For a lot of reasons, Scott and I haven't been to the movies in a long time. Last night, though, we finally got over to the theater in downtown San Mateo to catch X-Men: The Last Stand (don't worry, no spoilers to follow).
It was OK. Not as bad as I'd been lead to expect from the reviews, but not OMG awesome either. Some of the 'continuity' issues bothered me more than others. I'm fine with the fact that some changes need to be made to turn a comic book into a movie. But others just didn't make sense. Argh. I really don't want to give spoilers, so I'll just leave it at that for now.
On the bright side, Kelsey Grammer turned out to be a hoot as the Beast. And what's not to like about Hugh Jackman and Halle Berre?
As a bit of a bonus, there was also a tiny "DaVinci Code" protest going on outside the theater. Four people and two signs, plus a couple of bored-looking cops to make sure nothing got out of hand.
Nice juxtaposition of the US flag in there. *Sigh* I guess some people just don't understand the concept of movies being fictional entertainment.
