I didn't care about Cyclops in this trilogy. Despite being the same length as the first and not much shorter than the second, it didn't drag on like X2 or speed through things like X-Men. It had the best story of the three, several really interesting plot twists, and tons of emotion. X-Men: The Last Stand I actually thought was the best of the three. X2 was significantly better than X-Men as it had a really good story, but it seemed really long this time and still wasn't anything special.
It had a really good cast for the most part (I didn't really care for Halle Berry as Storm or James Marsden as Cyclops - Liev Schreiber's Sabretooth was also a lot better than Tyler Mane's), but despite it's 104 minute showtime, it felt really short and was very thin and boring as far as the story goes. As a movie, though, I didn't really care for it. Because Hollywood likes to replicate success, a lot more Superhero movies came about.
Back in 2000, X-Men earned over $150 million in the US and nearly $300 million worldwide. Starting with the first one, I really appreciate the first X-Men movie because it pioneered the current wave of Superhero movies.