The credits say it all!

Rating: 3/10 (30 May 2006)

All you have to do to understand where this film went wrong is look at the credits listed on this website. There are no credits for the WRITER. That says it all. Possibly, the studio did not seem to feel a writer was important enough to list, or the writer, after seeing the horror that they made of what might have originally been a decent script, refused to be listed. Most apparently, she/he was absent! Therefore, so was not any logic, tension, creativity, reason, continuity or substance in this story. All that money . . . so little value.
I've never read any of the comics, but thoroughly enjoyed the first two films, and hope they will hire real writers who have read the comics for the next one (which they certainly left openings for). This film was "assembled" by immature children, none of whom knew how to tell a real story of substance, or who understand writing at all. Why? How can Hollywood spend this much money to tell a story, without the strong input of a real storyteller. It is astounding! There is no foundation. And even I know that some of the decisions made in telling these people's stories COULD NOT follow any character or series logic because it is too far from the original basis of the first film. It was idiotic beyond reason. All you have to do to know that is to watch the absurdity of the manner in which Magnetos group travels, with dozens of viable transportation options all around. I won't say more, but it was clearly the work of a simple mind, designed for other simple minds. For those of us who are not simpletons, its insulting.
This studio could have funded 100 independent filmmakers with the money they spent on this one huge mess, and supported the art of film, and not abused such fine actors. We viewers need to insist upon it, unless we like this.
Hollywood should be ashamed of what it does for greed. Quality has left the back lot it appears, too often.