Magneto was right. There is a war coming. I’m going to call it “the war on disappointment.” You probably know it better as “X-Men: The Last Stand.”

I personally think that “The Last Stand” was a good movie. The special effects were impressive and the story was well written. However, I have quite a few problems with the film and will argue that it is a far cry from the best movie of the summer.

First off, let’s talk about the acting. Sure, most of the cast including Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen returned for another stellar performance. But there was one character that I feel earned more screen time than her actress deserved.

After winning an Academy Award for her role in “Monster’s Ball,” Halle Berry threatened to walk away from the X-Men series if her character, Storm, did not get more screen time. Perhaps she should have walked away.

When watching “The Last Stand,” a viewer cannot go three minutes without being forced to watch Berry’s poor attempt at acting. Neither Berry nor her character, Storm, deserves this kind of attention during the film’s mere 104 minutes.

As an avid “24” fan I am no stranger to main characters being killed or removed from the main storylines, but “The Last Stand” took this dramatic effect to a completely unnecessary level. From the death of a primary character in the first 30 minutes to the unnecessary death of another at the ending, most of the deaths in the film could have been done without.

It was more the ending death that bothered me. The other deaths were at least appropriately written into the story line, but there was one big question that I wondered at the end. Why did the character have to die when there were other obvious solutions? I don’t want to give away the ending, but if you see the movie and have any semblance of a brain, you will realize what I mean.

Quite possibly the biggest disappointment with “The Last Stand” was the final showdown between two rival characters, Iceman and Pyro. When Magneto gives Pyro permission to go after Iceman, I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what developed. However, instead of being an awesome fight sequence, it looked more like something out of a “Harry Potter” movie.

Overall, “The Last Stand” was a disappointment in my opinion. It had to potential to be so great, but unfortunately things got screwed up somewhere along the line.