X1: Good start for the franchise, not the best, but good nonetheless. Logan's intro and the struggle of rogue are handled very well. Magneto and the dynamic between him and charles, two sides of the same coin, is made perfectly clear. Best of all, is this prooved that x-men could be done well with intelligence and seriousness and still make money. No need to camp it up since it's a comic. Fantastic four prooved to fox that they didn't have to make x-men actually good to make money. So then we got x3.
X2: Out of this bloody world. Nightcrawler's entrance is brilliant beyond anything I've seen yet in a comicbook movie. The whole show is told naturally and paced well. Characters show dynamic changes. The action is intense. Stakes higher, everything is beautifully done from logan's inner conflict, to pyro's. **** this movie's the best of the bunch. The drama at the end tugs at your heart.
X3: Emo cyclops dies. nuff said. I haven't seen it but from what I've read, it's a fantastic four meets power rangers. full of silly nonsense on the level of batman and robin. Beast being good doesn't save it, no.