Umm....I liked it...a lot!

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2008)

I guess not being a fan of the original X-Men comics (I was a Spidey junkie) gives me a different perspective on this movie. Not knowing the back story of each character, or the plot developments of the original comic book franchise allows me to judge this final entry in the series as a movie in it's own rite. I never felt the story to be rushed simply for the sake of inserting more mutants. As far as lack of character developments goes...they're mutants, they have weird cool powers, what more do I need to know? Do I care what Juggernaught's motivation is, do I care that Kitty Pryde was played by three different actresses? (no more than I did when Marty McFly's girlfriend morphed from Claudia Wells to Elizabeth Shue between chapters 1 and 2). The only thing I found disconcerting was Nightcrawler's unexplained absence since he made such an indelible impression in X2. I thought everything else flowed along smashingly. I was genuinely shocked at the deaths of so many main characters, but shocked in a good way in that I was moved and angered. I guess if a movie causes true emotion it must be doing SOMETHING right! As far as the other mutant's being stripped of their powers, was I the only one who noticed Magneto's subtle influence over metal at the end of the film? Doesn't that suggest that, in reality, the effects were short lived therefore NONE of the mutants lost their powers? Ignore the fan-boys and watch this film based on it's own merits, not to be slavishly pinned to the framework of another medium.