Betrays the spirit of the comics

Rating: 2/10 (26 May 2006)

This film completely betrays everything that the X-Men comics and even the first two films stood for. I don't care that the plot points have been changed or even that some very basic premises have been violated. What bothers me is that the moral fiber and spirit of the characters and the story have been completely compromised for the sake of a supposed demographic response. Even if they came up with a completely different story that has nothing to do with the source material and betrayed the nature of every character, I would have accepted it if the film had been well executed but even there it failed. There are some cool effects and the big fight scene is great, but the characters are poorly developed, the story loose and wandering, and any real sense of objective and accomplishment are lost. Mostly it's the characters, by the end I really don't care what happens to any of them. As a great fan of the X-Men in all their forms, this film saddens and disappoints me. Superman had better be fabulous to justify Bryan Singer departure and this resulting disgrace.