X-MEN Old heads Robbed.

Rating: 4/10 (28 May 2006)

First off, I'd like to say even though the X-MEN trilogy was mildly entertaining I'd have to say all 3 movies were horribly disappointing from an older fan's perspective. I'm a die-hard MARVEL fan and I expected a lot more than this movie gave. I was dying to see X-MEN 3 because I was hoping they would set the movie to the TRUE last stand saga from the comic book. From the trailers I expected the rest of the movie to be mostly like The "Last Stand" scene. Unfortunately, the scene they kept showing on the trailer was just a DANGER ROOM training session. I nearly walked out when that whole scene turned out to only be generated DANGER ROOM practice session. I wanted to see the X-MEN fighting some SENTINELS, and NONE of that happened.
The Juggernaut, Angel, the Beast, Cyclops, nearly the WHOLE TEAM was gutted. As bit part as they made of Colossus, Juggernaut, and Angel, they didn't even need to be in the movie. For all of you youngsters: Colossus' alter ego is Peter Rasputin. The point is, Peter is Russian. Let me repeat, PETER IS Russian. Why is the dude playing Colossus speaking with an American ACCENT? I know there are budget costs to be concerned with but how hard would it have been for this dude to at least FAKE a Russian accent??? He only had 3 LINES, anyways.I was DYING to see Colossus fight Juggernaut. DIDN'T HAPPEN.
How they thought they could get away with practically ALL of Phoenix's origin being IGNORED is beyond me. In the trilogy they've wasted a lot of time and money on all of these bit parts for all of these kids with pointless, pathetic, worthless mutant powers in Xavier's mansion but they couldn't take the time to develop the MAIN CHARACTERS a little more? You got one kid whose mutant power is to write on paper like a pen with her finger??
WHY WAS ROGUE EVEN IN THIS TRILOGY? As I've said before, the REAL Rogue is an aggressive, no holds barred woman with a THICK southern accent. This chick that played Rogue in the trilogy only cried and pouted throughout the whole trilogy. At some point in time, Rogue was supposed to have the ability of flight and invulnerability. DIDN'T HAPPEN. So, WHY IS SHE IN THE MOVIE? Don't have a clue. Another wasted character. Time wasted developing pointless minor characters that ran around in Xavier's mansion, which reminds me, THERE WERE NEVER ANY SNOT-NOSED, WHINEY CHILDREN IN XAVIER'S MANSION. At least not as portrayed in the movies.
In the comics, Colossus and Kitty Pryde are supposed to be DEEPLY in love. Okay, I'm already angry and confused that they paired Bobby Drake with Rogue but what really upsets me is, WHY IS ICE-MAN TRYING TO GET DOWN WITH KITTY PRYDE while Colossus is goofing around in the Mansion as if Kitty and Peter were total strangers??? Another confused plot that wasted time and money.
In this movie, Storm is supposed to show her newfound leadership abilities. All this woman did was cry, spin around, and get her butt miserably KICKED twice by a gangster sewer broad. The ONLY character they didn't mess up was Wolverine. Hugh Jackman is the ONLY actor in this whole movie--the whole trilogy-- that has his character DOWN. Instead of Storm leading the X-MEN, practically being given the position of team leader by Xavier himself, Wolverine is the one that steps up and SHUTS THE MOVIE DOWN. If you ask me,Hugh deserves to get the deal to make a WOLVERINE movie. If you ask me, they could throw away EVERYBODY that was in the movie anyways.
Why did they mess this movie up so miserably? DEMOGRAPHICS. There aren't enough old heads out there that pump enough money into the MARVEL machine for them to do a more accurate portrayal of the X-MEN. The few old heads that are out there, my age and older, that have waited for decades to even SEE Marvel characters on the silver screen don't care enough to want a more accurate portrayal of their favorite characters. Most of us are just happy to see our favorite characters in live action, which leaves the 18 and under crowd: Most of them don't have a real sense about Marvel comics beyond 1990. They'll only jump for RECENT history, things they know so, the suckers at Marvel sold out to appease the candy wrapper crowd.