A poor ending to a great trilogy

Rating: 7/10 (1 June 2006)

I was disappointed in the movie as a whole, but some parts will stay in my X-Men movie memory for a long time. The action sequences were seemingly flawless, but the storyline that fell in-between explosions was very weak. Wolverine's lines were G rated and stale, while some of the new cast members were spewing off curse words left and right and even they had little impact or momentum to move the plot or give it flavor. The story was lost, and I think it was because it was trying to do too many things. Phoenix was fighting for her storyline, several characters were fighting for their storyline to end, and then there was the main storyline trying to fill the empty spots, but there wasn't any available.
As for the new characters: Beast was a better character than I expected. Juggernaut was a very small role, but effective, Angel was anticlimactic, Calisto was nice to watch, but said and did little of importance.
This is the first X-Men movie I wont be going back to see in the theatre, but I will buy the DVD to complete the set.