Good, but what about this...?

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2006)

I would give this movie an 8.5 out of 10. This action-packed movie definitely has a better storyline than the first two in the trilogy, and it's filled to the brim with amazingly fun mutants (Juggernaught, Shadowcat, and Beast being the coolest of the cool).
Unfortunately, this movie seems to revolve around only Wolverine and Storm (much to the joy of Halley Berry) and a few of the mutants die within the first half hour of the movie.
That is another problem: it moves way too fast! New characters are introduced and you hardly recognize them when they come on screen the second time! Anger, for example, got the most publicity before the movie was released. However, he only has about fifteen minutes of screen time. Fans of Rogue, Xavier, Cyclops, Angel, Mystique, and Nightcrawler (not even in the movie) will be disappointed.
Another major let-down is that Gambit isn't in this final installment!! *sob* BUT, his absence from the movie is made up with Juggernaught, the coolest evil mutant second only to Magneto.
Iceman is also 10x cooler this time around (pardon the pun) as is his arch-rival, Pyro. They eventually duke it out in the final battle, which proves to be the best on-screen battle I've ever seen in any movie.
Another crazy part of this movie is Jean Grey's transformation into the Dark Phoenix. Her story is more like a remake of Carrie, but it is the most heart-grasping part of the film. Who dies, who gets "cured", and who departs will leave jaws hanging and fans leaving either loving the movie to death or wishing it would burn in Marvel Hell.
In short, this movie was a nice installment to the trilogy, with action-packed battles being it's best trait, but it still leaves many questions unanswered. Had this movie been longer (much, much longer) then those loose-ends would've been tied up and the X-Men series would finally be able to rest in peace.
(And, yes, flash-movie fans, the Juggernaught does say his now-infamous phrase "I'm the Juggernaught, bitch!" in this movie!)