A Good Movie, But A Poor Ending To A Great Trilogy

Rating: 6/10 (27 May 2006)

X-Men: The Last Stand The movie itself is good and entertaining and if it had been the only one of the three made it would've been even more enjoyable. But because X2: X-Men United ended with such a promising lead off to the third my expectations were higher. Brett Ratner did a good job directing. He has a different style than Singer, but still did a good job. I prefer Singer as a director but not to take anything away from Ratner he did alright. My main beef with the film is the script. The script was just mediocre. It was like it was made for a TV series finale. The effects were good, but not great. The story line itself had such promise too but they didn't capitalize completely on it. There is a lack of character development which makes the movie at times feel rushed and there are also some points in the story that are shown but are not addressed later on (for those who have seen it, I'm referring to Cyclops). The movie was good but not great by any means. I did enjoy it even though they got some of the characters wrong and didn't use its previous movie as a supportive backdrop. See it for yourself. Make your own judgement. It's disappointing for the end of a trilogy but still enjoyable and a good movie. For those who haven't seen it, stick around after the credits for a quick scene that made me enjoy it a bit more.