X-Men III: Zero emotional development for any characters
Ok, I'll cut to the chase with this one quick: This film plain sucked!!
It was awful. I prefered the movie The Hulk to this one! At least in that one, they seemed to care about the rocks and cars that they destroyed. Yuppers, they missed the boat on this one. No emotional development for any of the characters. I am so disapointed.
For comic fans – Phoenix and the Phoenix saga isn’t just any story. It’s one of THE Marvel stories. To cover that story plus, the mutants vs government, plus deaths of 3-4 main guys (okay it's the Marvel universe, they may not be really dead!) in the same film is ludicrous. They grazed on so many great storylines and never delivered. If you are a comic fan and know some of the stories, you won't be a happy camper. Too many things were off with this film. The treatment of Wolverine… Bleh! Comedic role at the best. Beast? Looks great but never takes off. Cyclops… don't get me started… anticlymactic like no other. Storm? Halle Berry wanted a speaking part, she got one but did very little when it was all said and done. Magneto and Xavier are played woderfully but again… if you think of what they are involved in… story-arc wise. Underdeveloped and flat when they could have been soo much more.
I won't go on, you get the picture. Maybe folks who don't read or haven't read the main marvel storylines will be wowed by the FX and cool new characters - even there I doubt it. This series needs a break and then make a spin-off film with Wolverine to kick-start the franchise again.
My rating: a sad 4 mutants out of 10
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