A good movie on it's own, but definitely the worst of the trilogy

Rating: 7/10 (31 May 2006)

After X-Men and X2, The Last Stand had pretty big shoes to fill. And while it did so with direction, acting and dialogue, it seemed to fall short concerning the plot and character development.
First, the good points of the movie. Storm gets more screen time and she gets to kick more butt. Very much a good thing. Another thing, we see a few more mutants and a few other things that weren't in the first two movies, like the Danger Room. Also a good thing. We also have a lot of action, drama and political talk. Nice mix, especially the political aspect giving it a more real life like feel, not that the other two didn't have that, except this was more in your face.
Now the bad points. There wasn't a whole lot of story, which made me feel a little disappointed since the first two movies had good story development. The movie seemed to focus only on the action, which while it's a good thing because this movie is supposed to be the dramatic finale to the movie trilogy, it seemed to push away the story and make room for only action. Then there's the character development. Rattner introduces several new mutants, but we rarely get to see them develop, which was a shame, since they had potential. Even Kitty Pryde didn't get much development even though she was one of the new main characters. Beast got a far amount of development, but the others seemed to fall short. And since the story was a little nonexistent, the movie felt a little rushed. Which is to be expected since it's only an hour and forty five minutes long.
While not disappointing, compared to the other two movies, it is as many people have said the worst of the trilogy. But on it's own, it's quite good save for it's small flaws. A nice ending to the trilogy indeed.