A summer blockbuster, not an x-men sequel

Rating: 7/10 (30 May 2006)

Being a big fan of the first and second, I was excited when there was news of a third. Probably like most people, I was distraught when news that Brian Singer was leaving and even more let down when news that Brett Ratner was taking over. With that said, Singer would have made X-men 3 a deep experience, taking story over big special effects. All Ratner did was make a summer blockbuster thats fun to watch, but disappointing to think about.
I'll start with the bad news since I always find it better to end on a high note. The character development, or lack there of, was probably my biggest problem with the movie. They kill off two of the main characters to make room for all the new mutants, which most of you never even get to know there names. Colossus gets about as much scene time as he did in the second one, Phoenix's only role was to kill Xavier, Angel does nothing but fly around, and Storm, Wolverine, Magneto, and every other original X-Men are pretty much the same except stronger, or in some cases useless even(Rogue, I'm looking at you). They don't even explain how 'The Cure' works, how the class system for the mutants works(which I guess isn't all that important because they don't even explain what it is), where Nightcrawler went, why Beast is blue...well you get the point.
Now for the good, which I'm sad to say isin't as long as the bad. The special effects are stunning, which is expected for the x-men movies, especially a summer blockbuster, which is all this is. The acting is good for the most part, but you will cringe at some of the dialoge. Did I mention the special effects were cool. At least they didn't break the cardinal rule of making sequels and got all the original actors to come back.
As an X-Men sequel, its disappointing and as a summer blockbuster its fun to watch. A 7/10 for "Don't you know who I am? I'm the Juggernaut, Bitch!"