My Popcorn Was Fresh

Rating: 5/10 (26 May 2006)

X-men 3 is a standard comic book movie sequel. It's more of a toy commercial than a movie. It's worth the matinée price of admission (Famke Janssen and Halle Berry wear tight stuff) but not full price. The writers force character cameos that annoy fans of the comic book and make no impression whatsoever on the rest of the audience. They kill MAJOR characters without explanation and without drama. The movie would babysit boys between ages 6 and 9 for an hour and 45 minutes, but there is gratuitous bad language that earned the picture a PG-13 rating. The director didn't know if he wanted this to be intense or to be a cartoon, so he tried to split the difference. I don't think it worked. I hope they bite the bullet and put this series to bed. There is absolutely no need for X4.
Since everybody on the planet went to see this movie -- twice -- there will be a fourth. I know they won't do it well, so I hope they do it as badly as possible. If Patrick Stewart won't do it; Jonathan Frakes will. If Ian McKellen wants too much money; Daniel Radcliffe will work for scale just to avoid being typecast. Halle Berry isn't Storm; Rosie O'Donnell is. Jack Kirby is rolling over in his grave.