Sucked the life out of me and the franchise

Rating: 1/10 (31 May 2006)

Too say that this movie sucked the life out of me is a huge understatement.
I can see why Patrick Stuart showed up for one more paycheck, but he was wise to get the heck out when it was obvious that the creative team responsible for the success of the first two movies had headed for the door.
Same I think for the actors who played nightcrawler, cyclops and Mystique, my guess is that they signed on long in advance of Singer's departure, and once the paycheck cleared they did care how much or little screen time they got. I suspect anyone who did not like the new direction the film took after Singer left was simply killed off, or cut from the final edit.
And Phoenix with no flames? Even singer had a hint of flames coming up from the lake at the end of X2. It would have been wonderful to see Phoenix flying through space in the form of a bird, a vision I remember clearly from the comics I read as a child. I'm sure Singer would have done at least that part right. In this movie she comes off as a greasy undead with no dialogue. Man what a huge waste of what could have been a great movie moment, gone now forever.
I have a feeling this movie will have a huge tumble in its second week in the range of 70%, that might send the single thats needed here.
I am giving it a 0 out of 10, wish I could go back in time and forget I ever saw it.