Not as bad as it sounds

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2006)

*Spoilers ahead*
X-Men: The Last Stand has been a movie I have been looking forward to probably since I saw X2 just because the world of x-men is so interesting. Going into the theater I had such high hopes for this movie, but coming out I had a strange feeling. It wasn't as good as the previous two. Singer did a great job with the first two films and it is very hard to live up to doing X3. I don't know anything about Ratner except for all the stuff I've read on the forums and such so I can't judge his personality. I think he missed a lot of what could have been in the movie.
One thing I was upset with was the time frame. There could have been a whole lot more character developments (and maybe less Storm stuff because I don't think anyone cares that she had a bigger role except that she did have some awesome fight scenes.) I don't believe that any of the characters are really dead (in my opinion.) Cyclops was never shown to be dead, they just excepted it. Of course the thing after the credits shows that there is something there with Professor X. I can still see Jean busting out from the grave at the mansion and reuniting with the X-Men. Hopefully there will be an X4 on the horizon and will perform a little better with the characters. Too many people were brought in this one. Beast was a good add. Jugernaut was alright, we probably could have done without him or give more history about him. I liked the appearance of Dark Pheonix with the black eyes and such, it gave an erie feel to the movie. I don't know if Ratner saw the Professor and Cyclops as just characters or what but I really wish they weren't takin out of the film. The Professor had a less heartwarming feel to him and more harsh, like when he is talking to Wolverine and he says "I don't need to explain myself to you." That gave off the feel that Wolverine is an outcast which is OK, but it also gave off the feel that he wasn't wanted and that the Professor was a jerk.
Overall the movie wasn't that bad. I will probably go see it again just because I'm a fan of the movies and I want to see it again. People are making this movie out to be the worst movie ever, but I think it was alright.