This was the second time I’ve seen it, and as with many comic book adaptations, the second viewing was superior to the first. First time around I’m too nervous to enjoy it fully, and too thrown by the changes to evaluate them properly.

Still not sure about the whole Victorian-suppressed-femininity-Phoenix, and a very disappointing range of ethnicities in the cast, but generally and OK viewing experience even for hard core fans.

I enjoyed this movie even though it was probably the worst in the trilogy. I admit I had low expectations and don’t remember the details of the first two. But I thought it was a perfectly enjoyable action comic book flick.

While the movie in enjoyable, it feels off primarily due to the X-Men 1 and 2 writer-director Bryan Singer being missing in action to make Superman Returns. Replacement director Brett Radner nearly wrecks the film, but there’s enough here to like.