Almost as good as the 1st, but nowhere near the 2nd

Rating: 7/10 (5 January 2007)

While watching this third installment of the X-Men series I just wondered where Bryan Singer was. What was he doing at that exact moment, and was he actually happy with what Ratner did to the series? Did he wonder what his movie would have looked like if he had his way with The Last Stand? Would he have at least had better conversations between certain characters? That whole Wolverine/Beast banter made my eyes roll and the fight scene at towards the end of the film where they make their "stand" lacked the ingenuity and charisma I was used to. There were some bright spots with the look back at when Jean Grey was first recruited, but all in all it fell quite short of the 2nd film. I'm quite sorry it had to be made this way, but it had to be made at SOME point. I just wish someone other than Ratner had decided to pick up where Singer had left off.