so much unfulfilled potential

Rating: 5/10 (26 May 2006)

I have been an X-men fan all my life. Ever since i saw the first teaser online i have been dying for this to come out. me and a group of my friends went to the midnight showing and i was so excited to see, what i thought, was going to be an X-men movie done the right way. but of course i was wrong. this movie was really short and the story line suffered because of it. there was so much more they could've done with the characters. i am glad they finally included juggernaut and colossus, but for the xmen to have made a final stand i wouldve expected more then just 6, and i also would have expected them to have Cyclops (actually I'm just mad he was killed off so quickly) and Rogue and Nightcrawler. where was angel in the final fight scene? i mean seriously, hes a powerful mutant who shows up at the mansion right before the final battle and he only saves his dad and doesn't fight. i can say that i am really glad they went with the dark pheonix aspect of jean grey's powers. that was what they shouldve done. i was also impressed with beast, and i don't think that there could've been a better actor to play the role. another scene in this movie that i was really looking forward to was the fight between iceman and pyro. ya i guess it was cool, but there just wasn't much to it, another disappointing aspect. overall i wasn't happy, as I'm sure you can tell, i know they say that this was the last xmen, but I'm sure there's gonna be more and I'm sure ill go see every one.