The Last Stand

The first movie my friend, Camille, and I saw was X-Men, so it was only fitting that we see X-Men 3: The Last Stand.
As we nestled in our seats, we ate buttery popcorn flavored by multi-colored M&M's. My friend has done this for years but, this was a taste adventure for me, one well worth having.
The movie: I gave it three stars out of four. I had worried that Brett "Rush Hour" Ratner would ruin this franchise. Bryan Singer had done such a good job with the first and second one that I didn't want Ratner to mess things up.
And to my pleasant surprise, Ratner didn't.
All your favorite characters are here: Wolverine, Jean Gray, Charles Xavier and Magneto (played deliciously by Ian MacKellan).
In this film, a mutant "cure" is introduced. So mutants have the choice of whether to keep their powers and continue to be discriminated against or lose their powers and live normal. As in the previous movies, this one raises some questions applicable to debates swirling around now on issues such as race and homosexuality.
Magneto, a Holocaust survivor, sees the cure as a way to exterminate mutants and rallies other mutants against it.
But there are some who more than think about it. Rogue, who has the power to absorb the life force out of anyone she touches, is one of them. After all, she can't make out with her boyfriend, and to be a teenage girl who can't get it on with her man has to be a real bummer.
Also, Jean Gray, who supposedly died in the last film, is back, only this time she's as nice. In fact, she can be downright destructive when her "Phoenix" personality takes over.
The action is cool and much more violent than the last two. And the film is darker, with some major characters getting killed off (you'll have to see the movie to find out).
Afterward, my friend and I debated whether this would really be the last stand. Considering how well the movie did at the box office and how Hollywood operates, I doubt it. I'm sure plans are being made for an X-Men 4, 5 and 6 in the near future.