Good Movie, could use some work, still loved it

Rating: 9/10 (26 May 2006)

yo there may be some spoilers in this unstructured review, please excuse the poor writing and the spoilers
When talking about an x men movie there are a million things to consider, having just seen the movie myself i can make several key points that i enjoyed about the movie and parts that i didn't. First off when comparing this movie to the previous x men movies you feel the drama, tension and controversy about the mutant "problem" from the characters just as much from the first 2, this is only compounded by fact that a cure is found and that escalates a war.
Secondly this movie is much shorter then the others which is a little disappointing because there could off been much more character development and the subplots could off been explored more with a longer movie.
And finally this movie had a ton of action, much more then the others with intense stunts and vivid CGI keeping me hooked and excited through out the film.
While i loved the film, there are several points that i would like to make, in which i think the movie could be better, firstly what happened to Rouge, her part was minimal in the movie which was disappointing because she was an essential character in the first, and had a significant role in the second one. for those who saw the movie you know what i mean when i say you were hoping for a climatic end similar to the x men evolution cartoon where she would return and absorb leeches power and help defeat the brotherhood. That would off been cool but then again I'm a nerd and not a film maker, but you all know that would off been really sweet and made for a better ending then the one we got plus i liked here story the best, I would off also liked to see bigger character development and a larger more complex subplot between the love triangle between off iceman,rouge and shadow cat.
Also there's night crawler, what happened to him, with all the extra useless characters that had a limited role in the movie other then to look cool like angel and colossus, they could off thrown him in. seeing him in the opening scene in the second was sweet and seeing that in this one would off made for much better action sequence especially in the final scene.
Wolverine was cool in this movie, but like i read in other reviews he didn't have that lone wolf quality, i wont get into any further, but many off you who saw it understands.
Ian Mcallen playing magneto was sweet, he is an excellent actor and really made the character. Beast was cool, Kelsey Grammar did a good job, and Ellen Page did a good job as kitty pride, angel was useless, his only role was to bridge the gap between mutants and humans and provide a reason for the cure. Like i said, and i will say it again, character development is the key, which is something we got very little off in this movie.
I can go on and on about the movie, and things that i would off like to off seen in the movie, but i didn't write it, and probably couldn't off done a better job then the current writers did, but they could off used some constructive feedback from comic books nerds and even Brian singer when making this movie.
In conclusion like i said a million times, a longer movie with more character development and deeper plots, that pull us further into the story and characters would off made for a much better movie, especially with the action i wouldn't off gotten bored. I loved the movie, but its no better or worse then the other 2, if you combined the action added by Brett with the story brought by Brian you would have a hell off a movie. If they can find someone who brings both to the table, a awesome 4th movie it would make, and lets face it, even though they said its the last who are they kidding they so left another open ending.