Good third installment

Rating: 7/10 (27 May 2006)

After Bryan Singer decided to leave the series, Brett Ratner took control over the third X-Men movie. I was a little bit afraid of him, because I think he made only one watchable movie this far (Red Dragon). Fortunately he could make a nice movie again, which isn't as good, as the second one, but it's definitely worth watching. The story is completely different from the comics (but some coincidences can be found with older X-Men comics, for example the destruction of the Golden Gate bridge).
[*spoilers from here*] I felt, that there was too much mutant in the story, which lead to nothing (for example the three new member in Magneto's society were killed in a single second by Jean/Phoenix). Colossus has nothing to do with anything in the movie (he throws Wolwerine twice, and that's all the part he has). It was also interesting, that Jean Grey kills Professor X and Cyclops - however, we know that in a Hollywood-movie and in a comic book, a character's death never holds back him for returning in the next chapter - remember, Jean Grey died in X2, too. I was surprised, that Magneto was "cured" - I would have never expected the main evil mutant to get out of the X's way. The ending, where Magneto plays chess is absolutely terrific, it shows, how lonely and meaningless his life became, and it's also a good reference to the ending of the first X-Men movie, where he plays chess with X Professor - now he plays alone. (Howewer, it's an interesting question, how can he be at large after all the things he has done against humanity.)
After all, X-Men: The Last Stand won't disappoint the fans, it's a good movie, but don't expect something like X2 - it's a little bit different, but still good and worth a try.