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Rating: 5/10 (14 September 2006)

I watched this movie, and enjoyed it. It was not horrible, and it was worth the money I paid to see it. However, it was not all that it could have been. The first problem was that character development really suffered. We have some development, but not enough. That was the best part of the first two, that they were action movies that actually cared about their story lines. The special effects were nice, and the action was well done, however they fell short of their full potential as well.
However, my greatest beef with this movie was the length. It was far too short. It looked like someone had done a 4 hour master piece with seven or eight interconnected story lines (Rogue and the cure, Magneto's recruiting spree, Jean vs. the Phoenix (sp?), etc.), and then cut it down to an hour and three quarters. However, instead of cutting most of the story lines, and just developing one or two to make a good, if simple, movie, they tried to put a little bit of everything in it, resulting in an inescapable feeling of emptiness when you leave the theatre, wishing that you had seen more of this character, or that that plot line had been given more screen time.
All in all, the movie was acceptable, but fell well short of its potential. The next one (I still hope there is an X-4) should be longer, and more involved, or simpler. You cannot compress a complex story into an hour and three quarters without losing something, especially when you have to shoehorn in great big special effects fight scenes. Call it a 5/10