X-Men 3: The Last Stand

This review about sums up my feelings on this movie. By the way, stick through the credits for a surprise.

It wasn't a bad movie by any means but it wasn't near as good as the previous two movies. There was a lot going on in this movie and they didn't really go anywhere with any of it. I was disappointed by that aspect. Also, why the heck was Xavier such a crotchety old man? He's supposed to be a genius. He wouldn't yell at Wolverine like that unprovoked. He would have known Wolverine didn't do anything. That really pissed me off.

I know this movie got quite a bit of the comic stuff wrong. The entire Phoenix saga is wrong. I never did like the Phoenix story, or understand it. While I did understand it this time, I didn't like how they implemented it. It just struck me as bad storytelling. I also didn't like that they made Juggernaut a mutant (when he ran into that wall, he would have gone through as he'd be unaffected) and didn't say anything about him being Xavier's brother.

Overall, though, I was completely enthralled. I wanted to see the story through and believed in most of the characters. I'm in love with Hugh Jackman. Kelsey Grammar was pretty damn good as Beast. Give me more Colossus! Kitty Pryde was cute. I still think Storm needs to be recast as I haven't liked her from the beginning (watching the first X-men movie extra scenes, she has a really bad accent and that "what happens when a toad is struck by lightening, the same thing that happens to everything else" line is the worst bit of writing I've ever seen) The effects were great. Story decent. But when it was done, I just felt incomplete.

3 of 5. I think it gets that high just because I'm a geek and like the x-men.