An insult to any X-men Comic/Cartoon fan!

Rating: 3/10 (31 May 2006)

***WARNING*** This comment will contain spoilers! The story is the point I will judge upon, making this necessary. ***WARNING***
*Technical Aspect*
The movie was great, considering the SFX alone. It looked almost life-like, because the animations were superb. The camera's were good, they really showed the essence of the action. 7/10
*Script Aspect*
The script flawed unbelievably, the only good thing about it was the stability... The dialogue for one, was very poor, the best way to describe it, is an avalanche of cliché's dropping on top of you. The character development was abysmal, 20 years of history put in 5 minutes... I think a world record has been set here! 4/10
*Acting Aspect*
The acting overall was not bad, some characters were played awesome, while others were and insult to the character. Overall, all the actors did their best to make something of this sad movie.... 6/10
*Casting (this also goes for the other X-Men movies)*
Summary of the best: Beast, Wolverine, Storm, Callisto, Charles Xavier and Pyro.
Summary of the worst: Juggernaut, Rogue, Phoenix (not to be mistaken with Jean, Famke plays Jean outstanding), Collosus, Iceman and Cyclops 5/10
*Storyboard Aspect*
Finally, the point where I almost wanted to kill someone during the movie. The point were I almost shed in tears due the errors... This element is the worst part of the entire movie... Horrible! Here is a summary of all the flaws...

Within 15 minutes, Scott Summers aka Cyclops (key character in the defeat of Phoenix), gets killed by none other then Phoenix...

Juggernaut, not only looking like a circus clown, was a huge flop! Was Goldberg busy? Couldn't you just animate him or something, this was terrible! And since when doesn't he want to kill Xavier, his stepbrother whom he hates beyond measure? He now actually listens to Magneto, a friend of his mortal enemy, his stepbrother?! Is this a joke?!

Charles Xavier dies? WHAT?! That's like killing Mr. Fanastic in Fantastic Four... That's like killing Captain America in Captain America and the Avengers... And afterwards he comes back, WHAT?! What were Brett Ratner,Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn thinking for god's sake!

Rogue loses her powers, because she wants to touch Iceman?! Are you kidding me, Rogue wants to lose them yes, but never achieves this goal!

Mystique loses her powers? Mystique shouldn't even be with Magneto let alone stand losing her powers for him...

Magneto loses his powers? SAY WHAT?! Magneto cannot lose his powers, you can't just do this! One of the key characters overall in entire X-men! One of the strongest mutants in X-men! I think they were joking here...

Angel does he even play a role in this move? One of the original X-Men only walking around 10 minutes on screen in total? All that advertisement in the trailer, for naught...

Phoenix... The Phoenix Force from outer space comes and revives a dead Jean Grey, granting her the power of the Phoenix Force... The only mutant able to wheeled it's unbelievable power... The only being to even come near her is Apocalypse... The only way to defeat her was, Scott Summers, her love for him makes her kill herself... Now that is the story that was told... Who was responsible for this INSULT?! Why did the Phoenix have a split personality? Since when was Jean schizophrenic? How can she kill the only one that can stop her? WHAT?! She dies due Wolverine's claws?! WHAT?! Where was the Phoenix bird of flames, the sole purpose of her name?!

I can't believe my eyes... It's like someone stabbed me in the eyes, that is the pain that I'm feeling after seeing what they did with the story... Of course before I forget, were the hell did all these mutants come from out of nowhere... Why not take the time to explain things, instead of rushing 10 hours of material in a 1 hour 40 minute movie? -10/10 (Yes a - 10, I refuse to give it a 1, a 1 indulges that it sucks, this was far beyond sucking, this was a huge lie and an insult to anyone that knows the story!)
*Final Thoughts*
Overall the movie is stable and for anyone not into the comic or cartoon, it's an excellent movie... For the rest of us it's and insult to our intelligence... They ripped off too many important features and killed off too many important characters! Of course you can't make a literal translation of the comic, but this is ridiculous. This movie destroyed a franchise bearing a great name... From now on, I refuse too see any sequels, if they may come...