Mostly absurd, made me think I wrote the script

Rating: 6/10 (3 June 2006)

When I see a movie like X-Men: The Last Stand, I am often left contemplating who to blame for why the movie was so lousy. Was it the writer's fault for writing such a terrible script, or the director's fault for the terrible flow of the movie? I think in this case, both parties are to blame and should be punished accordingly.
The movie appears to start to take place several months after the death of Jean Grey, with Scott Summers (Cyclops) having an intense amount of trouble getting over her death. Also, the government has discovered a mutant with the ability to reverse mutations and has begun a process of making a drug hailed as a "cure" for the mutant community. Also, Magneto is planning on launching a full-scale war against....um...the human race as a whole I think...not sure what his intentions really were beyond terrorism and being an overall general nuisance. Also, Rogue is upset that she can't make out with her boyfriend, so she thinks about taking the "cure." Also, Wolverine tells jokes and generally acts silly, except when he cries when thinking sad thoughts. Also, Jean Grey has returned from the dead randomly, except she is struggling with an inner consciousness not previously mentioned that threatens to take over her being and destroy the world. Lots of things start happening all at the same time, resulting in death of some characters, confusion by the audience, and disillusionment of the entire series.
As with the last two Matrix movies, I am planning on simply believing that this last installment never happened. I can count on both hands the number of times people in the theater dropped dead after receiving a brain-damaging blow to the skull from a cliché mallet. I have never laughed out loud at the absurdity of a statement made by a character in a movie when the statement was not intended to be funny or silly; the only way to really explain it is that the dialog in this movie is ridiculous. No one would ever talk like the people do in this movie. Ever. Ever. Normally, I would say that no one would even write somewhere that people would talk like this or that a director would even think about making an actor say the things that are said in this movie, but obviously I would be wrong.
Also, the plot is...um...yeah. If you were a mutant watching this movie and you had the ability to infer what was going on or what had just happened and the reasoning behind it, then you would probably be okay. Normal people without psychic powers or the ability to completely suspend disbelief over simple things (simple reasoning, the space-time continuum, how the sun sets in everywhere in the world and how long that takes,...um, why anything happens at all in this movie) will be in deep trouble...assuming they aren't a mute vegetable.
In conclusion, I saw the first movie in the theater and enjoyed it immensely. I saw the 2nd movie in the theater 3 times and bought the DVD. It's a good thing I was on a date with a hot date when I went to see this third movie or my entire night would have been a complete waste. The only consolation there is that my date didn't speak English very well so she wasn't too mad at me for wasting her time and taking her to a silly movie. Oh, and the popcorn was good, too.