As a lad back in my school daze, my required comic book reading list was:

X-Men
Punisher
Ghost Rider
Spider Man

As you can see, the X-men were at the top of the list. So it should be no surprise that I was stoked to see the X-men movies. I loved the first two movies, with only three minor criticisms:

First, why the hell does Storm just stand around, and occasionaly make some fog? This isn't such a problem, since as I have always said, I would pay just to watch Halle Berry paint her kitchen, but as an original member, she should have had a more active role.

Second, Where is Kitty Pride?

Third, couldn't they have picked out some better villans? (I mean, TOAD fer crissakes?)

All three of these issues are resolved in X-men 3, where Smoking-Hot Storm finally opens a can of whoop-ass, Kitty Pride not only shows up, but takes on Juggernaut by herself, and...well... OK, only two of the three are resolved. I mean Juggernaut is no better a villan than Toad, but then again, Spider Man always got the best villans. On second thought, Dark Phoenix is about 'off the charts' as your villans get, I mean we're talking Beyonder/Galacticus territory here, so I guess it ain't that bad.

I'm glad for all the lukewarm reviews concerning X-Men: The Last Stand, because it lowered my expectations about the movie, and trust me, they were in serious need of some lowering. Anyway, I find that the reviewers who did not like the movie always compare it to the first two. (Hmm, looks like I just did it myself) If the director changes, then I think the work should be judged on its own. No, maybe X3 isn't as good as the first two, but it was still a great movie. Try to balance a movie with that many characters in it, working in character/relationship development, plot and subthemes, and action action action? Brett Ratner did, and made an awesome installment of the series, which I hope will continue.

I see I am not the only one who enjoyed it, Trees gave her review of X-Men 3 here.

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-CZ

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