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I understand Bob has seen this already but he has yet to post his review, so I'm going to get on the ball. I had my doubts about this movie pre-viewing. With a new director, I wasn't sure how much in the direction of Fantastic Four this would lean. Add to that Kelsey Grammer. I think we all had trouble picturing Frasier Crane playing Hank McCoy, aka Beast. And how well would they be able to show the destructive power of the Phoenix? Well, after seeing it, my doubts were laid to rest. Even though the atmosphere at first didn't seem as dark as the first 2 movies, the subject matter took the mood there. Magneto whipping his "brotherhood" into a frenzy over the supposed "mutant cure". Some of the main characters still reeling from the death of Jean Grey (little did they know that she was coming back with a vengeance). Next was Beast. The next action star. The make-up looked almost real, and Grammer actually did sound like the book-quoting intellectual who jumps around like an acrobat and has blue fur. The special effects showing the destruction caused by the Phoenix force were killer. I just wonder if the full force was released, what the hell would that look like?! But no Nightcrawler? What gives? Aside from that, I thought it was really good. I enjoyed it. We got to see some new (to the movie, but not to the comics) characters, like Multiple Man and Juggernaut. I don't think there are plans to do a fourth movie, which is a shame. There's still so much they could do with this "franchise" to make up for Daredevil and for casting Nicholas Cage as Ghost Rider.