X-Men: 8 Reasons Why The Last Stand Doesn’t Actually Suck

5. The Equally Great Special Effects

Even though it was released back in 2006, The Last Stand remains the X-Men movie with the highest production budget - $210 million, incidentally, surpassing X-Men: Day's of Future Past's budget by $10 million - and it undoubtedly shows. The special effects and CGI are absolute fantastic - it's a real visual treat - and, much like the aforementioned point about action, you can't really ask for much more than than in a popcorn flick about characters with zany superpowers and silly code-names. From the scenes in which Spike produces bony protrusions from his body and the one in which Beast's skin temporarily turns back to normal, to the scenes in which Magneto lifts the Golden Gate Bridge over the Alcatraz Island and when Dark Phoenix tears Wolverine's flesh from his bones, it really does look quite wonderful.