Not as good as the others but I liked it

Rating: 6/10 (30 May 2006)

This movie had a lot of hype as well as expectations (thanks to it's predecessors) to live up to and for the most part I think it accomplished that.
There are some disappointing things: the main one is that there is a lot of plot and sub-plot that is covered and not enough time to do it in; you don't get to see the abilities of a lot of the mutants on Magneto's side; (possible spoiler) I was surprised that NightCrawler wasn't in this one- I really enjoyed his character in X-Men II; (possible spoiler) the sort-of love triangle of IceMan, Rogue and Kitty seemed silly and unnecessary; and finally I thought Angel would play a more prominent role.
On the positive side: the effects were fantastic; you finally get to see what Jean Grey is truly capable of; Juggernaut was a cool character; Storm was a stronger character compared to the other movies (thanks to Halle Berry's "request"); Beast was excellent and I was highly surprised and pleased with Kelsey Grammar's performance in this role.
In the end, I felt what was wrong or missing with this movie didn't take away from the thrill ride this movie is. After all, I wasn't going into this movie expecting to see Citizen Kane. I wanted to be entertained and I was. This is an excellent movie to sit back, relax, get your popcorn and enjoy. On a ten-scale, I'd give it a 7.5 but since IMDb doesn't do half's I'd be willing to give it the extra 1/2 so it gets an 8.