lack of story but good effects

Rating: 7/10 (29 May 2006)

As the 2nd sequel to the X-Men movie franchise, I was expecting a lot out of this movie. Although I left the movie totally entertained, I thought the movie tried to put in too many subplots or themes (some from the comics and some new ones) that it was a mix of suspense-filled moments and a number of dragging, trying-to-be-dramatic-but-ends-up-being-silly-or-boring parts.
I don't know whether the story-telling was affected by director Bryan Singer's leaving and replacing him with Rush Hour 1 & 2's Brett Ratner, or maybe the script was flawed to begin with, but the movie had too many "busy" parts, too many ups and downs, so from a story standpoint, X3 was also disappointing (the effects, the action made up for it, I guess). I guess I was expecting more with a deeper story and more character development (but within realistic terms from a comic book-based movie). While this had the best action of the 3 X-Men movies, but this also had the worst story.
Go see it, enjoy and be entertained; expect nothing more than action with a shallow, maybe silly story.