Halle's Hissy fit ruins the franchise

Rating: 4/10 (12 October 2006)

Halle Barry had a hissy fit about her character Storm not getting as screen time as she wanted, so for better or worse (mostly the latter), Storm is pretty integral to the plot of this third film, which has to do with the Phoenix, a mutant cure, Magneto as Nazi, amongst other jumbled plot points that are crammed into the shortest running time of any x-man film. Of course to elevate Storm to leadership position and thus satisfy Barry's huge inflated ego, you would have to get rid of any better more rational choice of characters to lead he X-men. Rationality and good characterization be damned. Halle won an Oscar, she get's her way. Sadly we, the moviegoer pay the price with a movie that's under developed, character's that act out of character, and quite a few lame catch phrases (I'm the Juggernaut, bitch). I guess Mr. regular Joe Q. Public MAY like them as a lot of 'stuff blows up good', but readers of the comic? Not so much.
My grade: C-
DVD Extras: Audio commentary with director Brett Ratner, writers Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn; Second commentary with producers Avi Arad, Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winter; 13 Deleted scenes* with optional commentary from Ratner, Kinberg, and Penn; A minute long promo for the upcoming Simpsonns movie; Two theatrical trailers for this film; and Trailers for "A Night at the Museum", "Ice Age 2: The Meltdown","Thank You For Smoking", "24: Season 5", "Elektra", "Daredevil" and "Fantastic Four"
* Some copies of the DVD have 13 deleted scenes while others have 24, there is NO WAY of telling which you'll get, so it's a crap shoot & I got only 13