Barely worth it

Rating: 6/10 (25 May 2006)

I saw this movie at a sneak preview at my local theater last night and I must say I was HIGHLY disappointed. Minor Spoilers contained within.
The movie begins with flashbacks in which we see Magneto and Professor X coming to see Jean Grey as a child, and another of Warren Worthington trying to hide his mutanity (now there's a fake word). It's rather boring compared to the second movie's opening.
Then the movie starts with a battle and you begin to wonder how Halle Berry keeps getting work. Also you wonder how her ability to control the wind allows her to twirl across the room.
It's not even worth telling you what it's about any further, just that the film continues with contrived dialog, forced action, bad acting, and more Halle Berry. There are multiple times throughout the film when I expected a character to scream "KHAAAAAAAAAAN!" Honestly, I think that would have added more humor than the "jokes" they slipped in here and there.
I was also disappointed to see Cameron Bright play the sad miracle child in this movie. Why must he always play the creepy kid? Any script that calls for a messed up little boy seems to be sent to him, quite like every script that needs a little girl goes to Dakota Fanning.
One redeeming aspect of the movie is the action scenes, and I doubt everyone gets as excited over an action scene as I do, so it's really not much of a bonus. The other is it's abundance of femme fatals. Famke Janssen is amazing as Phoenix. As Jean Grey she's okay. I prefer her evil. Also, Mystique is as amazing as ever. They are the two shining stars in this film.
The movie is barely good enough to see in theaters.