Not up to 1 or 2 regardless of fabulous visuals.

Rating: Null/10 (25 June 2007)

I would have been more generous with the rating, but for this entry being much lesser one than the first or second. I suspect some of the problem is that the director of one and two passed on three to do the Superman Returns movie. I think that was a mistake, for the X-Men have much more interesting characters than the Superman series, since the Superman producers have not seen fit to bring in the other great villains, like Brainiac, and left things be with only Lex Luthor. At any rate, this version of X-men I found to be quite entertaining as far as the basic plot and the visuals were concerned, but I didn't feel that the newer X-men were as strongly developed as they should have been. Especially since they saw fit to kill off Cyclops early on, what was that about? Did the actor want out of the series? Some of the most painful moments came due to really silly adolescent dialog, like the President saying, Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. That was just a stupid use of a trite, outdated stereotype. And the President, what a geezer! Tha last time the US really had a president like that was before FDR, even Reagan appeared and behaved more youthful. Also, I am really tired of Magneto's megalomania, as if his wartime experience should excuse him. The best thing in this whole outing was seeing him reduced to mere mortal status. It should have been left that way with him playing chess with all the other retirees, and maybe making some human friends, and learning how to get over his hatred. Come on, don't let this series slip into the Superman-style dead end of one villain.