Good If Taken On It's Own Terms

Rating: 7/10 (12 June 2006)

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XMLS is a good solid action movie. The FX are state of the art. Kelsey Grammar is perfectly cast as Beast, and it's nice to see it (mostly) come to it's resolution. But as true X fan, I can understand why some are angry at the lack of development of certain characters: The movie completely disregards both that Juggernaught is NOT a Mutant, and that he is Professor X's step-brother. And while I respect Ian Mackellan as an actor, I always felt that his portrayal of Magneto was more vengeful and less tortured than that of the comics-that's just my feeling. There's also too much, " So what happens to him/her?... " for several characters. Although the ambiguity could be deliberate in case there's an X:4.
Overall it gets Thumbs Up-If Taken On Its Own Terms.
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