[KillerGremlin]

See, to me, the death of Jean at the end of X2 was all good. She saved all their lives, and it came off as a tragic but heroic. The shadow of the bird flying over the lake at the end of X2, to me, was just a cliffhanger or surprise or just a little momento to all the comic fans that hey, maybe Jean is going to be back.

I don't think it was suggesting that the semi-focus of the plot of X3 would be around the Phoenix. Also, it would appear that Xavier is well aware that jean is still alive, but he never tries to stop scott from going out there.

Ian Mckellen and Patrick Stewart made those 3 films. They are both grade-A actors and they complimented each other nicely. But after X1 and X2 both having very similar story molds, I figured they'd maybe take the series in a different route. More government, less mutant.

It doesn't matter, we can all be geeks and argue over what we wanted to happen forever. I'm just going to read the comics, it's much more satisfying and fulfilling in the story department. Although, props to hollywood on choosing the actors for Magneto and Xavier, and having good special effects. The golden gate bridge part was absolutely awesome.