It's not worth more than 6 out of 10

Rating: 4/10 (28 May 2006)

Clearly it is not a bad movie. On a Sunday afternoon you can do much worse than tuck in to the under 2 hours of rampaging silliness that is x3. However, sitting in a crowd of many 12-16 year olds the biggest gasp of amazement came from the trailer of the new superman movie. The bullet in the eye moment of that trailer summed up what being a super-hero means than nearly any point of the x-man trilogy. The awe of the impossible.
In a world of superhumans X1, X2, and X3 forgot to investigate fully the relationship between the power the mutants have any why feared by man. We have to assume that the position of the US government is again the position of all mankind.
The existence of mutants in the X-men challenges all faiths. The Angel character alludes to this in part. He is god-like in manifestation, but cinematically becomes a soft by-word for a Christian-like redemption. Jean Grey becomes a God on Earth, and a bridge between good and evil. But ultimately none of this amounts to anything as really, it isn't explored.
Hollywood can make good films, but like the Matrix, X-MEN fails to move above average by not clearly positioning the characters place in the world.
Eat pop-corn, then leave. 2 days later you will struggle to remember the plot.