X-Men: The Last Stand
The third movie in the X-Men franchise probably would have been a lot better had it not been for Superman Returns poaching a chunk of its creative team and cast. But X-Men: The Last Stand still manages to feel like fucking up a recipe when most of the ingredients are still sitting on the kitchen counter. The Last Stand is widely derided for its senseless violence against the X-Men, killing off major characters for shock value rather than giving those moments real substance, lending credence to the internalized anti-mutant sentiment characters like Rogue had been unlearning for two movies, and essentially unraveling everything the first two movies set up without a plan. The Last Stand is so bad Days of Future Past’s entire setup feels meant to write it out of existence. Thank god it did. — Kenneth Shepard
