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Posted on May 28, 2006 | Filed Under Celluloid, Depth Charges

Extended and amended for your reading pleasure.

Saw X-Men 3 today. I just have one thing to say about it; they should have quit while they were ahead.

If anyone even remotely reads this blog by all means, start a discussion about it, but it was terrible. So awful, it put me in a bad mood.

Before I launch into my reasons for detesting this movie, let me offer a few disclaimers. If at any time you either disagree or do not understand these disclaimers it’s best you skip the whole thing, go plop down your money for a ticket and make up your own mind. Come to think of it you should do that anyway, make up your own mind, but please, please, do not pay money to see this movie. At best get a friend who is a nutcase to buy it when it comes out on DVD that way you can watch it for free and only waste valuable time as opposed to hard earned cold cash.

I am neither a purest, or an elitist, when it comes to comic book movies. That said, I was a HUGE fan of the X-men from about 1977 to 1990 or 91. Everything that came after has been utter tripe in my opinion. Not to say that they haven’t had a few good stories peppered here and there but in general what they have done to the ‘mythology’ of the X-men is heinous at best and excrement at worst. I enjoyed the film adaptations of Spiderman and Burton’s Batman (except the last two.) I even appreciate Ang Lee’s Hulk despite everyone else hating it. I enjoyed (note: didn’t love) the first two X-men films and I’m a rabid fan of both the Crow (number one only) and Batman Begins.

Expanding on the first two XMen films. I watched them again before seeing X3 just to get myself pumped (I was really looking forward to seeing the Dark Phoenix saga from yesteryear come to life on the screen.) I noticed that I wasn’t as thrilled about them after seeing them again. They were no longer great movies, they were just okay/good movies. I enjoyed them but I realized watching them back to back that they weren’t really as good a representation as I’d noted on first seeing them. Take it for what you will.

Now you have some foundation on which to weigh your ’stake’ in this ‘review.’ MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!! Read more