Starring: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Halle Berry, Kelsey Grammer, Rebecca Romjin, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Vinnie Jones, Ben Foster, Dania Ramirez
Distributed By: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: May 2006
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I'm so torn over this third instalment of the X-Men franchise.
The X-Men have always been my favourite team and I'm a big fan of the comic book series and whilst killing off characters is fairly commonplace in the comics, especially knowing that most will return, it feels really final in this movie and is still shocking! I do like the teaser after the credits that lends hope for one of them but in some ways this movie feels rushed.
There are a lot of characters here and most don't get a chance for their full potential to be realised but having said that the cast are all extremely good.
James Marsden does a wonderful job conveying Cyclops' grief although I feel he is greatly underused. Kelsey Grammer is perfect as Hank and his action scenes are great fun. I also really like Vinny Jones as Juggernaut, Daniel Cudmore as Collossus and Ellen Page as Kitty. Dania Ramirez as Callisto also does well against Halle Berry's Storm and both have some great action scenes.
I'm completely biased when it comes to Wolverine and Jean as they are my favourite characters and both Hugh Jackman and Famke Janssen bring passion and great emotion to their scenes and Ian McKellen ups his game as Magneto and nearly steals this film with many moments of his to enjoy, notably him turning away from Raven and leading the Brotherhood of Mutants. The scenes on the Golden Gate Bridge are also very impressive.
Overall this is an enjoyable movie and I have such love for the characters that this cast portrays that I will always look upon it as a good ending to a wonderful trilogy.
~~Nikki~~
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