X-Men: The Last Stand

Rating: 3/10 (25 May 2006)

This movie was disappointing, to say the least. I'm not a fan of Bryan Singer, but I respect him, and I think he did a great job with the X-Men series. I was prepared to deal with his departure from the franchise--but I really wasn't prepared for how bad this movie was.
The main reason, is the script. It's absolutely horrible--it numbs you with familiar phrases you'd expect from a campy 50's sci-fi movie(with no redeeming values), makes you cringe with the soap opera dialogues, and leaves you scratching your head over the lack of sense and discontinuity.
If there weren't for some of the good CGI scenes, this movie would have no redeeming value in a directorial sense. Ratner doesn't know what to do with the actors, and he has a very vague idea of how to choose shots and scenes. I really miss Singer.
My request for Mr. Brett Ratner: Please stick to making your Rush Hour movies--I don't care if you make Rush Hour 4, 5, 6, 10 or 20. But please, just don't ruin other potentially good movies.
To me, this is X-Men, badly mutilated. Don't get me started on the misuse of characters--some appear out of nowhere, others disappear without warning. Not only horribly executed, but these were wrong choices for the franchise, in my humble opinion.
Overall, poorly planned, poorly executed movie. Sad, as the movie that came immediately before this one in the franchise was one of the best super hero/comic book films I've ever seen. I didn't expect this to match the quality of X2, but man...
I'm just going to try to forget that this movie ever came into existence. I hope a repeated viewing of X2 can rub out the bad taste in my mouth.