Third Times a Charm?

Last week I got on a Mad Max kick and even broke out the old VHS tapes to watch my copy of Beyond Thunder Dome. Which I am sure you are all a where is the last installment of the Max trilogy. After two great post apocalyptic road movies this film deteriorates into a massive pile. This seems to happen on to many occasions when a studio decides to green light a third installment of a movie series. The budget is increased the story is rushed and the final killer is the “let’s grab the big name star power”.

All these factors have killed too many quality movies and I fear it is going to kill the third X-men.

Look at other 3rd installment movies from the past.

Return of the Jedi- Blasphemy you say... Well look at it. We are just getting a rehash of the first movie. A second death star people, you don’t think the Empire might have had something else up there sleeve?

Lethal Weapon 3 and 4- Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Weak storyline, Donner loosing interesting after making sure his check cleared the bank; In 4 they add Rock and Lei to up the star wattage. In my book the movies needed to end at 2. How can you top, a near death of Riggs after battling a partied.

I can go on and on about bad 3rd movies but I am just trying to get at when you look at the formula for a bad 3rd movie you get X-men 3. A change in direction, adding a cast of thousands of mutants; I don’t see anything that Ratner has done in the past that makes me think this one is going to pan out. He doesn’t have Chris Tucker to bail him out with comedy. Can he direct and action scene? I am going to this movie under extreme caution. I am expecting to be let down. I guess I have Mad Max to thank for this. Damn, you MasterBlaster….