I've now heard / read that if enough people watch it - they'll make another one. Granted - that came from Halle Berry who said she didn't want to do anymore X-films.... but hey - whatever.
This film is one of those that's kind of 'weird' - I've seen it 3 times and my opinion doesn't exactly change, so much as I 'rethink' things each time.
Don't get me wrong - I loved it - namely that the X-Men get to do "X-Men-y" things - flying, fighting, etc - stuff the X-Men should do based on what's in the comics, etc... ((I still don't understand why Storm hasn't flown before now - they levitated everyone else in the 1st two.))
... ahem - anyway - the special effects kind of bowl you over on the first viewing and there's so much to pay attention to that it's hard to get everything the first time through. I mean, you can get the major story elements, but mostly - you get *SFX* everywhere. Not necessarily a bad thing.
Subsequent viewings lend to the story elements being easier to grasp and they start to not quite hold together as cohesively as you might prefer. There's a lot of 'little' story bits that are lost in the major arc - ie: Rogue-Bobby-Kitty. That story was rather lost amidst all the Phoenix pieces.
Also - toooooo many characters with itty bitty minor parts.
But - I still liked the movie quite a lot.
My one big question though: how does Phoenix make the entire top of Wolverine's outfit disappear, but she leaves his pants and boots?
