He attains that level in the comics eventually, but during most of the X-Men's existence, he isn't of noticeably greater power than the others; in fact, he's probably significantly weaker than, say, Storm. He is also growing in power in the movies, after having started as a teenaged student, which is closer to his arc in the comics than, say, Cyclops or Jean. Therefore, you could easily say he just hasn't achieved his Omega-level power yet.
If you want to talk continuity, there are sooooo many far juicier targets of well-deserved scorn in those movies than Iceman.
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