Excellent - As Usual

Rating: 3/10 (26 May 2006)

If I knew nothing about the comic series I would be completely happy. Alas, I know the story all to well and am very disappointed with the job done for #3. So many blatant filming errors, boring 1-liners that should be saved for cartoons on Saturdays, missing characters from the last movie for no apparent reason, too many new characters to "flesh-out" and several plots with no real story line or support.
The worst of it all is that in #2 Jean Grey was becoming the Phoenix - they have barely skimmed the surface of this aspect and expect true X-Men lovers to just accept what the director and writers have come up with? It's ridiculous and it pisses me off that I wasted my money to see the film like that. I wish I could go back in time and let them know this release is an embarrassment to Marvel and the X-Men heritage.
I'll be very scepticle about attending a 4th viewing (if one is ever released). My 5-year old enjoyed it, save for the curse words used in the movie. Did I miss that in the comics or was it never there?? Ridiculous....