short review of Xmen 3 (with a few short spoilers)

Rating: 8/10 (7 October 2006)

I give it an "8". I enjoyed it and thought it was good.
Let me back track a bit. As much as I thought Singer's first two were good, there wasn't a whole lot of action. Every where I went online they kept talking about how brutal Wolverine's fight in X2 was. I kept asking where this brutal fight was. One long yell and a few swipes was about it. I like Singer, don't get me wrong. Let me state that again, I like Singer and what he started....
Now here comes the big smelly "but" But (told you) after seeing X3, I felt like I had finally gotten what I wanted. Lots of action. Maybe a few too many cameos, but those were only for the fan boys. You could ignore them if you wanted. The main negatives were Halley Berry returning, the early death of a major character (that I kept expecting to show up, but didn't) and the fact this might be the last one. Look, I'm not a real big fan of Ratner, but he did a fine job. It's got action, lots of action. And that's something that a comic book movie should have plenty of. Singer's seemed like teasing after this. He laid the foundation but never finished the building. Now, after seeing Superman Returns, I'm beginning to wonder if that is just a flaw of his style. But I digress...
If you like the comics or the first two, then you should like this. If you don't, then why the heck are you reading comments for it? I'm not going to convince you to rent it it you've not seen the other two.