I hate kids!

Rating: 3/10 (26 May 2006)

I just saw the Bulgarian pre miere of X-Men 3. It's such a colossal let-down that I am unsure where to begin.
Now I remember enjoying X-Men 1 and 2 when they came out. Especially 2. I don't remember what it was about but I remember the plot making sense which is a whole lot more than "The Last Stand" has to offer.
1) If I had a dollar for every time a character said something totally predictable and stupid while heroic music was playing in the background, I'd probably have like 5 dollars. My personal favourites include but are certainly not limited to: "I hear the's a shelter for mutants here?" Dr. Blue Dog-like thing : "There was, son... there was..." A victorious anthem starts as Holly Berry utters with forced pathos: "And there still is!!!" Speaking of Dr. Blue Dog-like thing - how the hell did he became a doctor? What kind of university did he attend exactly? The kind where being blue is nothing to raise eyebrows to.
2) Oh, yeah - I loved the little story around Rouge. It's always been my dream to see X-Men and Dowson's Creek mixed together. Oh.... wait... no, it hasn't. In fact, It was a total waste of screen time.
3) "Cure" weapons and people disintegrate have got to be the two most pathetic substitutes for bloodshed every devised by mortal man. Now, the previous installments were engineered for kids as well but they still weren't this ridiculous.
4) That angel guy you've seen in the trailer has no more than 2 lines and 3 minutes of screen time. I think it goes without saying that he was totally irrelevant to the plot or anything at all for that matter.
5) The plot-line was apparently concocted in less than 30 minutes: "Hey, guys let's bring back the psychic chick from the dead without every explaining how. We'll give her split personality despite it being at odds with the previously established character." "Oh, cool - I got another idea too, I was watching Dowson's Creek yesterday..." I think you get the point.
6) A lot of events contradict anything that's got something to do with sense. So many many, in fact, that I won't mention a single one.
7) There were lots of other thing wrong with X-Men 3, but I'm way too lazy to write them all down. Let's just say this movie makes cool characters be uncool.