X-Men 3

I enjoyed the movie in terms of action and junk. Having not read any of the comics aside from an X-Men/Teen Titans crossover, I don't have much of a "i hope they stayed true to the comics" mentality. I did watch the cartoon in the past but can't remember any specifics.

Mainly the usage of some characters irritated me...mostly because mutants were underused. Kind of miffed that a bunch of mutants popped up only to be killed (like when three certain mutants just get disintegrated like no one's business at the end).

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I thought Angel was gonna play some super huge part in the movie with the way he was publicized by some of those crappy entertainment shows (as if they should really be listened to). He sparked some important things, the reason for making the cure and I suppose the idea to keep the school open, but didn't do much of anything otherwise. I was kind of expecting him to fight along side the X-Men. Not that big of a deal, I guess. By the same token, I was sad that Colossus didn't do much except throw Wolverine around.

Cyclops goes really early...especially for someone that I've always perceived as a huge part of the whole Phoenix thing in the first place. I started chuckling because the scene where Jean is seducing Wolverine reminded me of Famke playing Xenia Onatopp.

There was the Iceman/Rogue/Kitty love triangle...despite the fact that one side of the triangle was practically missing the entire time. I know Rogue had the whole first movie to play a key part, but she did little to nothing in this movie and she was always my favorite character from the cartoon. I've got nothing against Shadowcat/Kitty Pryde (I was getting really annoyed with some people sitting behind me who kept saying shit like "she looks like she's 10!"), she had that cute comeback against da Jugganaut, bitch. But it just seemed like she completely replaced Rogue which annoyed me. Then again, Rogue seems kind of useless without the powers she got from Ms. Marvel, and with what happened to her at the end...well at least it doesn't seem to be permanent.

I was kind of surprised with Xavier. Just the way he talked to Wolverine rather venomously at points shocked me since I never really knew an incarnation of Xavier that was ...well...mean. Not that it really bothered me, just something that stuck with me when I saw it because I didn't expect it.

I felt sad for Magneto at the end. Just because he looked so sad. I was surprised that he just abandoned Mystique like that. After the way they worked together in the other two movies, I would think he'd at least...I dunno...give her some clothes or something.

Action-wise, I've got nothing to really complain about, other than I wished I could've seen more of the other mutants like Psylocke, or seen some of my favorites used more. I saw Jubilee's name in the credits and didn't even remember seeing her in the movie. After seeing Ellen Page as Kitty Pryde, I can't really imagine Maggie Grace in that role at all. I remember when they wanted her to play Kitty back when she was finishing up on Lost. Beast was too great, loved him. I enjoy how his hair seems to defy gravity, hehe. Juggernaut said THE line but the voice wasn't working for me, only because I was so used to the dub voice and the cartoon voice to an extent.

It just wasn't really satisfying character wise. Story was cool, though, with idea of the cure. They certainly left it open enough for another movie with the effects of the cure at the end and the scene after the credits. Local radio DJs kept saying to stay after the credits every chance they got, heh. And now I go to talk to my comic-obsessed buddy to see how much he hated it. I already got a message from him complaining about the portrayal of Phoenix :x

Jam it back in, in the dark.