X-Men - The Movie 3 (X3): The Last Stand (1 Disc)

This was never going to be in the same league as the first two, and despite a hack director and too many new characters it's still good fun and watchable. I always felt as if the first two films treated the subject matter with undeserved respect, but this third installment is perfectly happy to just get on with the action. No real stand-out scenes as such, but the effects are fine.

I agree with alot of the previous reviews too many new characters, main characters killed off meaninglessly, it lacks depth and feals hollow the plot had potential but went no where and the new director should have some of the blame for this, a big disappointment compared to the first 2 brilliant films.

the film kinda sucked hard to say the least, as a film its ok, but then it would have nothing to stand on, terrible way to leave the film, the characters bios were not true, i always thought ian as magneto was wrong, he does the intelligent thing well, but read the comics he a muscly character and they often get him naked with a shadow covering his thang, but it was like hold up shouldnt pof x and juggernaught know each other ther're half brothers for crying out loud they made up charecters and then thought oh we better name them and gave them names from the comics, terrible casting knowone looked like there counter-parts, the original casting was fine and always has been. i didnt enjoy the first untill i watches it a 2nd time and love the 2nd but this is awefull, no wonder theyve become struggling actors since.

This film has the usual things you expect from an X-Men film. Cool powers. Great action and fight sequences. Drama. But leaves you feeling as if there should be more at the end, or another film after. Characters disappear from the story fairly quickly and new ones aren't really developed. A good film, but could have done more :/

This film is bad, it had alot to live up to seeing as numbers 1 and 2 were so great. But thats no excuse for the diabolical storyline.
Avoid this one.

Too many characters not fully developed, weak storyline. Unstatisfying conclusion.

Well there is no question of a forth movie in this series as 3 of the main characters die and Magneto loses his powers (Or so it seems). Overall the movie didnt deliever in ending the trilogy in what was an average series. They didnt take full advantage of the characters such as Angel who only appears in brief scenes throughout the film and i was again angered that popular mutants from the comic books was left out. Overall dissapointing.

In my opinion this is by far the best out of all the X-men films. There is definately more action, plus we see more of the X-mens powers, which i believe there has been a lack of in previous films. I asure you that you can expect to feel the suspense, the intenseness of the film and the euphoria. I urge one and all to watch this film, this is one not to be missed.

This film was generally well received at the time of its release and was given all-round 'good' scores.

However, I feel that it is the best film in the trilogy. It has the same style as the original and its sequel, with the only real change in staff being the director.

Having Ratner at the helm has made the action scenes more enjoyable and better constructed. His knowlege of the logistics of action does seem to exceed Singer's, despite what loyalists may claim.

THere are some great moments in the movie, those that will profoundly effect fans of the comics and films, including some shocking deaths and a final, moving, pay-off thats been brewing since about 20minutes into X-Men.

All the reviews are mixed on here, but that means only 1 thing, its a multi-layed movie that deserves your own opinion, and for a Lady Gudiver, you can't turn your nose up really.

When Bryan Singer left the franchise, X-Men was still healthy, unfettered by too many characters fighting for screen time with a backbone of well developed mainstays and action that always surpassed it's quota.

Appreciation of the delicate balance between character development and spectacle is not however a strength that Brett Ratner brings with him as director, and unfortunately a lot of the sound foundations Singer built are swept away in some blasphemous attempts to make way for less character growth and more gratuitous cgi.

The meagre developments in character seem out of place or just plain bad taste and the slew of new faces clogging up the screen does little to alleviate matters wasting McKellans thespian gravitas and overusing Jackmans feral Wolverine to the point of tedium.

Beisdes these obvious flaws , X3 meets the standard action requirements, and while delivering some outstanding set pieces, never really surpasses them.

With an ambiguous, disaffecting finale, X-Men ends uncomfortably and could well see more screen time, the question being will it come draped in redemption, or flogging a dead horse.