An alternative choice for the fans ....

Rating: 4/10 (6 June 2006)

*Mini spoilers ahead ... but nothing too harmful* I'll admit to one thing. When i saw the trailer, I was wondering quite hard how the whole story will play out with that many characters being squeezed into one movie ... and I got to say i was quite satisfied with the end product.
I read how people hated the movie ... I'm a X-men fan myself and read a decent amount to know who's who in the marvel universe from the past era. So to me, the characters put together in this movie was quite decent, I never would have thought multiple man would appear anywhere near the movie series! Anyway for comic book readers, we have so many incidents of multiple universes in the comic series, why can't we just accept this movie as one of those alternatives and just enjoy it for what's it worth! Come on, it's not as lame as you all claim it to be. I seriously think the directors and the story writers took quite a decent effort to make a story that's easy for non-comic book readers to enjoy it and also allow the fans to smile about it.
Overall the experience is good. It helps a lot when you have actually watched the first two to understand the build up. Everyone did their roles justice but like some people, wished it lasted longer and had better camera angles in the fight scenes. Don't blink too much whenever it gets chaotic ... you might miss your heroes in action! I do recommend those who have yet to watch it to give it a try ... those who have yet to watch but read the spoilers somewhere to at least give it a go someday when it's out on DVD. But nonetheless, I accept that it's a decent alternative just as the many alternative re-writes of our heroes in the comic series.
Oh yar, please don't leave the cinema until the credits are done. I missed it and I hope you won't!