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Rating: 6/10 (31 May 2006)

X-Men: The Last Stand had the action the first two never had, but lacks of the story the previous movies had. Still, it's a great movie... in its own way. There have been mixed reviews and I must say some of the negatives one are only negative because of Ratner (truth is, I don't miss Singer, at all). Now, in my opinion, I wouldn't blame the director for the movie's mistakes; with more time and a better script, this movie would top X2 (my favorite of the three), so, Ratner did his best with what he had and did it well.
* What I loved - Phoenix, Magneto and the action. Phoenix rocked, truly rocked. She scared the hell out of me and that scene at Jean's house/Xavier's death was the best of the movie, probably my favorite of all 3 movies. It was so powerful, emotional and sad.
Magneto - Ian McKellen was awesome, as usual. He looked even more powerful and determined in this one. I wanted to kill him when he abandoned cured Mystique, but also got sad when he got cured and excited when moved the chess piece.
And the action - well, I don't need to say much, you can't see it for yourself. The lack of story didn't bother me as much as thought it would. We finally saw the X-Men fighting, the final battle blew me away.
* What I didn't like - the running time and editing. Twenty more minutes wouldn't hurt, it'd actually be great for the movie. And the edition, well, it kinda bugged me in some parts, but nothing that'd deeply hurt the movie.
As I give X2 a 10/10, I'd give this one 8/10.