I realize that this was unrecommended.

I went to see X-Men: The Last Stand last night. It was free, because I used to work at the Penn Hills Cinemas, and Roy (the manager/projectionist/awesome guy) still works there, and was working there last night, and let me in without paying. But actually it wasn't free, because I had tried to see it on Friday night with my friend Andy at the Southside Works and we got 1/3 of the way through before it cut out twice, prompting us to ask for free passes (because refunds are a hassle) and leading to a night of eating in a fake feasting hall in a fake Irish pub and then renting the Princess Diaries 2 (must be seen to be believed).

I might spoil some things for some people here, so if you were planning on seeing X-Men: The Last Stand (is X-Men hyphenated?) then you may not want to read further.

My question is: how does blowing up a medical facility + unethically using a drug to defeat your enemy + killing a psychic lady + kidnapping a mutant = world peace? Brett Ratner thought he could just slip that one past us, or maybe he just thought, hey, it's been one-and-a-half hours and I just finished directing and editing a huge action fight sequence. It's a good a time as any to just slap an ending on there.

Another question to consider: Can we overlook the question raised in the previous paragraph and forgive the movie just because it has the gayest moment ever gayed in metaphorical cinema, ever? Not really. But it takes the sting away. A mild sting, as I wasn't really invested in the franchise to begin with.

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