All around a strong film...

Rating: 9/10 (19 July 2007)

I was very concerned that the latest addition to the X-Men movie series would be just a brain dead special-effects extravaganza. I have never been this happy about being wrong.
What X-Men 3 offers is not just more impressive special-effects and a few new characters. The movie also has a story, a dramatic story and in many ways an ultimate story. Many things change in this film and it is all for the best. This shows that it's not the comic-book, but something much, much more. And as such the film impresses me to a degree equal with the first film where strong themes and actors come together.
While all the characters don't get a whole lot of screen-time, most are established quite well and I was especially taken with Kelsey Grammar's performance.
The only criticism that I think this film warrants that it perhaps downplayed Scott's death to a certain degree, or perhaps it just seems insignificant due to events elsewhere in the film. I have never been the Cyclops's biggest fan, but did feel a little sorry over this fact.
None the less, a spectacular and strong addition to Marvel's impressive library of Comic Book Movies.