ticktockman

X3 thoughts, mostly spoiler free

X3 is a difficult film to appraise. I enjoyed it, didn't feel like I wasted my money seeing it on a Monday night, so in that respect it works. If it had a somewhat better script (tough to ask for given the genre) or, better yet, a good director (Joss W. or Bryan Singer, preferably), I'd be in love with it.

Through all the movies, only Stewart and McKellan ever seemed to really care about their characters -- a testament to their acting chops. Both are great, as always. Jackman was good as Wolverine, but that's a role I think he was born to play. Janssen was alright as Jean Grey, but was lacking the spark that good direction would have given her. As some very key scenes are entirely hers, the lack of that good direction hits the film hard.

Angel? Why bother having him in the movie at all. Juggs got a little time, but not much. Kitty Pryde and Beast were better used. There were some surprises, enough to make a 4th film seem unlikely. The bit after the credits was kinda cool, not expected (tho' in retrospect I should have seen it coming). There were enough nice touches and decent effects to keep the film alive; one of my friends even preferred it to the first two. In any case, it was worth seeing, and not a terrible note on which to end the franchise, if they so choose.

-TTm