Horrible Writing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 4/10 (25 May 2006)

If you liked the first two x-men movies... I am here to caution you. I loved the first two. I can still watch them again and again and I never get tired of them. Bryan Singer was an outstanding director. Bret Ratner did a great job on this one, don't get me wrong, but the biggest problem with the third installment of the saga is the writing. As most people know, Singer dropped out of directing X3 to do the new Superman movie. What most people don't know is that he took his entire writing team with him. The X-men movies are very special to the genre of superhero films, not only because of the cool stunts and awesome action, but also because of the large assortment of characters. Each character is special, as is their power. The new writers took these incredible and unforgettable characters and completely destroyed them. I seriously think that they just took their favorite ones and decided to ignore the others. I couldn't believe where they took the story. Don't get me wrong. This is an incredible movie and it is very entertaining. I was very surprised how well Ratner handled everything. If you fell in love with the characters of the first two movies, you are going to be very disappointed with the story, but you will still be entertained. I think that if the writing team hadn't jumped ship with Singer, this movie could have been the best of the three and I would have rated it a 10. I would encourage everyone to see it, but you will probably walk out with mixed emotions as did I. I gave it a four, because I think that the story is more important than the action (especially in a series like this one), if stunts and special effects were all that I cared for in a movie (and there was nothing in my head but macaroni and cheese), I would I've it a 10 like everyone else is.