I love seeing Kate Beckinsale in tight leather as much as the next man, but this one gives us Kate Beckinsale OUT of the leather. This is the sole reason I give the film the rating I have.
Ultradumb. Wimmer got it right with Equilibrium. This one was just too much, and the whole "comicbook" thing was just lame. So much potential. Abandons subtlety in favour of rampant grandstanding and nonsensical stylisation. Still, Milla is hotter here than anything she's done beforehand. Pity the supporting cast is lamer than a cripple at a quadraplegic disco.
Heaps of pulpy fun! Giant robots, snappy dialogue, and a fully realised universe. The world needs more films like this. And Angelina Jolie is always pleasurable.
As a fan, this was a very enjoyable foray into the continuing evolution of the X-Universe. The leads are excellent but why weren't we given some insight into the lives of the new X-Men, Shadowcat and Colossus? X3 rollicks along on spectacle and affecting events, but we needed more time with the mutants of the title. Could have been 20-30 minutes longer. Ratner was not the death knell for X-Men the internet-geek camp thinks he was. A fun, but flawed outing that feels like a prologue and epilogue and deserved more flesh on the bones.