Enjoyable yet a little disappointing.

Rating: 7/10 (27 May 2006)

WARNING: SPOILERS!!! are ahead.
X-Men: The Last Stand is an enjoyable melodramatic film but also a disappointment to the first 2 X-Flicks. The "final" product feels rushed and simply doesn't seem to be connected to X1 or X2. The reason I emphasize on the word "Final" is the fact that I believe there was more of a influence by the studio, Fox, in the final saying of what is put into the "final" product that is X-Men: The Last Stand.
Remember Fox did the same to Daredevil. For those that don't know the film adaption of the comic book: Daredevil was butchered by the studio execs that 30 minutes worth of film was taken out. A Directer's Cut DVD of DareDevil is available and is worth checking out. I believe their was a lot more footage/scenes to this X-Men were left on the editing room and it shows with scenes that are shown in the trailers were missing in the "final" product. Hopefully these rumor footage/scenes are reinserted in a Directer'Cut DVD, with certain scenes in the film taken out of course. One or thousands of X-Men and comic book fans can hope can they?
The Writers did their best to save Cycolps/Scott Summers from "death" leaving a option for him to return. A reason for the character for being killed off was due to James Marsden's(the actor who plays Scott) appearance in the new Superman movie. Fox again having their evil ways. :Sign:
With all ranting aside...Overall did I enjoy the movie? Yes. It was enjoyable. I love Ian McKellen as Magneto, Famke Janssen as Jean Grey/Phoenix and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. I was hoping for something more though. I enjoyed the action and Kelsey Grammar as Beast. Here I go again hoping that maybe there would be a Directer's or Extended Cut(With Cyclops alive of course) of what could have been one of the Best X-Men/SuperHero films.