2nd time seeing it did not help.

Rating: 4/10 (13 June 2006)

I just saw this movie for the 2nd time and I must say that I like it a lot less than I originally did. The movie starts off great. Interesting plot, all the characters we've come to love in the series are there, every thing is good and jolly. Then at a certain point, I'd say after the scene that revisits the Grey house, the movie falls apart in it's own sloppiness and lack of directorial skill. None of the new characters really are developed. Many of the old characters are absent. The movie becomes the Wolverine and Storm show while the rest of the participants are limited to saying cheesy one-liners over and over again. What's worse the film is sloppy. Many of the special effects look rather pathetic especially the ones involving Colossus, Iceman, and Spyke. The story has too much going on in it. So when it's not convenient for a character to be acting the way he or she normally would, the writers have them just standing in the background allowing the narrative to occur. If there is an X-Men 4, I hope that Bryan Singer returns or at least that fox brings in a director and script writer who will produce a quality product and not this flaw ridden piece of garbage. The only reason I gave this movie 4 stars was for the first 45 minutes or so.