Blowing X-Men: The Last Popsicle Stand

Gearing up for the release of Days Of Future Past I figured I'd revisit Brian Singer's last entry in the X-Men universe; X2: X-Men United. From the opening White House scene with Nightcrawler to Wolverine defending the mansion from the men in black. It really got thinking about how much I fucking hated the film that came after it; X-Men: The Last Stand

Brett Ratner made such a clusterfuck of a film with "The Last Stand" that it seems now that Singer is swooping in to repair the damage.  The pointless death of Xavier, the overabundance of vanilla mutants, and that horrendous final battle on Alcatraz were all detrimental. Magneto can rip apart the Golden Gate Bridge but he can't get rid of Wolverine and Colossus with a flick of his wrist? Please. Ratner got a hold of the X-Men like a little girl getting a hold of her brother's GI Joes. He dressed them up the way he wanted them and didn't really care what kind of attention he gained. As long as it had "X-Men" in the title he would be guaranteed a blockbuster.

X2 had grand portrayals of government paranoia and just how much the human race would freak out if there there were to be a spike in our evolution. The Last Stand had a computer generated Patrick Stewart and this guy.

Now hopefully with DOFP we can finally just skip the unpleasantness of Brett Ratner's abomination and get right back into the Singer X-Men universe. If it's good I might even be willing to forgive him for Superman Returns. Oh, who am I kidding, no I won't.