Would rather it ended with a sequel

Rating: 1/10 (26 May 2006)

Unbelievably disappointing. The rumors about the director made me nervous but I though surely with the same writers and producers it couldn't be that bad. It was. I noticed things going terrible wrong when I realized that I had been sitting in the theater for ninety minutes completely bored out of mind and knew that there wasn't enough time for this movie to have any type of resolution or redemption. As excited as I have been in the build up for this movie about the new characters and just more X-men action, the new characters were underdeveloped and a waste of the short amount of time of the movie. The story was boring, slow, and had no respect for the fan base who grew up on the comic books and the Saturday cartoons from years ago- Actually it had no respect for someone who walked in off the street with nine dollars to pay for a movie. It seemed that the actors who had grown "to big for their britches" and wouldn't be involved with the movie anymore decided to hold the writers at gun-point if they didn't get rid of their character in some form or fashion. Even the action in the movie (which all five minutes of actual action made it into the trailers) was mediocre at best. If I wanted to watch a drama I would have bought a ticket for a Lindsay Lohan movie. We wanted to see characters that we have grown to know and love in an action movie where good wins over evil. I'm still waiting for that movie. I have loved X-Men since I was a child, I think I would rather watch "The Hulk" again than watch this disappointment another time. Thanks for letting us down Marvel.... and "Rush Hour" director guy, go play in traffic.