Not a real X-Men movie.

Rating: 4/10 (19 April 2011)

The movie entertained me but I have to try and disassociate it from X-Men because frankly they changed too much. I know movies have to change some things. But in this they changed too much, often to an unnecessary degree.
The Phoenix - wasn't the Phoenix. Not even close. She was more like Scarlet Witch. Her powers were nothing like the Phoenix's. It's also a letdown given in X2 they tease us with the full Fire Bird image in the water.
Rogue, a great character, was rendered fully and completely useless. It's bad enough the SERIOUSLY nerfed her abilities down in the first and second movies but in this one she's was entirely worthless.
What the fluff was with Callisto? Why change her entirely? Her attitude, her powers, her role it seemed, her very reason for existing in the X-Men mythos was erased and replaced with this retarded amalgamation of a depowered Quicksilver and Caliban. Pathetic in every conceivable way.
They changed Pyro's ability. In previous movies and all of the mythos his ability is "control" of fire not generation but he is able to "expand" small fire into larger amounts to an extent. Yet in this movie he seems to have an infinite supply of fuel for his lighter seemingly hidden on his body. Yet, in multiple scenes we also see him generating fire without the lighter. No need for the change, and silly.
Storm getting beat him by this wacky and crap Callisto? Really? Storm, one of the more powerful mutants up there with Xavier and Magneto who can decimate towns to cities with just her mind, a woman who was revered as a Goddess was getting beat up by Callisto, who is frankly a weak and pathetic excuse and shouldn't have been able to land a single hit - why the fluff didn't Storm just swirl the wind around to slam her into a wall, a move that would guarantee work no matter how fast Callisto dashes? Seriously? Quill/Omega Kid acting like a bad-ass. Most laughable thing ever. Amongst the weakest of the mutants seen and he's acting tough? Silly, very silly.
Cyclops and Xavier are killed off which, while evil could serve the plot. The X-Men become leaderless, lost, perfect for the story of finding their feet again and overcom-- oh wait, no. None of that except for one cheesy speech and one tiny scene. So, why the feck were the killed again? Why do this if the story doesn't need it? Dick move. Very much a dick move.
Psylocke? People keep saying she was in this movie. Now Psylocke has history with X-Men, she's a psychic with telepathic ability and can form Psychic Knives that can be used for stuns or kills. Interesting, a good character for even a small role and no need of any kind to change powers so... Where the hell was she? There wasn't even the slightest hint of this character anywhere in the movie. Was it a deleted scene? Or were they, once again, changing the character and abilities when it was completely unnecessary? Is this actually an X-Men movie? Really? Juggernaut was vastly changed. His history erased. It didn't need a big thing, why not just still leave the reference there that Juggy is actually Step-Brother to Xavier? Oh, of course, because this just really isn't an X-Men movie. At this point it's better to say "inspired by the vague idea of X-Men" not "an actual X-Men movie".
Angel was useless. Good character and good opportunity to show his development from self-loathing kid into a young man acknowledging and learning to proud of his wings. He was more than just wingman, he had heightened eyesight and later develops some minor healing ability (as in, healing other people). But, no, sod that, sod the whole point of having him, let's just make him insta-snap to the pride thing all on his own because lord knows a person dealing with self-loathing for years on end is going to instantly become accepting of themselves just like that. *sigh* This wasn't an X-Men movie. It was some lame attempt to imitate a few things but by no means can it really be an X-Men movie when they mess around with almost every character for no good reason. The first two were X-Men movies. Things were changed here and there for necessity but they were mostly on track. This movie, wasn't. Entertaining as a movie but pure insult to call this an X-Men movie.
It's almost as bad as the X-Men Origins: Wolverine but not quite.