interesting idea, hampered by poor dialogue

Rating: 7/10 (3 June 2006)

I know there's 1200+ other comments probably saying the same thing. Some of the in a much more coherent intelligent way...but still wanted to add my 2 cents....
I haven't read the comics so I can't comment on the deviations from those.
However, just from the experience of watching the other two films, I was disappointed.
The dialogue was painfully cliché and cheesy. (Does every tense standoff with a female mutant have to end with the sneer "bitch"? Does every momentous death of a loved one have to end with sinking to your knees and screaming "NOOOOOOOO" into the heavens?) How trite is the "no fury like a woman scorned" line? (or even including that scene brining Mystique down to nothing but petty revenge).
So many new mutants barely referred to - would have been nice to see some of them fleshed out since this is supposed to be an ensemble cast (esp. as you keep killing off the main ones). All the "bad" mutants had to be all gothed out with dark hair, tattoos and black clothes as de rigeur for membership? (Why didn't they just dress the "good" mutants in white for a complete lack of subtlety?)
Small details/consistency issues seem to have been overlooked as they did there "oh look what we can do with Special FX. For one example: While uprooting the GG Bridge was kind of cool, how did it suddenly turn into night? And if all the people fled their cars (exc. the family stuck in their gasguzzling SUV) why were all the cars headlights on at the end?
Some of the fights were interesting (Fire v. Ice) but as others have said the different mutant powers could have been used in an interesting way for a more interesting fight (at least while dodging the un-mutating bullet).
I still think it was worth watching. There were some good moments:
The deaths of major characters was sad, but it was also nice to see a film not afraid to kill major characters.... and it IS the last film. And to think about Magneto having to struggle through life as a non-mutant is interesting.
As always Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan were superb and I would watch any film just for them. Hugh Jackman was good, but I didn't feel his character was as central or was expanded on in any way like the first two films.
The general idea of the "cure" which some mutants might actually want, but more would find offensive since it implies there is something wrong with them was interesting. And it was obvioius that this was (as many scientific advances) going to be turned into a weapon by the government.
Since the mutant issue has often stood in as a metaphor for gayness (or other things that are considered "deviant" by some in our society) - it is hard to support the idea of the "cure" because we are supposed to agree that it is not a sickness that needs a cure. On the other hand I think they did a good job of showing why some, like Rogue would want to give up such amazing powers (you could empathize what it would be like to never touch a loved one).
So worth watching, but kind of a sad conclusion to a good series.