Let me direct the next one.

Rating: 4/10 (12 June 2006)

It's like they decided to start filming while they were halfway through with the first draft of the script.
Brett Ratner not only ruined this movie, he ruined the next one as well. By randomly killing off or debilitating his characters, he assured that the next movie will have to spend at least thirty minutes showing us everyone standing around with surprised looks on their faces.
"Dr. X is alive? Oh sh*t!" "Cyclops is alive? Oh sh*t!" "Magneto has his powers back? Oh sh*t!"
There is a lot about this movie that Brett Ratner didn't screw up. But I feel sooooo betrayed. I love this franchise so much. I saw the first two movies just dying when they were over because I wanted to see more. But this one was painful to sit through. I know Halle Berry is a big star, but her character isn't THAT interesting. I mean, when I go to watch a superhero movie, I understand that I'm agreeing to sit through a bit of speechifying, but this was ridiculous.
Plus I was never clear what they were fighting for. Why was it so important to have that huge unsubtle brawl at the end? They were so concerned about saving that little bald kid's life that they killed a whole hell of a lot of people. They were like, "We have to protect this facility...that exists to destroy us mutants." I was so rooting for Magneto in this movie.
Anyway, I still give it a four because of some cool action sequences and because the franchise is so great that Ratner couldn't entirely f*ck it up. I mean, I was generally entertained, but by the end of the movie I wanted to claw my eyes out.