Why so blue, panda-bear?

Rating: 5/10 (27 May 2006)

This movie really was way too caught up in itself. It seems as if the director was more excited about throwing in as many little plot ideas and threads without ever actually fleshing them out or MAKING anything of them. I'm an open person when it comes to film adaptations (hey, I thoroughly enjoyed Spiderman even though he doesn't make a single wisecrack while webslinging through the city), but this was just ridiculous.
The film really does JUMP THE SHARK, and jump it early. The characters were hardly redeemable, either: they were all hollow. There were several huge, depressing scenes involving main characters that left me going "bleh." If you're looking for an action flick with pretty lights and fighty-sounds every 25 minutes, go on, bring eight bucks to the theater to watch this. If you're a comic/toon fan of X-Men, I'd advise you to stay away: don't let this movie ruin the first two installments for you.