Well, both the mainstream press and the fandom reviews on X3 are starting to trickle in and the consensus seems to be .... it's not very good. Expected, but disappointing.

I saw it last night, and, um.... it sucked. Though in the interest of full disclosure, I did fall asleep twice for a few minutes each time, so there's parts I didn't catch, but what I did catch? Sucked.

The dialog was absolutely terrible and clunky, and everybody sounded stupid. The plotting was equally stupid and terrible, and the action was eh. Which really sucked, because they threw in lots of bits of beloved stuff from many storylines, and it all came out as a pureed mush. There were some sort of cool bits here and there, but they all added up to much less than the sum of their parts.

One upside to note, Colossus didn't look anywhere near as crappy as the stills made him look.

I did fall asleep twice for a few minutes each time

Sean, did you fall asleep because of the movie, or other reasons (such as lack of sleep the night before)?

Sean, did you fall asleep because of the movie, or other reasons (such as lack of sleep the night before)?

That had nothing to do with the movie. I got less sleep the night before than I'd wanted to, it was a midnight showing (and ROWDY at that, a whole bunch of punk kids who should have been AT HOME, IN BED), and it was spacious, comfy stadium seats.

(and ROWDY at that, a whole bunch of punk kids who should have been AT HOME, IN BED)

Oh, you know they would have been camping out on your lawn.

Another upside, I'm getting more and more hopeful that Superman Returns will be incredible.

Previews (aside from SR) -- Ghost Rider, which.... I just don't know, man. I just don't know.

My Super Ex-Girlfriend, which I think will be nice and funny.

Some other stuff that's not quite leaping into my brain right now.

I'm getting more and more hopeful that Superman Returns will be incredible.

Based on what? The trailers have looked mostly lame to me so far (there was a scene with Supes being shot in the eye that was cool, but that's it).

Based on what?

That Bryan Singer poured all the love and attention that should have gone to X-3 into SR instead.

The trailers have looked mostly lame to me so far

Really? Each new one has made me more and more excited.

They just look like angst to me, and not the cool Batman angst. Also, I think the actors (except for Spacey) look really stupid. In a not-bright way.

I do like Singer a lot, but SR is burrowing down to a rental right now, pending actual reviews.

They just look like angst to me, and not the cool Batman angst.

That was a possibility I hadn't quite considered. I can see how that might suck, but for now I'm still hopeful.

Also, I think the actors (except for Spacey) look really stupid. In a not-bright way.

Yeah, but I'm okay with that. The Big Blue Boy Scout has never needed lots of brains. And frankly, with the trailer I saw for the first time last night, Spacey looks like he'll be worth the price of admission alone.

The Big Blue Boy Scout has never needed lots of brains.

But he has them. He's all up in the Kryptonian tech. He's not supposed to be stupid. But more important, he's not supposed to be emo. And that's what I'm feeling.