X-Men 3 Hated It!!!

Rating: 3/10 (26 June 2006)

TWO THUMBS WAY DOWN!
For fans of the original comics and cartoons, X-Men 3 was a major disappointment. Toss the director and bring back Bryan Singer, who at least seemed to appreciate what the X-Men saga is all about. Note to the director, if you wanted to sabotage the series you should have just left it alone. You completely missed the point of the original Phoenix saga which would have made an excellent movie with stunning visual effects. Instead Jean Grey looked like a psycho freak on acid. You missed the whole point of the troubled Jean Grey/Phoenix character. Killing off your main characters? Hell, why didn't you just torch the whole franchise, or was Pyro not strong enough? Bluto never killed Popeye and they fought for decades for top billing. Magneto and Mystique as ordinary homosapiens? Blasphemy! The director and studio totally missed the mark on this one. What was this about a bigger paycheck for Ms. Berry who has always complained about her role in public? Storm ain't no pretty girl, she is a mature, strong woman, equal to Professor X and his confidant. But Hollywood always thinks young and beautiful. Again you missed the mark. Gorgeous Angela Basset would have been far better suited to the role and an equal to Wolverine and Professor Xavier. Professor X and Cyclops, what you did to them is tantamount to superhero treason of the highest order. It is the love shared by Jean and Scott that ultimately saves the Phoenix. You wasted a perfectly good franchise and all this talk about spin-offs - sure Magneto would have jumped at the chance, but Wolverine, beneath that rough exterior is a team player and he would have never wanted it. I'm not sure what the studio and director were thinking but X-Men 3 bites!