I saw X-Men: The Last Stand today.

Of the three X-Films, I like this one the most.

I feel this way because there was some emotion at play in this film that didn't rely on that piece of wood James Mardsen.

Characters died!!!

Others lost their Mutant Abilities (and one by choice).

Having given up on continuity (actual comics story lines versus film versions) from the second film I was able to go for the ride. Eventhough the Phoenix Saga is one of the best comic book tales ever told having had high hopes on the second film and realizing that the Ratner was involved in this one I really was able to just watch this film. That was something I couldn't do on the second one.

That is not to say that X-Men & X-Men United (Shitty title BTW!) are bad films. They are just ok films that are overpraised. When I saw X-Men I was so thrilled that Logan wasn't a completely water-downed version of the comic that I thought the film was fantastic. But upon multiple viewings I saw that the Emperor had no clothes. The story was weak (albeit better than the second film's) the acting was wooden (from everybody except Jackman, McKellan, and [wtf!] Romijn) and the complete transformation of the comic book characters into film characters didn't translate as well as Logan did (Rouge, I'm looking at you).

Now when I saw X2, I still had high hopes because everyone was praising this film as the second coming. Yet, I sill had my reservations. You see, I saw this film after Spiderman which I hated. I couldn't believe that Spiderman was supposed to be the best thing ever when it was a life-less piece of studio fluff. (Spiderman 2 was the film Spiderman should have been). And though I did fully enjoy this film it wasn't as bad as Spiderman.

Well, I'm tired of typing.

I did enjoy the third X-Men film the most of the three.

Is it a perfect film?

No, not really.

But it was the first one to embrace what it was supposed to be;

a mindless summer blockbuster.