The human government develops a cure for mutations, and Jean Grey becomes a darker uncontrollable persona called the Phoenix who allies with Magneto, causing escalation into an all-out battl... Read allThe human government develops a cure for mutations, and Jean Grey becomes a darker uncontrollable persona called the Phoenix who allies with Magneto, causing escalation into an all-out battle for the X-Men.The human government develops a cure for mutations, and Jean Grey becomes a darker uncontrollable persona called the Phoenix who allies with Magneto, causing escalation into an all-out battle for the X-Men.
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- 7 wins & 40 nominations
- Kitty Pryde
- (as Ellen Page)
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- TriviaRebecca Romijn's (Mystique's) and James Marsden's (Cyclops') roles were reduced substantially when this movie was rushed into production, and the two cast members had prior scheduling conflicts.
- Goofs(at around 1h 16 mins) When Magneto drops the bridge, Magneto then flies above the bridge to avoid the impact. The Impact is hard enough to crush several buildings on the island, but apparently none of the Brotherhood or the cars on the bridge seem to have been disturbed by falling 100 feet to the ground below.
- Quotes
Eric Lensherr: Charles Xavier did more for mutants than you will ever know. My single greatest regret is that he had to die for our dream to live.
- Crazy creditsSPOILER: A scene appears after the closing credits: Dr MacTaggart checks up on her comatose patient, and discovers Professor Xavier transferred his mind into the patient's body.
- Alternate versionsThe original DVD release of the film had two different sets of navigation menus, one themed around the Brotherhood, and one themed around the X-Men. The content selectable is the same regardless, but this aesthetic was not reused on the Blu-ray release.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Charlotte Church Show: Episode #1.6 (2006)
Problems aside, X-Men did succeed in creating a fabulous action-driven film. Ratner and Fox worked magic on the special effects side of things. I was particularly impressed with the opening scene, which found a 20 year younger Xavier and Eric (Stewart and McKellan) at the house of Jean Grey.
Despite being somewhat of a letdown, the film does bring in some interesting parallelism to the first two films. Speaking of the first films, I recommend viewing them right before or soon after seeing the third, as viewing them reminds you that you do care about the characters (being underdeveloped in X3). Most should find the third entry reasonably enjoyable and miles ahead of poorer entries into the superhero genre (Fantastic Four, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Ultraviolet, and the extraordinarily bad Batman Forever and Batman and Robin).
- mcewenks
- May 27, 2006
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- X-Men 3
- Filming locations
- Hatley Castle, Royal Roads, Colwood, British Columbia, Canada(Xavier's 'School for the Gifted')
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Box office
- Budget
- $210,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $234,362,462
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $102,750,665
- May 28, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $460,435,291
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1