Good for the average viewer, crap for a comic book fan

Rating: 6/10 (29 May 2006)

First off, I just want to say that as a movie, it was good if it were something dreamed up out of the blue. Unfortunately, its based on a comic book series that the writers apparently didn't care to take the time to read, proof that Cliff's Notes don't work for everything. Comic fans are the target base for XMen and the writers missed the mark! SPOILER WARNING! Rogue's character was developed and spun throughout each of the previous films and then her character was dumped. She had maybe 10 lines. I had expected that she would have turned around at some point and realized that she was given a gift that had unfortunate prices, but she gave up. The writers totally missed the point of Rogue's character, that one must persevere through adversity, not just give up to make things easier. They really missed a chance to shine and give a moral to the story.
Juggernaut was practically a bit part. I was incredibly excited to find out that Juggernaut was in this movie only to discover that they had completely whitewashed the character. I can forgive them for turning him into a mutant for time's sake and for not putting in the link between he and Xavier but they completely changed his abilities! He's supposed to be invincible (super strength, impervious, immune to pretty much everything) but these idiots turned him into a glorified battering ram with a couple great lines. I agree that a battle between he and Colussus could have been the best fight sequence in the film and the writers missed this opportunity as well. Immense disappointment!
Some people had problems with certain previously lead characters dying but I was OK with it. It added a little shock and awe to the story and I respect that but the above flaws in the story ruined it for comic book fans.