The Dark Phoenix ending just got ‘trained’ by its director
The final battle in Dark Phoenix has been revealed, and it’s definitely not going to be where you would expect.
Believe it or not, we have a spoiler for Dark Phoenix. Apparently, the film went through extensive reshoots, changing the end of the film. Our current fan society cannot co-exist with spoilers it seems. Most of the time, they are more concerned with the what, rather than the how or why. Nonetheless, this “spoiler” cannot help but raise some flags though, even though we do not have the full context. Remember, we have not seen the film so judging it is hardly fair. But director Simon Kinberg’s recent comments to EW aren’t encouraging:
"“I think the biggest challenge is modulating the film so that we have the big scale and visual-effects action that these movies require, but balancing that in a way that feels calibrated with the drama, […] You have these big space sequences and trains flying through the air and people firing lightning bolts, but you also have a lot of emotional, four-page dramatic dialogue scenes.”"
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Yes, you read that correctly, trains flying around. The original last act was in space, but now takes place on a train. What is Simon Kinberg thinking? Many comic book movies have already given us train scenes such as Spider-Man 2, Batman Begins and Captain Marvel. On top of this, on can go through a catalog of Hollywood flicks and find plenty of action on trains, whether it be James Bond or old westerns. It is something of a Hollywood staple and a dated one at that. When was the last time you used a train? Yes, they still exist but not in the conscious of many contemporary American citizens. Yes, you can take one for some trips ala Amtrak. It just is not as common. It is understandable that this film takes place in the ’90s, where trains are more common than they are. Even by this time, the idea of a train trip is easily displaced by the plane trip. In fact, many people then and now will still do the family road trip in the car.
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Moving away from this, why end the story of Dark Phoenix on a train? The X-Men comics tell the story of the Phoenix as this cosmic entity, with a saga that spans the galaxy and more. In the original comics, the “Dark Phoenix Saga” ends on the Blue Area of The Moon, a part of the moon with a self-sustaining Earth-like environment. Now this is not to say shame on Simon Kinberg for not adhering to the source material for Dark Phoenix but, for a story that begins in space, it only makes sense to end it in space. Could you imagine The Dark Knight Rises ending in whatever far-off country that Bruce Wayne goes through his crisis? Of course not, for he is fighting for the soul of Gotham City. We need to remember that the Dark Phoenix is not just a threat to the Earth…and its trains, for it is also a threat to the entire galaxy. Why not have the last act represent that? Instead, it feels more like Simon Kinberg is falling back on old, cliché’ Hollywood standards of big fun confrontation on a train, because he thought it was cool in that one movie he saw.