X-MEN: THE LAST STAND makes up for its abundance of fireworks by minimizing its sense of fun.
The first two X-Men movies weren't masterpieces, but they rocked along reasonably well. They had some laughs, they had some fights, they had some things to think about. X3 has no laughs, too many fights, and enough things to think about for at least three breathless college essays.
The whole thing just feels like an exercise in action filmmaking, but a film like THE HIDDEN BLADE so eclipses it even in purely action-related terms that it can't fully succed even in that limited arena.
X3 is a mediocrity. I can't muster up much more to say about it than that.
