They Killed the X-Men Franchise!

Rating: 1/10 (26 May 2006)

This was by far the worst movie all summer. It is proof that a trailer can make a movie better then it really is. I thought for sure you could not ruin the X-Men franchise, but leave it to Brett Raitner to do it! I was willing to give this guy a chance after I saw the trailer, but it was a big disappointment. All I can say is wait for Superman since the guy who did it right (Brian Singer) is doing it. The thing that gets me the most is why do people in Hollywood feel they need to screw with story lines of comics? They are popular for a reason! Bryan Singer and Sam Rami knew that and that's why their movies are successful, because they know if its not broke don't fix it. I don't mind little plot changes like spider-man's web shooters or some tweaks to the origins of the X-Men if it serves the purpose of the overall story. But X-Men 3 did not do that. Instead it looks as if Raitner wanted his own stable of X-Men and killed off all the ones Singer established in the first two movies. The plot was very weak and the characters were all watered down. Wolverine looked like a bitch. Magneto came off as moron. Rouge, well, was she even in the movie? Cyclops went out like a chump! And how are you going to kill off Professor X? So if you're a fan of the comic save your money and if you were unfortunate enough to see it, do what I did, pretend it never existed. It worked for Superman 3 and 4.