Lame, as expected without Singer...or an idea for a story

Rating: 2/10 (29 May 2006)

After reading so many reviews of this obviously written by kids who just haven't had time to develop any real critical faculties yet, I feel very sad. So much enthusiasm for this disorganized mess depresses me, because it means the Brett Ratners of the cinema world are winning the war. It's criminal that this talentless hack was allowed to destroy what was a pretty elegant series of films.
Listen, adults: this movie isn't competent to lick the boots of either of the previous X-Men films. There is more of everything you go to movies for in the first five minutes of X2 that in the entirety of this inept pile of missed opportunities.
That said, this is not the worst movie I've seen this year, but it's certainly the most disappointing. There is so little substance to the script that even Sir Ian, probably the finest, most mesmerizing actor alive today - a man who can damn near stop time with a single glance - can't hold his character together. Imagine what a pickle the lesser mortals are in here.
Considering the remarkable quality of the first two X-Men films, this big, loud Bruckheimer-esq movie is a crying shame, but hardly an unexpected one. One hopes Bryan Singer's new Superman film is good enough that we will be compelled to forgive him for abandoning what was looking like the best series of the current comic book/superhero era.
I started glancing at my watch after only 15 minutes. Don't bother with this.