X3, X-Men 3 The Last Stand...

So it is 2:55 am on Friday the 26th of May, 2006.  I have just walked in my front door, returning from the day-early midnight showing of X-Men 3: The Last Stand.  Why am I telling you this?  Why jump right on the computer to report?  Because the biggest news I can bring you about the movie is exactly the opposite of what I thought I'd be telling you all!  The news is this:  BRETT RADNER DID NOT RUIN THE X-MEN FRANCHISE!!!  I know, I'm as surprised as you are.  Here I thought I'd be driving home tonight having groaned my way through the muddled sludge that Radner had left us X-Men fans, but instead I'm sitting at my computer with images of fantastic fights, unbelievable superhero wars, and a general sense of satisfaction.  Now let's talk storyline for a moment shall we?  What the hell were the writers on when they plotted this one down on paper?!  If you are a devout X-Men fan and know the comics and stories and TV shows inside-out then you have to do one thing... throw it all the hell out the window.  Yes, this movie does touch on some very familiar plots and some extremely important story-lines from the X-Men universe, but they have completely rewritten all of it to conform to their own little movie.  In short, it has almost been an hour and fifteen minutes since the movie ended and I am still trying to come to terms with what they did in this movie.  My brain is having trouble wrapping around the way they told the story they wrote, and just exactly how they came to the conclusion to have certain things occur.  I don't really know if I will understand a lot of it, but it's pretty hard for me to swallow right now.  As for the action, fighting, and special effects of the characters and their mutant powers, the home run they hit still hasn't landed.  Each character's powers were wonderfully brought to life, and the Alcatraz scenes were awe inspiring.  I don't know if I'll ever be able to come to terms with the story of X-Men 3 but I'll never call it a bad movie, nor will I be skeptical of Brett Radner (for the next few months at least), and I will always love the way they showed off the mutant powers so gracefully.  Bottom line, I'll be seeing this movie at least a couple more times before its run is over at the box office.