"Woody, I am very sorry I destroyed your home. But technically, you destroyed mine first, so we're even. But in the interest of harmonious living, I got something for you."

"Come on. That is not fair, and you know it."

"Woody... You weren't trying to burn the house down. Oh, no!"

"You put my son in a CAGE?!"

"Tommy, this is not your fault. If I'd listened to you in the first place, we wouldn't be here."

"I understand that whenever something bothers you, you get rid of it. Like me and Mom."

"I'm surprised you didn't have us stuffed, too."

"Dad, I'm so sorry. I just couldn't let them kill Woody."

"Eric Bauza — Voice of Woody Woodpecker"

"Tim Omundson — Lance"

"Thaila Ayala — Vanessa"

"Graham Verchere — Tommy"

"Jordana Largy — Sam"

"Scott McNeil — Nate"

"Adrian Glynn McMorran — Otis"

"Chelsea Miller — Jill"

"Emily Holmes — Linda"

"Jakob Davies — Lyle"

"Wakey, wakey. HERE'S WOODY!!"

"Feeling lucky today, punk?"

"Eugh... Definitely swipe left."

"I want the truth! You can't handle the truth!"

"I was just flapping by and heard somebody laying down a fresh beat."

"Get ready to go commando!"

"Anyone else smell gas? And it's not me this time!"

"And I'm the one with a brain the size of a walnut? Please!"

"Let me outta here! I wasn't read my rights! I'm out of order? You're out of order! You can't handle the truth!"

"Anyone out there know a good lawyer?"

"Yeah, you're a real tough guy when I'm all caged up. Why don't you open up the cage and we'll step outside and do this right? Have it out man to bird..."

"Uh, real heartfelt moment, but can we please save the schmaltz for later? In case you didn't notice, I'M ABOUT TO GET STUFFED!"

"Heya, fellas. Remember me?"

"It was that woodpecker. All this time... he's just been lulling me into a false sense of security. Waiting to strike."

"So long, woodpecker. To think I was actually starting to like you."

"Tommy, come on. Someday you'll understand why I had to do this."

"But what if mutants don't want to be "cured"? What if they're happy the way they are, and cherish their differences? Xavier has always tried to encourage that kind of thinking, but Magneto (Ian McKellen), his archenemy in X-Man land, takes a more direct approach. He wages war against Worthington and all those who would foist a "cure" on the mutants. Although Magneto has always been the villain of the series, this time he makes a good point. So strong is Leech's anti-mutant power that a mutant need only stand near him to lose his or her abilities; maybe the antibody works through pheromones. Meanwhile, Mutant Cure Clinics spring up around the country and are picketed by pro-Mutant militants. Extremists arm themselves with guns that can fire the antibody, and go out to shoot themselves some mutants. Beast, as the administration's Cabinet minister in charge of mutant affairs, is caught in the middle. There are so many parallels here with current political and social issues that to list them is to define the next presidential campaign. Just writing the previous paragraph, I thought of abortion, gun control, stem cell research, the "gay gene" and the Minutemen. "Curing" mutants is obviously a form of genetic engineering and stirs thoughts of "cures" for many other conditions humans are born with, which could be loosely defined as anything that prevents you from being just like George or Georgette Clooney. The fact is, most people grow accustomed to the hands they've been dealt and rather resent the opportunity to become "normal." (Normal in this context is whatever makes you more like them and less like yourself.) "X-Men: The Last Stand" raises all of these questions in embryonic form, but doesn't engage them in much detail, because it is often distracted by the need to be an action movie. Consider, for example, the lengths Magneto goes to in order to neutralize young Leech. The kid is being held on Alcatraz? Very well then, Magneto will stand on the Golden Gate Bridge and use his powers of industrial-strength levitation to rip loose a whole span of the bridge and rotate it so that it joins Alcatraz with the mainland and his forces can march on Worthington's fortress."

"One of the distractions in all the "X-Men" movies is that the X-Men are always getting involved in local incidents that have little to do with the big picture. They demonstrate their powers during disagreements and courtships, neighborhood emergencies, psychological problems or while showing off. After three movies you'd think they would have learned to coordinate their efforts, so that Storm (Halle Berry), for example, is not suddenly needed to brew up a last-minute storm and save the neighborhood/city/state/world. My guess is there are just plain too many mutants, and their powers are so various and ill-matched that it's hard to keep them all on the same canvas. The addition of Beast, Angel and Leech, not to mention Multiple Man, Juggernaut and the revived Dr. Jean Grey (reborn as Dark Phoenix) causes a Mutant Jam, because there are too many X-Men with too many powers for a 104-minute movie. There are times when the director, Brett Ratner, seems to be scurrying from one plot line to another like that guy who had to keep all of his plates spinning on top of their poles."

"The cure is really the villain of the movie. Every single character is going to have an opinion of it. I really understand the point of view of Magneto and of Xavier. I understand why someone like Storm would definitely not take the cure. If you know the comic book, the backstory of Storm is that she was worshipped in her village of Africa and she changed the weather. So, why would she ever take the cure? It didn't make sense. And then there's Rogue, who can't have contact with humans, you would understand why she would consider taking it. I think it has a lot of contemporary relevance. I think it's something that is an issue that a lot of people deal with. Alienation, prejudice and I think that each person is going to feel differently about it. If you offered gays an opportunity to get a shot and they won't be gay anymore, some gays will be like, "Oh, I'm happy being gay. I wanna be gay." Some people would be like, "I suffered my whole life... okay, make me straight." If they could."

"I was really looking forward to Singer doing the third one because it wound be an out and out gay fantasia-I was hoping the dude would go for a kind of Brokeback Mutant kind of movie, but he opted to do Superman."

"Take a Stand"

"Whose Side Will You Be On?"