Y did they make this X-Men movie?

The X-Men return to the big screen for another action-packed adventure.

This time around, an angry mob of Goth-looking mutants, led by the evil Magneto, want to stop a company from producing a mutant “cure.” A single shot turns mutants back into humans, eliminating all of their superpowers.

The usual cast of characters are here - Wolverine, Storm, Xavier, Jean Grey, the naked blue chick and Wally. The only thing missing is a good script.

Apparently the angry mutants leave a rave party and head into the woods with Magneto to plot the destruction of the “cure.” To pass they time, they probably play a lot of football, because later in the movie Magneto shows up wearing a silly-looking football helmet.

The highlight of the movie is seeing Kelsey Grammer play Dr. Henry “Frasier Crane” McCoy (a.k.a. the Beast), an ass-kicking mutant Smurf.

Once again, one of the most powerful mutants in the comic book series, Storm, is stripped of her powers. In this movie Storm should have been called “Partly Cloudy.” She conjures up some inclement weather, but in the end it doesn’t help the X-Men.

(If you plan on seeing this boring movie, please don’t read any further.)

In the not-so-climatic battle scene, Magneto uses his superpowers to levitate a bridge to bring his crew of marauding mutants to an island. It would have been quicker and easier to hire a boat.

They fight, things explode, Storm creates fog.

The film ends rather abruptly as if the camera suddenly ran out of film.

After the endless credits, the director decided to tack on an extra scene. This sets up the possibility of another sequel.

Nooooooooo!!!

Y make another X-Men movie? Because they make tons of money. It’s hard to believe a film as bad as this has set box office records.

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‘X-Men 3: The last stand’ (we can only hope)
Now playing in theaters
One star out of four

- Pop goes The Weasel