"X-Men: The Last Stand" should have been better!!!

Rating: 5/10 (21 September 2011)

After watching the first two X-Men films (Three times in a row) I had high anticipations for the third installment but after watching the film yesterday I was left in limbo and I still wonder if all that anticipation was worth it! I was hoping the film will be as good as the first two if not better, but it turns out that the film (Aleast in my opinion) is only 50% good and 50% flawed. And Here's why... Spoilers: The only things I like about the film are the action and the special effects! And the storyline involving the Dark Phoenix and the Cure is certainly a good idea (I'll give Brett Ratner credit for that), if only it was well executed than it was already been handled! But here are some things that I don't like and I bet everyone will agree with me on this one... And this involves two characters... Cyclops & Rogue.
First I'll start with Cyclops... First of all Cyclops of all people suppose to be the leader of the X-Men and as mention in the first film Cyclops told the Professor while he's unconscious that he will lead them if anything happens to him. Yet in the third film Professor ask Storm to lead the X-Men and run the institute if anything happens to him and she reminded him that it was suppose to be Cyclop's position but he reminded her that Cyclops toke Jean's supposedly death too hard to even lead the team or run the institute for that matter. Later during the film Cyclops return to Alkali Lake where Jean supposedly died in the second film after hearing her voice in his head and blasted his optic beams in the lake out of frustration which seemingly causes a whirlpool and a burst of light flashes infront of Cyclops and thats where he saw Jean alive and well. Before he embrace himself on to her she ask Cyclops to remove his shades and told him that she can control her powers and his. After he remove them he open his eyes and no optic beams were shot from them and then they kiss which almost look as if Jean was absorbing Cyclop's life energy. When the Professor told Wolverine & Storm to head to Alkali Lake not only they found Jean laying on the ground but Wolverine also found Cyclop's shades floating in the air. Which soon reveal that Jean seemingly killed Cyclops with the power of the Phoenix (But dosen't directly show it).
Now for Rogue... Since the first and second X-Men film Rogue seem to have a relationship with Iceman but in the third it seems Iceman was more interested in Kitty for some reasons and obviously Rogue is feed up with it. Later at the end of the film it's been reveal that Rogue has taken the cure probably because she wanted to have a chance to touch another being without absorbing their life energy. Okay first of all, and it has been mention that this was suppose to be the film where Cyclops has a bigger role than what he had in this one but I'm assuming the fact that the man who plays Cyclops (James Marsden) has scheduling conflicts with the upcoming film "Superman Returns" and if that is the case then maybe the film would of turn out different and a whole lot better than what was already done since this is Cyc (****ing) Lops we're dealing with here, leader of the X-Men for crying out loud!!! The man barley went done with a fight! And another thing... This the same story with Rogue who not only has been appearing in the first & second film but this is suppose to be the film where she become a full fledge member of the X-Men and learning to harness her powers and like Cyclops suppose to be joining in with the others in the final battle and extend her relationship with Iceman but apparently that didn't happen.
Also it would have been fantastic if there was a Colossus & Juggernut fight. However I digress... Everything else negative about the film that I didn't mention are off of my negative list, in other words... There okay, aleast by the film's standards!
In conclusion there are some good parts in the film which probably saved it from being a total failure and the flaws within the film is equally percent as the good parts that were shown and I for one feel that this third installment could have been done a lot better and Brett Ratner have & should stick to the original plan instead bastardizing a particular character just because the actor who plays that particular character was having scheduling problems with another film. Also it's been noted that this film has the shortest running time than the first two films and I feel that this film should be alittle longer, aleast completely two hours! If there's a chance somehow in the future that this film can be redone then I hope it's sooner but in the meantime, I'll stick to the first two films!