Movie Review: X-Men 3 The Last Stand

I saw "X-Men: The Last Stand" yesterday and was generally pleased with the movie.  The plot timed well with a proper balance of action and character development.  Having been a comic book aficionado with the X-Men series being my all time favorite, I enjoyed seeing more of what I call the"Original" characters such as Angel and Iceman, though I am a little miffed at the creative license taken by the movie in that they didn't follow the story line a little more closely.  The Angel and Iceman characters, which appeared in the first issue in 1963 are placed below those of Wolverine and Storm, which appeared in later issues.  True, the movies focused on the most popular characters and the actors who played them, but I feel the story-line could have been woven a bit better.  Also missing were story-line tie-ins, such as Juggernaut being Professor Xavier's half brother.  The movie also went out of bounds on some of the character development, making it hard to coexist with the currently running comic story line.

If you go see this movie, stay till the end of the credits, or you'll miss an important end scene.