Good movie overall (unbiased review)

Rating: 7/10 (30 May 2006)

First off, if you're a hardcore comic book fan (not just familiar with the cartoons), where you know the bios of most, if not all characters inside and out, then you are going to be disappointed at the direction of this movie, otherwise, this is a really good movie.
Yes, Brett Ratner is no Bryan Singer, where as Bryan appears to actually care about the history of characters, and attempt at his best to present their history, Brett directs more to a general audience, that is, an audience that is not mostly composed of current/veteran comic book readers. So he's made this movie enjoyable for everyone.
Am I disappointed at certain character developments (or lack there of)? Yes. Would I have rather seen this movie separated into two separate movies? Yes. But that does NOT make me regret purchasing the tickets for this movie.
Also, I notice from several comments prior to this, an ongoing joke of how this movie's compared to Brett's previous Rush Hour titles. Yes, that does sound funny and disappointing (or just disappointing), but the fact is the Rush Hour titles were also good movies, NOT great, but good enough succeed as an entertaining film.
That's my point here, that this movie is NOT A FAILURE. A movie that sucks is a movie that fails to entertain from any aspect. This movie had humor, plenty of action, plenty of eye-candy, and a "decent" storyline.
This shouldn't be that big of a shock, since the ratio of typical movie watchers to comic book fans is like 10 to 2. Who do you think the studios are going to aim at?
If you want a clear example of comic book movies that suck, watch Daredevil (starring Ben Afflek) and Hulk (starring Eric Bana) and come back to this movie. And if those two "failures" haven't changed your mind, then watch Captian America (starring Matt Salinger) and have a clear understanding of what a movie that "sucks" really is, and if you STILL have yet to tap out, then watch Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (David Hasselhoff) and flat out apologize to Brett even trying to degrade this current blockbuster.
Bottom line, don't expect this movie to have striking similarities to any comic books related to the characters, otherwise (especially if you're not comic book savvy), enjoy the movie.