First movie in year (at the cinema) - X-Men: The Last Stand

Yup, went to the cinema for the first time since last year's Batman Begins. A few changes, such as, the ticket line, the ticket price (up RM2!), the seats. (GSC MidValley, of course, as both Nany and I still think that's the most convenient place to go.)

We'd been planning to go on opening weekend since I heard when it was being released. So we made it. No problems getting the tickets on Thursday night. Entered the theater this morning and it wasn't full. Not just the front rows, but generally everywhere. Don't know if this is a trend with movie-going, bad word-of-mouth for the movie, or the school holidays that just started this weekend. Whatever.

We enjoyed ourselves, and enjoyed the movie too. Won't go into a review of the movie, except to say that, yes, it's not strictly true to the comics. But, get real! There have to be some concessions when making the conversion to movie format. I can see where they're coming from, and as long as they make a good enough movie that stays true to the spirit of the comics, then I'm ok with it.

My verdict: this was a good way to end the "trilogy".

The only thing is, I didn't know there was an extra scene after the end credits! I should have guessed when I noticed a bunch of people not moving from their seats when the credits started to roll. I would have totally missed out, if I didn't start reading posts on the net about the movie. (Policy of mine not to read too much on the net about a movie I'm going to see, before I see the movie.)

Imagine my frustration. It's not like we're going to get another chance to go watch it at the cinema again. And no, I'm not going to go out and get the pirated VCD.

Anyway, it didn't take much to find out what I missed. (See bottom of this post for the spoiler.)

I'd still recommend this movie, even to fans, although I'd tell the die-hards to chill, man.

*** SPOILER ALERT! ***

*** Don't read further if you don't want to know anything about the movie! ***

*** I'm serious! There's a spoiler here! ***

Info on that extra scene follows this...

Wipe away those tears. You know, the ones that slipped out in that scene at the Grey residence. The one where... yeah, that one. Anyway, remember the ethics lesson Prof. X was giving towards the beginning of the movie? Remember in the video, Dr. Moira McTaggert was talking about a guy in a coma that had no higher brain function (the guy in the hospital bed in the background)? Guess who wakes up in the extra scene and calls out, "Moira"? And how does she respond? With a surprised, "Charles?"...