Retrospective: Why 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Is Better Than Its Reputation and 'The Last Stand' Is Worse
By
Jesse Hassenger
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Summary
A retrospective analysis comparing two X-Men films on their anniversaries: X-Men: Apocalypse (10 years) and X-Men: The Last Stand (20 years). The article argues that Apocalypse is unfairly maligned and deserves a better reputation, while The Last Stand is actually the franchise's worst entry and deserves even more criticism than it already receives. It examines the in-joke from Apocalypse about third installments being the worst, and makes the case that the joke should be aimed squarely at The Last Stand rather than Apocalypse.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledAt least we can all agree the third one's always the worst.
It's clearly an in-joke, but on who? Most likely the target is X-Men: The Last Stand, the third installment in the X-Men series released almost exactly a decade before Apocalypse.
There's only one really bad X-Men threequel, and it's not Apocalypse!
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