A Good Ending for the Trilogy with some faults!

Rating: 9/10 (6 May 2009)

I have to preface this with a reminder that I knew nothing of the X-Men prior to the Trilogy. I liked the movie but with some reservations. I agree with those who maintained that character development of the new X-Men was insufficiently lacking. As for some other supposed glitches mentioned, I found nothing seriously affecting the film. I agree that the film moved too fast and that a few more scenes would have filled some holes rather than drag it down. Still, I enjoyed the film and felt a little sad that this was the end. The deaths of key characters was disturbing but likely necessary. New characters including: Beast (Kelsey Grammar), Angel (Ben Foster), Juggernaut (Vinnie Jones), Colossus (Daniel Cudmore), Multiple Man (Eric Dane), Leech (Cameron Bright), Phat and Little Phat, Flea, Arclight, Lizard Man, Psylocke, Kid Omega and of course the disturbing Phoenix (Famke Jansen) are just lightly touched upon with little to no back-story. I would not have minded an extra 90 minutes added to fill in the blanks. Hopefully there will be more X-Men films, either prequels, sequels or sidebar stories as in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine".