I'm the Juggernaut, bitch

So the Frau and I went to see "X-Men: The Last Stand" the other day. Overall it was pretty entertaining, though I can see why a lot of people hated it. Anyway, here's what I thought:

THE GOOD:

• The action scenes, as a whole, were very impressive.
• I sat through two and a half X-Men movies just hoping to see Beast go medieval on a large crowd of bad guys. It was so worth the wait.
  
• Bullet-Tooth Tony as the Juggernaut, however briefly and badly written he was, still kicked ass.
  

THE BAD:

• Too many mutants, way too little time.
• They promised this would be the finale to the series, which (judging by the last 3 seconds of the film) was obviously a lie.
• Speaking of which, shouldn't Magneto, like, go to jail or something?
  
• If there is a sequel, I count five major characters who, one way or another, are permanently out of the story. At least four of them deserved better.
  
• (Of course, that strange condition known as "comic book death" is only marginally more permanent and/or inconvenient than the average hangover, so who knows.)
• I spend most of the second half pondering one question: is Arclight a dude now? According to the Internet, the answer is no, but I still have my doubts.
  
• Telling the famous "Dark Phoenix Saga" dominated the X-Men books for several years; squishing it into a subplot of a movie (especially a relatively short one) did not serve it well.
  

Overall, though, I would say the good outweighed the bad. It was an entertaining end to the series (maybe) and a very enjoyable way to spend an evening, whether it ends the series or not.