingatkan kat Lake Alkali. Damn, kena tgk sekali lagi la.

“Don't friggin' tell me he was too weak at that time.”

No, dude. He was too friggin’ gay.
 
Zack, what do I get if I answer your question?

1000 patah perkataan? That is even longer that my final exam answer for my Management Paper lah!
 
Takde lah Ijan, gurau jek. :-)
 
mamaikmal dearie,

keep on blogging. kau memang rujukan aku utk beli latest DVD cetak rompak .. muahahhahahaha...
 
Filem sampah yang sungguh-sungguh bodoh.

[tapi aku akan beli dvd haramnya jugak]
 
Mama Tinie, uih, lama tak dgr khabar!


Suf, you're picking the wrong crowd, dude. Totally wrong...
 
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