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Rating: 9/10 (7 July 2006)

I think this movie was the BEST installment in the X-men series. It's definitely worthwhile to go watch this movie.
SPOILERS!!!!! I was very mad that Scott died the first 30 minutes of the movie. He and Jean were in the spotlight during the Phoenix Saga in the comics and they turned it into a Jean/Logan movie. I was very disappointed that a such a great love-story was changed so drastically. It might be good to watch for Jean/Logan fans but sad for us Jean/Scott fans. Although I understand that James Marsden couldn't do the entire film because he was also filming Superman Returns at the same time.
I loved how they portrayed Beast. They certainly stuck with the comics with him. Beast was smart and witty and had a great sense of humor. Praise Beast! Rogue was too over-dramatic. I never thought she would give up her powers to be 'cured' in the comics but she did. I think she did that because of seeing Bobby with Kitty, I think that brought her back to reality. Rogue 'cured' herself as insurance, now she can touch her next boy friend and leave Bobby in the dust but I don't that will happen since after the ending it is shown that the 'cure' is only temporary. It seems as though it only surpresses the X-gene.
Kitty. I hated how she was portrayed and I hated her lines and I hated how she was acted. In the comics Kitty is kind of an annoying little sister to the rest of the X-men but here she was too grown up. She was too serious to be Kitty Pryde. I understand that directors have to change a couple of things to make a full length film but Kitty was changed TOO much.
I liked Warren. He was timid like most people when they discover a drastic change in themselves. And I was glad he didn't take the cure. He accepted that he was different than other people and just because is father had the money, he didn't have to change the way he was.
Phoenix was AMAZING! I noticed that Famke didn't have too many lines towards the end but her effect were awesome. She totally reminded me of Phoenix in the comics. I also liked how they copied the Phoenix Saga by having her return to her home. Those scenes were very cool and very breath-taking.
The effects overall were amazing I only saw one flaw when Angel (Warren Worthington III) was flying after he jumped thru the window in his father's lab.
Overall I give this movie a 9/10 because, although many things were changed, in a unbiased X-men fan opinion this was a great film. IT had lots of different aspects of it and it handles many things at once and done very nicely. The movie had a timeless message: You shouldn't change who you are just to fit in.