An average movie

To start with, I never thought that the first installments were that amazing. I mean, I thought they were pretty decent but just like the 'Spider-Man' flicks which tend to be overrated as well in my opinion, I don't think those 'X-Men' flicks were that great, especially if you compare them to the Batman trilogy by Christopher Nolan. So, when this 3rd installment was released, there was a big fuss about it because it was unworthy of the previous movies. Well, I don't agree. Sure, it was a slight step back compared to the previous sequel but it was about the same level in my opinion. I mean, the action scenes were descent, there were some pretty cool mutants (the best addition was probably Ben Foster as Angel) and the plot was entertaining enough. The main issue with this franchise is that they got stuck with the same plot line from the start (the mutants are not welcome) and every installment was about this subject (even the reboot 'X-Men: First Class'). It would be interesting if they could manage to do something really different with those characters. Another issue with this movie is that, just like the first installment, the running time (around 100 mins) was just way too short to properly developed the plot or the characters. Anyway, for a Brett Ratner feature, I thought it was decent but you wonder what Bryan Singer or Matthew Vaughn (who both backed out from the project) could have done with this material. Eventually, Vaughn would direct the following installment/reboot with much more critical praise so he apparently did the right thing back then. To conclude, even though it is nothing really amazing, I think it is actually a decent blockbuster and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10