ROTTEN TOMATOES: "X-Men 3" Is Biggest Memorial Weekend Opener Ever Comments

"X-Men 3" Is Biggest Memorial Weekend Opener Ever

by Senh Duong | May 28, 2006

Summary

"X-Men: The Last Stand" grossed an estimated $107M over the Friday-Sunday weekend, becoming the biggest Memorial Weekend Opener of all time. It grossed $45.5M on Friday (one million more than what was previously reported), $32.5M on Saturday, and an estimated $29M on Sunday. Debuting in 3,690 sites, it has a three-day per theater average of $28,997. Back to Article

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ozoz writes:
on May 28 2006 02:46 PM

[b]WOW![/b]
That is very good for a movie that people thought it will only make 40-50 million in the first weekend. Take that ratner haters. This is ratner 6 film that made over 100 million. Rush Hour 3 might be his 7 film later this year.

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Silver Snake writes:
on May 28 2006 03:15 PM

In reply to this comment (#836866)
Yeah, never underestimate the power of easily entertained morons with too much money. Hope you people like your watered down, fake "X-Men". This opening should guarantee that you'll get more crap. Enjoy.

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darcko writes:
on May 28 2006 03:18 PM

In reply to this comment (#836867)
If it's more entertaining crap, then I'm game.

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ozoz writes:
on May 28 2006 03:36 PM

In reply to this comment (#836867)
If this was crap, than bring more on. Crap is fun

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Silver Snake writes:
on May 28 2006 03:42 PM

In reply to this comment (#836869)
Darn fecalpheliacs.

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curtis writes:
on May 28 2006 03:42 PM

I am so happy that this film has biggest opening ever. I bet those brett ratner haters are mad. They thought this film would only make 40 million. Look at it now. For the fanboys who thought this film was crap. If this is crap, we need more of it. Crap rocks.

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Elixir writes:
on May 28 2006 04:05 PM

crap is fun, isn't? you like it on your face? usually crap stinks after a while.

hey dont take my word for it. give this a week and this pile of crap will smell even worse.

morons.

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TheAnswerMVP2001 writes:
on May 28 2006 04:10 PM

Of course you have to take the inflation of ticket price into thought, tickets prices weren't so expensive when Jurassic Park III came out, so sure if you keep raising the ticket prices films are going to beat old records, doesn't really mean much to me, or mean a lot more people are seeing this film.

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Zen Bullet writes:
on May 28 2006 04:24 PM

I thought X-Men 1 was a bit hokey, but still fun and well-made.

X2 was great.

X3's opening weekend only serves to compliment the greatness that was X2.

Personally I thought X3 sucked and will become a permanent fixture in the land where sequels don't exist . . . along with Alien 3, 4, and AVP . . . and most of what constitutes the Star Wars prequels.

X3 had illogical character turns, bad dialogue, ho-hum action, an embarassing over-use of it's bombastic score overlaying scenes that didn't need it, bad B-style melodrama, and some of the worst camera shot compositions I've ever seen in a big-budget film(here's an intense scene . . . so let's shoot it side-view, standing height!).

But the visual effects were good though.

Funny, I used to ENJOY Ratner's films!

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curtis writes:
on May 28 2006 04:43 PM

In reply to this comment (#836872)
People said the same thing about the Da vinci code. It is still doing good. Peopel are just made because this film is doing better than singer did. Get the pole out off your ass. This was a fun film. This is what a summer blockbuster is. This film is not doing good because of X2. If he was the case than why did LOTR or Harry potter get numbers like this on a single day. Answer that FANBOYS.

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ShasR writes:
on May 28 2006 04:45 PM

[b]It has nothing to do with Ratner[/b]
People don't care who directed this film. Its the last in the much loved franchise and people want to see their favourite comic books heroes on the big screen. And also i agree with Zen Bullet, X2 was a big part in making X3 is the success it is. I would've loved for it to take the opening weekend record, but $107 mil is enof to satisfy me.

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AgeOfApathy writes:
on May 28 2006 04:54 PM

[b]Whatever[/b]
I liked this movie for what it was, a COMIC-BOOK movie. Anyone who is complaining about the cheesy dialogue (except for the ouch line 'cacoon' that Stewart just HAD to say) remember that the dialogue in comics can be easily worse (don't go bitch at me about comic-dialogue please). It was fun, the action was top-notch, the direction was a bit shaky and the acting could have been better, but seriously, it was more fun than not. The Phoenix basically made the movie for me, so be happy that now it has made enough to constitute the Wolverine origin movie. I hope they use the Origin comic story-line *fingers crossed*

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Flim Springfield writes:
on May 28 2006 05:22 PM

What will they do for the next movie's posters? Add Wolverine's other hand for the fourth claw??

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zooman writes:
on May 28 2006 05:47 PM

im a living proof, I saw X3 so eagerly because X2 blowed my mind. I wasnt a big fan of x men or of comic book hero movies, but thanks to X2, i was eager to see this even if i knew it had an inferior director. The movie s just watchable but lame, way better than fantastic four, four example, but a horrible piece in the x men trilogy...

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Ssillississ writes:
on May 28 2006 06:36 PM

In reply to this comment (#836867)
I haven't seen it yet but I plan on doing so soon, but if you are going to call this "fake crap" then you better back it up with some reasons why you think so or else you may get dubbed a troll. What, exactly, do you not like?

Did you even see it? Doubtful.

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South_park300 writes:
on May 28 2006 06:37 PM

i swear, reading some people's complaints about this film, it's as if they haven't even SEEN it.

i'm happy it's making a lot of money, and i hope it continues to do so...and yeah, of COURSE it won't make as much next weekend. movies rarely gain in the second week, no matter what it is.

whiners need to shut up and move on to movies that DESERVE whining. Fast and the Furious 3?

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ozoz writes:
on May 28 2006 06:38 PM

In reply to this comment (#836881)
Well said

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suzakucarl writes:
on May 28 2006 06:42 PM

[b]X-Men 3 ROCKS!!! The BEST!!!! The BOMB!!! The GOD![/b]
Great Job X-men 3!!!! Yay!! I knew you could do it!! You really deserve it!! CONGRATULATIONS!! Keep up the good work!! =)

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AgeOfApathy writes:
on May 28 2006 07:10 PM

In reply to this comment (#836878)
[b]I can see it now[/b]
Wolvie will be sticking it to the man and using the first hand to show all three claws, and only the middle claw from the other hand as a "f**k you we made four of 'em"

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CavA writes:
on May 28 2006 08:20 PM

You gotta admit that the dialogue in the movie was on par with medicore videogame dialogue. I really wonder if they added the music in the background using shuffle on their music player because it never seemed to mesh with what was happening visually.

Though I liked the movie... It seems that a lot of all these movie critics watch movies to get some sort of life changing message. People will convince themselves that a movie was bad just because it doesnt meet the pretentious guidlines that "make a good movie" -- people just need to sit down, let go and watch the f%cking movie

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adml_shake writes:
on May 28 2006 08:28 PM

I think WAY to many of you forgot what the hell "pop corn flick" actually is. This was a good movie pure and simple. The CGI was well done, the dialog wasn't bad at all, true it didn't have as much development of the mustants as the past movies but the movie still flowed well. I think the majority of people bitching are just doing it to bitch.

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retroxxx3 writes:
on May 28 2006 08:59 PM

In reply to this comment (#836886)
[b]Damn straight!![/b]
Well said adml_shake! I didn't watch this film expecting Oscar winning dialogue or raw character development. Just plain blockbuster fun. And you know what I had one hell of a time, better than MI3 I'll tell you.

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tricksta_feet17 writes:
on May 28 2006 08:59 PM

I agree with what Cava and adml_shake are saying. It all depends on what you're looking for in the movie. The dialogue wasn't that great, and it was a bit melodramatic at times, but it was a good popcorn flick. I do think that its source of financial success is largely because of it's two predecessors; if the first two movies had been of the same quality, the film probably wouldn't have made half as much as it has already.

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Merlin235 writes:
on May 28 2006 09:05 PM

Well, every single person I've talked to says the same thing: movie=garbage. Haven't seen it myself, but I'm not suprised that fan boys on a fan site liked it. General consensus is it blew. Oh, and to whoever brought it up, Da Vince Code dropped 56%. Not bad by any means, but Spider-man only dropped 37%.

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new12play writes:
on May 28 2006 09:34 PM

While fun, I still think M:I III had the best action piece (the bridge) I've seen in a movie in a good while, which, in turn, makes that movie my #1 popcorn flick of the summer so far. There were some really good sequences in XMen, and there were some misses (dialogue was laughable in many cases, agreeing that the cocoon explanation was absolutely comedic). I'll say it was fun, leave it at that. Now eagerly anticipating Superman and Pirates of the Caribbean.

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my nine inches writes:
on May 28 2006 10:02 PM

In reply to this comment (#836866)
[b]your wrong[/b]
ratner has only made 7 films that anyone would have heard of......money talks only made 40,922,619. red dragon made 93,149,898. and the family man only made 75,793,305. and after the sunset only made 28,331,233. so right there u see that ur wrong this would only be ratners 3rd movie surpassing 100millon rushour 3 would be his 4th

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supermanofsteel writes:
on May 28 2006 10:16 PM

Just because a movie does well in opening sales, doesn't necessarily mean the movie is good. Just means people are excited to see it.

Shawshank Redemption virtually bombed in theaters and now it's regarded to be one of the greatest movies in history.

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The Merm writes:
on May 29 2006 12:09 AM

[b]I love the x men series[/b]
dont know much about it other then occasionally watching the cartoon growing up and all that son not much of a "fan boy" liked the first two, all i am really trying to say is where was the character development or acting or anything being cohesive. and for those of you passing it off as a "block buster" you are cheapinging cinema if films should be made poorly just because they are intended for the masses then there isnt much hope. And this movie deserves whining because an element of decent film making was apparent in the first two films where as it was clearly lacking in all fast and furious films.

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The Merm writes:
on May 29 2006 12:10 AM

[b]Also[/b]
The juggernaut sucked, i want the real juggernaut. The audience exploded for the "do you know who i am" part it was triumphant and definantly worth the price of admission.

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HoneycombSAFARI writes:
on May 29 2006 12:28 AM

question: may contain spoilers.

couldn't wolverine have just stabbed jean with the cure instead of killing her? surely that would have been the logical answer.

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freekwithstile writes:
on May 29 2006 02:02 AM

In reply to this comment (#836877)
the problem with saying that it's OK for it to be cheesy because it's a "comic book movie" is that fans of comics have been, for years and years, trying to get people to see comics as a legitimate art form that is to be taken seriously. to say "oh it's OK that the dialouge sucked because it's based off a comic" pretty much says that you think comics are crap that only kids read. which we all know isn't true.

face it, the movie was horrible. i loved the first two but this one was just baaaaad.

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phranq writes:
on May 29 2006 02:13 AM

[b]TOP 6 REAL Reasons Why XMEN 3 is Kicking A$$[/b]
The TOP 6 "REAL" Reasons!!!

I just saw it. Big X Man fan... Enjoyed the movie.

HOWEVER!!!

For the simplistic comment earlier, "So all the Ratner haters can shut up, because he has proven them wrong, he did not ruin X-Men."
COME ON!!

TOP 6 Reasons XMEN 3 kicked A$$ Friday (and weekend):

6 - CURIOSITY: People want to see how the last of the 'trilogy' ends

5 - GAS PRICES! : This Memorial is shaping to be slightly lower in family travel and trips due to insane gas prices.

4 - HIPPOCRITICAL FANBOYS : WHY?! They are always aware and CONCERNED over production quality issues (this time Ratner-Gate). So first they complain all forum long at RT or AICN, THEN spend their money to see it anyway... on OPENING DAY NO LESS!!!!!!! Therefore whiny fanboys REINFORCE this to Hollywood to keep making cr&p decisions (Doom, Daredevil, AVP, etc...).

3 - COAT TAILS!! : Most people who went to see it had NO idea about the director issue... and certainly did NOT go to it because they heard it was a "Ratner" film! It was the coat tails of the hard work of MANY before... from Stewart, Singer, all the way to Stan The Man and Kirby. NOT RATNER! Word of mouth has not even had the time to start!

2 - MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND! : It was the first "real" summer movie since it opened on Memorial day weekend instead of weeks BEFORE it! Hence it allowed for schools to end session and all. STAR WARS Episode 3 can break records earlier in MAY ... but "I must say Senator; MI:3 is NO Revenge of the Sith!". The proof is in the numbers.

1 - AND THE ANSWER IS: .......THE reason XMEN3 took off at over 40 M in one day................
There was NOTHING else BETTER to see!!! Tom "CHEF must QUIT" Cruise?!.... Posiedon?! .... Da Vinci 'Bore'?! ....
So far from idea depleted, focus grouped Hollywood, a Bret Ratner directed second sequel to a comic book movie has a top 3 opening gross in history!?!?!?!?!?!?! Come ON PEOPLE!

More precisely, COME ON HOLLYWOOD!!! WAKE UP!!!

Again, Ratner did a very respectable job as a fill in 'puppet' director and XMEN is a great concept and franchise. However lets stand back and understand WHERE and WHY the numbers are.

OUT.

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UweBoll writes:
on May 29 2006 03:18 AM

Why did it turn to night in a second after they walked through the bridge? I know it was supposed to be dusk but still from broad daylight to pitch black night in a second, the whole audience gasped when we saw that

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supermanofsteel writes:
on May 29 2006 03:32 AM

In reply to this comment (#836896)
I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE!!!!

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The Paki Don writes:
on May 29 2006 04:30 AM

In reply to this comment (#836895)
[b]MAY CONTAIN SPOILER (Answer to HoneycombSAFARI): S[/b]
I'm thinking that since Wolverine wanted to calm her down, the best way would be to walk up to Phoenix "unarmed". He could perhaps have hid the cure weapon, but do you wanna dare that with a telepath, who's ripping stuff to pieces ? I'm thinking that if anyone would walk up to her with clear intent of taking her powers away, she'd probably focus her destruction more on the assailant, insted of the surrounding.

I think Wolverine went up to her hoping for one last chance of reasoning, and if it didn't go, stab her.

Another point could be that they also show Magneto recovering from the cure, so from a writer's point of view, it would be that it was important that Jean be killed, otherwise, she'd just recover as well.

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adml_shake writes:
on May 29 2006 04:51 AM

In reply to this comment (#836900)
That was pretty much my thinking as well. Logan with his super fast healing power was the only one that could even walk up to her as long as her attention wasn't focused on him while she was going nuts. But some how I doubt we've seen the last of her (if they decided to keep the cash cow going and make a fourth), she's the phonix after all....she will rise again. And if you stayed after the credits you know what happend to Prof X, and we never really did see Scott die....for all we know she could have thorwn his ass in a "cocoon" and tossed him in the lake just for giggles.

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pradeep55 writes:
on May 29 2006 05:28 AM

I enjoyed it, even saw it twice. Sure it was a little hooky, but i really had a good time.

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Wordsmyth writes:
on May 29 2006 06:11 AM

In reply to this comment (#836884)
You totally stole my words. :-P

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synergyred writes:
on May 29 2006 10:00 AM

Wow it seems like more people are complaining about this one than most movies that get 10-20% on the tomato meter. I myself, thought it was fun although it feel short of being nearly as good as the first two.

I am not too surprised at the numbers for this because honestly, besdies The DaVinci Code, what kind of compeition did it have this weekend? It was the only big movie that came out this weekend! I knew that it was going to make tons of cash. I suspect a bit of a drop off next weekend, but it's already made a very impressive debut.

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aknddon3 writes:
on May 29 2006 11:21 AM

In reply to this comment (#836867)
Dont talk about fake X-Men unless you talk about "SInger the hack's" X-Men.

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aknddon3 writes:
on May 29 2006 11:30 AM

In reply to this comment (#836896)
Again you nerds are thinking your OPINION IS FACT, GROW UP.

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Simsgil writes:
on May 29 2006 12:09 PM

In reply to this comment (#836898)
I was almost giving in to the heartless story, but the day to night thing?? I was thinking maybe Storm delivered some clouds, but no.

AND Wolverine crying over Prof. X.? Please!

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foolofatook writes:
on May 29 2006 12:09 PM

I wasn't thrilled with the film, but I do hope this will warrant another film in the future... or at the very least, a movie for Magneto.

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tampopodreams writes:
on May 29 2006 12:58 PM

I didn't mind the film and I'm an old X-Men reader. You just have to seperate the two and enjoy yourself. I'll take this version of the X-Men than that farce called the Fantastic Four. Thank god it wasn't that bad.

However, as a Comic Book fan - I dislike a lot of what they did.

As a film fan - the movie was pretty entertaining.

Oh yeah - and RATNER sucks in every way.

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Aoiboy writes:
on May 29 2006 01:48 PM

In reply to this comment (#836907)
Yeah, Wolverine crying over Prof. X was completely unlike the character... That was odd, and Hugh Jackman should know better, since he is always bragging about how much he knows and loves his character. Another odd point was that Magneto line "What have I done ?!". Puh-lease, even in the havoc that Phoenix was making, he would be standing there puzzled in admiration at what "a goddess" can do... for better or worst !

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supermanofsteel writes:
on May 29 2006 02:04 PM

In reply to this comment (#836906)
How in the hell does that mean we think our opinion is fact?!

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darcko writes:
on May 29 2006 04:25 PM

" How in the hell does that mean we think our opinion is fact?!"

...

In general, I think what he means is that most of these posts that say the movie sucked big time is because they're comparing it to the standards of what they THINK makes a movie good. It's all subjective anyway.

I don't know what else you could be asking...

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Zen Bullet writes:
on May 29 2006 04:52 PM

I'd say that whether a film is to somebody's TASTE is, indeed, subjective.

But whether a film is as good as it can be toward communicating to an audience is definately NOT SUBJECTIVE.

A simple way to look at this is to ask yourself: was the film was the best you could have imagined it being? Was it even close to being as good as you imagined? For those of us with more experience analyzing films, who are more sensitive, who have broader vocabularies with which to process films . . . there is going to be more of a letdown. That's just the way it is.

For many of us, the often odd and illogical behavior of the characters, the loud(almost random) music use, the editing(which wasn't sharp like it was in X2), the haphazard shot compositions, and the dialogue . . . all really felt under-par considering what the film could have been. I think that for those who wanted action and a good time(in broad strokes like that) . . . got it.

But for what seems like a definite minority of us, the film felt like a major letdown in quality from what we had hoped(and from what the film's trailers had hyped).

I think that X3, for most of us, was in keeping with our personal "taste" according to what a summer blockbuster should be . . . but I think what separates our two camps is how we processed the flaws in the film(some people ignored the flaws while others, like me, were really bothered by them).

Sometimes this can work the opposite way . . . where those of us who pick up nuances find things to like that other people missed.

No one is really wrong here.

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mpower88 writes:
on May 29 2006 05:29 PM

In reply to this comment (#836874)
Zen Bullet: "Personally I thought X3 sucked and will become a permanent fixture in the land where sequels don't exist . . . along with Alien 3, 4, and AVP . . . and most of what constitutes the Star Wars prequels.

X3 had illogical character turns, bad dialogue, ho-hum action, an embarassing over-use of it's bombastic score overlaying scenes that didn't need it, bad B-style melodrama, and some of the worst camera shot compositions I've ever seen in a big-budget film(here's an intense scene . . . so let's shoot it side-view, standing height!)."

: AMEN TO THAT

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mpower88 writes:
on May 29 2006 06:49 PM

In reply to this comment (#836886)
this movie flowed like a blocked up toilet, it was messy, dirty, unpleasant, and you didn't know if it was coming or going...

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mpower88 writes:
on May 29 2006 06:52 PM

In reply to this comment (#836898)
exactly! nobody mentioned that until now! Lame DUH and LAME, This never would have happened with Singer at the helm. It was a blatant editing blunder, like "nobody will notice and if they do, they won't care, and if they do, we don't care"

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loudharley writes:
on May 29 2006 07:14 PM

The story line wasnt exactly close to anything from the comics but i really enjoyed it.The action was great ,the story was decent anough,and the movie was just fun.I liked it,thats all that matters to me.

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yodas gooch writes:
on May 30 2006 12:18 AM

you mental midgets, stop dissing on Ratners big popcorn fest andtreating the Xmen saga like its the freaking word of god...sheesh, you got main characters calld Dr X, wolverine, storm and cyclops...did you expect this to be some high minded Kubrickesque study of the human condition? ITS A FREAKING COMIC BOOK ADAPTATIOPN...thats like a video game adaptation in my book...light weight popcorn eyecandy is what going to the megaplex is often about...if you want to be challenged intellectually...well you wouldnt go and see this
dumb asses

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se7en85 writes:
on May 30 2006 03:33 AM

mpower88

no one cares what you think

faggot

that is all.

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knowingtoast85 writes:
on May 30 2006 11:46 PM

As far as the Ed Wood-esque, abrupt shift in daylight goes, I'd wager Ratner could just say "a mutant did that" or something. It was a fun goof to laugh at, much like the rest of this movie, which I pretty much didn't care for. I personally don't think you can excuse the lack of quality behind crucial filmic elements like acting and dialogue by calling the film a "comic book movie." The action didn't pack the kind of punch it should've, particularly because many of the various mutants at war were defined solely by their three-second special effect. Many of them just fought like regular stuntmen and died like them too, so it seems their nifty tattoos and leather getups were all for naught.

The last shot of the film (not the end-credits tag) was a nice touch, though.

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aconline writes:
on May 31 2006 11:26 AM

[b]MAKE SUPERMAN BIGGER[/b]
Whine all you like. Next year, when tickets cost $15 a piece, that will be the biggest opening. As for Singer vs Ratner, if you hate Ratner that much, go see Superman Returns, TWICE and make it bigger than X3. Clearly, you all saw X3, so go see Superman. I agree with some of you that it was in honor of how good X2 was. I was not impressed with X3 either. Well, i am going to go see Superman Returns, this time i am taking the woman with me.

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Merlin235 writes:
on May 31 2006 12:26 PM

Word to that aconline. X3 piggy backed on X2. And I just might go see Superman twice...but I'll DEFINETELY see Spidey 3 more than twice.

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