It has it's ups and downs...

Rating: 4/10 (27 May 2006)

I will defend as well as thrash this movie, and I will also explain why I have given it a 4 outta 10. First things first, the good things about the movie, and some of the following stuff may contain spoilers, but I must say them nonetheless. As a fan of the comics and cartoons, I will point out what I feel and know are wrong out of the movie. Moviegoers that are not fans, you will probably enjoy it, because it delivers in many ways like the other two did. Anyway, to the good things: The battles were intense, full of many mutant powers and massive carnage. ( Especially where Wolverine goes somewhat berserker on some Morlocks) Vinnie Jones, who plays the Juggernaut, does a pretty good job, minus having a British accent. Juggernaut was not British. Despite being not tall or wide enough, he was still large enough to be believable.
Kelsey Grammar does quite an impressive job as Hank McCoy/Beast, he has that intellectual quality in his voice, and has the look and feel to Beast.
Multi-Man, although not in the movie minus two scenes, was quite funny. Also was kind of interesting to see him as a baddie.
Magneto moves the Golden Gate Bridge to connect the Morlocks to the Worthington facility on Alcatraz Island, which was really really awesome.
Iceman finally goes Iceman! If you're a fan you understand that. (In other words, he goes full ice form of body.) Now, for some of the bad things: Magneto would not sacrifice other mutants and call them pawns. They are his brothers and sisters, and he cares for them, consciders them equals. Even if they had no power, and it was simply a physical mutation.
Phoenix was all freaky deaky demonic and a personality disorder, instead of being Cosmic Being-ness. I found this completely retarded and felt like in that part, as well as all the bad things, the director just took a dump on the original comics and cartoons.
Storm actually killing someone would never happen. She's an X-Man for God's sake! I'll let you see and find out how that goes.
Spike is also in this movie, but he's a Morlock, and thus a bad guy! What the crap?! Spike was X-Men Evolution only, and yet he's like in his 30's and fighting Wolverine. Good lord.
Callisto is for some reason fast as Quicksilver, and can 'read Mutant's power rating.' This made me go "...What?!" Also, she's got both eyes and is black. I don't mean to be racist, but she's never been black as far as I know.
Juggernaut is British, and he's conscidered a Mutant. He's thus affected by Leech's 'power absorption', and loses his power and knocks himself out by ramming into a wall. Now -THIS- is a crock of crap, because Juggernaut was not a mutant. He did have the X-Gene and whatnot, but he got his powers from the Gem of Cyttorak, thus he would be unaffected.
Colossus is American, and pretty much does nothing but the Fast Ball Special with Wolverine and beats up some humans. Such a big role for the Russian Mutant that's turned American.
Gambit is not in this film, because the guy to play him was a dill hole and decided that since Gambit was too similar to his character from Lost, he wasn't gonna do it. I hope he chokes.
Angel's nothing more than a winged angsty teenager, like Multi-Man and only having two parts in the movie.
This movie flies through scenes quicker than water evaporates.
Mystique sacrifices herself to save Magneto, taking a bullet of 'The Cure', thus losing her powers. Magneto leaves her. MAGNETO WOULD NOT DO THAT! I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY, SHE'S TOO IMPORTANT, EVEN AS A HUMAN, TO LEAVE ALONE!!! There's plenty more, but I'll leave it at that. I've ranted too long. As an overall movie, I'll give it a 7 or a 7.5. But, comic and cartoon referencing and actually being factually right to the X-Men genre, it gets a 4 at most. I felt like giving it a two.