Movie was well presented

Rating: 9/10 (30 May 2006)

This was a great movie. It again linked past issues back together but at the same time introduced us into another dimension.
Wolverine is not alone as the hero even though he is the ultimate physical hero - The junior mutants have a bit of fun exercising their features and brain - shown when the young boy is protected during the attack, and Storm saves the school by deciding to run it (not so fascinating but needed to be done in the plot).
As always, an institution is saved for the people(mutants)but this is one of the main themes of the movie -saving. Saving the institution, saving the mutants from being mutants, saving the homogeneous people, saving the boy mutant, saving the relationship between father and son, saving Scott from a miserable life without his loved one, saving Wolverine from regretting saving his loved one in the first place(previous movie), saving us from all the bad characters - again.
I'm not a fan of the comic books, but loved the movie. Without spoiling the end - some of the more significant characters have a life change - either in the way they physically are, or attitude, or in their role within the school.
There weren't any jokes bouncing off any of the characters (except in the first practice fight scene)because of the story line that followed - this was appropriate given the relationships that everyone had in the movie. Some may say that didn't work, but I thought it was required.
The action scenes were all relevant for the plot.
Only one small criticism - the makeup (except for the introduction) was a bit underdone on most characters. Hence, Wolverine didn't seem to have that healthy good look - This is absolutely necessary in a film with heroes - whether the heroes are female or male (or mutant). Go see it and enjoy!