I love that movie, Brett Ratner made a good tone for that movie
shareYou're not alone. That's still my favorite X-men movie. It's far from a masterpiece but it has tons of action, emotion and some good laughs. Although it's been critically panned, it remains the top domestic X-men movie in terms of box office.
shareI think it was just the misfortune of coming after X2 that made people dislike it so much. The same thing for Spidey 3. Both followed stellar sequels. But if they somehow came before those excellent Part 2's then both trilogies would be more highly revered.
shareI love X-Men: The Last Stand. It's great and a far better Jean Grey/Phoenix story than Dark Phoenix.
shareJean is not the protagonist of X-Men: The Last Stand though. She was a side-villain like Deadpool was in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Worst of all, The Last Stand's depiction of Jean's mental health is objectively ableist. I mean, Jean suddenly becomes evil for no real reason. It just says that she is evil simply because she is mentally ill, which is at best problematic and at worst harmful.