They just missed the mark by about two feet.

Rating: 7/10 (30 May 2006)

As I was watching the movie. I found myself invested in the story and the special effects. I was happy to see the danger room, and was very happy to see Beast so well portrayed. About halfway through the movie however, I thought to myself, "I wonder when they're going to do something with the Phoenix. Sadly, I found out at the end that they won't do anything with her. She had the potential to do some great things not only in the story, but also visually. I never once saw any flames which is kind of what makes her a Phoenix! One point that really bothered me, and I hope that I'm just wrong about this, but I don't think that juggernaut is a mutant. He gets his powers from a mystical gem so he shouldn't have been able to be stopped as he did. All in all it was a fun movie, and if you didn't know anything about the comic book series none of the stuff I mentioned would make a difference. But if you do have knowledge of the comic book you know what could have happened in the story but didn't. My big payoff for the movie was seeing iceman, and see the bouncing Beast doing his stuff!!! It wasn't quite what I hoped for but it could have been much, much worse(need I mention Batman and Robin).