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X-Men III is a good yet disappointing film. Where I think it is flawed is that is a film with a massive ensemble cast with an overloaded mixed set of different stories involved with all of the superheros which is where Spider-Man 3 flawed. Don't get me wrong it's a good film but I personally believe that it is lacking the meaning of the title of the film. The very ending doesn't really make it a "last stand" at all just like I don't think the Alkatraz battle doesn't really either. It was an interesting conclusion but wasn't mixed well with the title of the film. I think the main thing I liked about X-Men: The Last Stand was seeing characters with different kinds of powers.
Hugh Jackman is brilliant as Logan/Wolverine once again. Jackman really does portray Logan/Wolverine on the very deadly, violent and aggressive side but we also see the sensitive and emotional side to him especially when Jean is involved. Halle Berry was good as Storm again but I would like to hear a story about Storm's personal life. We did hear her real name "Ororo" which was stated by Hank McCoy/Beast. I always knew that Ian McKellen was the best actor within the X-Men films. I think this because he provides Magneto's personality with such force that becomes very dominant, quite stubborn who is to never give up and also what he acts like around people within the film. I think Ian McKellen is the only actor who I could have pictured playing Magneto. Patrick Stewart collides with Ian McKellen almost perfectly as Magneto's once friend but now enemy and founder of Mutant School Charles Xavier. Stewart's acting was very powerful with a very dominant personality but it is for the greater good unlike Magneto who only thinks about himself. Famke Janssen's return was really good but I think it wasn't really thought clearly enough because it would have been a major shock if it was a twist that she returned unexpectedly despite the film having being made and the film out in the cinema without her name in the opening credits. Phoenix is a very powerful mutant but like in the previous two films, there was lacking of what Jean's deep inner power really was. There were a few twists and turns that occurred within the film that Jean was involved in but her return was something that everybody knew which is where I was quite disappointed. I liked new characters Beast, Angel, Shadowcat, Juggernaut who were played by Kelsey Grammar, Ben Foster, Ellen Page and Vinnie Jones.
I am actually glad Bryan Singer didn't direct this one because he might have overloaded this one even more than it already was. For example, Sam Raimi directed Spider-Man 3 but that flawed because he tried to hard on it to impress audiences which is something I think Bryan Singer would have ended up doing. Brett Ratner who directed the third film actually did a good job. The script was slightly flat at times where I think that some scenes were a bit too short but it was an enjoyable.
X-Men III: The Last Stand is almost the same thing as Spider-Man 3: an enjoyable mess. I enjoyed Spider-Man 3 more because it was more interesting and was more believable than this one. It is a bit of a disappointment but I was more disappointed with Superman Returns. It is the worst of the trilogy but I really hope that X-Men Origins: Wolverine won't be worse than it despite all the negative reviews and comments I've heard and read about it.
6/10
