Not bad not good you decide.

Rating: 8/10 (27 May 2006)

OK here goes. I liked the movie. I didn't love it. I liked it. I'm saying this having read the comic books since I was ten years old. I happened upon it right when the phoenix saga began and stopped getting the issues a little after the phoenix saga ended. I liked the movie for what it was. I was amazed when the first one came out because it brought the comic to life and did it well. I liked the second movie because it continued the story from the first movie. I liked the third because I think it was a good completion to the story line. I will say this. I was shocked watching the battle between phoenix and the professor. Didn't see it coming having been familiar with the comic story line. I thought that the battle was more spectacular and shocking than the actual last stand. It was visually stunning and emotional. I was disappointed that there was no phoenix flame. That would have been cool. I also have one more thing that I found bugged me. OK so mystique is handcuffed and trying to manipulate a guard so he pulls out the pepper spray and said something like "keep it up and I will pepper spray you bitch." OK. I bought that. Later in the movie the juggernaut is chasing down sprite and she pulls him halfway into the floor trapping him and he said this....."do you know who I am? I'm the juggernaut bitch." Now I thought that was a stupid line. For one don't say that to a fourteen year old girl and if your trying to establish that your a force of power it would have worked just as well if he just said "Im the juggernaut". Thats just me. Believe me I like throwing the s,f,a,mf,and b word around but you got to know when and what it works with. So that was just my little peeve. The ending was interesting with magneto and his chess game and if you don't already know you have to stay after the full credits have run for the last few seconds that come back on after they have rolled. Pretty interesting.