What a disappointment

Rating: 1/10 (26 May 2006)

I went to see this on the day it was released and I don't think I have been so disappointed by watching a sequel in a long while apart from being really upset by watching Matrix 2 and 3 and Star Wars 1, 2 and 3...other cinematic worlds that have been ruined by scripwriters who wrote by numbers with little care to what they were doing all for a fast buck.
Considering, the scriptwriters have written some really good screenplays in the past including X2 and Mr & Mrs Smith...I don't understand what happened...of course Last Action Hero, Fantastic Four and Inspector Gadget also figured in their credits...
They took what was a truly well made series of films: X1 and X2 that oozed dark subtext within the cineplex blockbuster action genre and completely ruined the ending, with complete disregard to good dramatic structure and most importantly, with a total lack of respect for their characters. Characters we as the audience had grown to love.
Whereas in the first two films these characters had real motivations and interior lives especially Wolverine and Rogue and lived in a world that true resonance in the real world. Now in X3 they have become cardboard cut outs that only seem to fight a lot, talk tough or give rousing American style pep talks. What happened to the subtle charcterization from the first two films? I am very unhappy. The production team, especially the writers should be shot for producing such rubbish when they had the potential in terms of established cinematic world, characterization and underlying audience support to create a true action0-film / political-thriller masterpiece. And how could Marvel let the production go ahead with such a scant shoddy script in place? All for a fast buck...nobody seems to care about what they create anymore