OK for a movie but thumbs down for the comic-followers

Rating: 10/10 (16 October 2006)

I liked the plot of the movie but for someone who has a bit of knowledge about the comic characters it doesn't make sense. If I looked at it from a comic-book fan I would have thought it was horrible. Why would they have made ArchAngel so young if they were trying to bring in all the original X-Men team together as a team? How can Professor X, Jean Grey & Cyclops die? How can Rogue take the "cure" if she is to meet Gambit in the future? How can Magneto been stuck with multiple cure needles & still be able to show some powers in the end? etc.
BUT once I got over that part & looked at it from a movie-goer standpoint I liked it & understood what the script-writer was trying to do. I did like how they actually put Dark Phoenix into the movie, although I wish she would have referred to herself as such more often when her evil side took over. I really liked how they wrote in a part for the exercise room. I'm not sure if comic-book fans would have understood that part (it puzzled the heck out of my son & husband).