Good movie, it just doesn't seem to work...

Rating: 4/10 (1 June 2006)

I saw this movie a day after it came out in France and I was stunned. The action was great, the plot was obvious though interesting none the less. Yet two days later it was already out of my head for the most part. After LOTR ROTK I was thinking for days about the movie; but after this I talked about it for 15 minutes after and then I was pretty much done. All things considered the script I find is a bit our of character. It just seems that it could have gone differently (maybe it was just because the professor died).
In a movie I often look at how the soundtrack, the acting, the script etc etc... work together to make a lasting impression. It is usually these movies that are nominated for best picture. Otherwise a movie just disappears into a Minor category such as "Special Effects" (Rather like Kackson's "King Kong". I feel this movie could have done better. The fact is the good actors have roles hat don't feel to influential to the plot such as Pyro, Rogue. They kill Prof. X to early and I think he is the best actor in the series after Magneto. Maybe this movie lacked character depth. I find storm or Wolverine could have been much more developed as they are the main protagonists after the Prof dies.
This movie is worth seeing but I deer will not cause a big as a buzz as some people would have hoped.