lousy for x-fans

Rating: 1/10 (29 May 2006)

if you followed the comic books, or even know the story of behind the phoenix loosely, you will see what kind of hack-job the writers put together. While the acting was fine, and the action was plentiful, it just seemed way too rushed for my taste. Granted, it was a different director, i found that i missed the intimacy the audience had with the characters that was found in the first two movies, even though i'm not a big fan of those either. while they introduced a ton of new mutants, some completely made up hybrids of some of the comic book characters (new name and costume, but with multiple powers), the audience never got a chance to get to know these characters at all. one might argue that that is what the previous two movies were for, but why would the director deviate from this formula when it worked so well previously, especially when introducing more characters than the previous two movies combined? Also, the Halle Berry influence took an obvious toll on the movie's quality right from the beginning. For those of you that don't know, Berry wasn't going to re-sign to play storm unless she got more lines, seeing that she is a bigger star today than she was when the first X-Men came out. That being said, it was better when she didn't say anything at all. in my book, i've disregarded x3 the same way i've disregarded T3 from the series. It obviously made a sharp turn in the wrong direction, an insult to the people who put the previous movies together.