Quite enjoyable, if not quite as good as the previous installment in the series. I don’t think that this was due to any particular lack in the story per se, but more because of the much larger cast that had to be slotted into the movie and a certain lack of attention to detail. For die-hard fans of the comic book, little things like Colossus not throwing Logan the right way stand out. The other installments got all such minutia right; let’s hope that in X-Men IV they go back to the same sort of rigor.
Also — I have to say this — Halle Berry is so mis-cast it’s painful. She looks only slightly more African than David Bowie, and has a southern US accent that occasionally slips through as well. Iman would have been the perfect choice to play Storm; given that she’s a bit too old now, the producers really should have searched for a newcomer who had talent and the right look. The rest of the casting, though, is spot-on. (I have to admit that I was unhappy with Hugh Jackman playing Wolverine at first, but he’s turned out to be perfect.)
Overall, a very fun movie. The whole mutant vs human thing can be used for endless commentary on any number of social issues (racism and terrorism being only the most obvious two), and the X-Men have a huge canvas on which to paint; they’ve been around for a long time in comic form, and there are so many storylines and mutants to choose from the series could go on forever. So long as the producers get the details right, I’ll keep watching.
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