Watse of Time and Money

Rating: 4/10 (1 May 2009)

I'll start with the three good parts of the movie.
I liked Gambit's style and power (there was a peek of it in the previews) he was fun.
I loved Deathpool/XI's makeup, it was freaky and well done.
Hugh Jackman is still sexy.
That's the good stuff. Every good moment in the entire movie. The dialogue was incredibly lame (literally, limp and unable to stand on its own, I don't know how the actors got through it.) That's taking into account this is just a comic book action movie. The action could have been good, and I suppose in places was, but everything was GLARINGLY computer generated/enhanced. Sometimes it's needed (this is fantasy) but there were so many instances where a little effort in costumes, location or stuntmen would have helped add just a little realism to the movie: Wolverine's claws, that fat guy (get a suit, really), half the backgrounds, most of the fight scenes... It was WELL below the X-Men franchise's standards. The story seemed to conflict with the first three movies (I'm not a huge fan, I won't say for sure) and even if it didn't it was just so silly, I don't know what they were trying to do. Characters barely came in before they were never seen again, some I don't even know what their powers were. I didn't care about anyone. I hope they just let this franchise end, movie-wise.