X-Men Reviews

[Highly rated reviewer]

Mutants are not the ones mankind should fear.

There are mutants living in American communities, and nobody knows how and where they might use their strange and strong powers. U.S. Senator Robert Kelly wants to protect human citizens by passing legislation to require them to register with the government, but mutant Magneto, has other ideas. His plan is to let mutant Rogue absorb his magnetic powers in order to change many of the world leaders into mutants so that the Mutant Registration Act would not be passed.

X-Men is a very enjoyable film, with an intriguing script, quite good effects, shots and convincing performances, particularly Stewart and McKellen, but also Hugh Jackman and Anna Paquin as the outcast mutants Wolverine and Rogue.

The movie's only defect is the fact that it feels like the pilot of a TV series, half of it being spent to introduce all the characters and their respective powers. In all pretty good entertainment

Mutation: it is the key to our evolution...

Great Effects

Saw it in the cinema when it came out and was blown away by the effects and was just as amazed this time on DVD. Highly recommended.

Dramatic, adventurous and slightly romantic

Set in the near future, we live in a world where there are certain people being born with genetic defects which give them superhuman powers.

Rogue, a teenage runaway with the inability to touch anyone s if she does she would drain out their life source, and Wolverine, a quick healing mutant with retractable claws are feeling pushed out and rejected by society.

Attacked by Sabretooth, one of Magneto’s powerful allies, Cyclops (James Marsden) and Storm (Halle Berry) save them, and it is here the X-Men team are put together. Invited back to professor X’s private academy for mutants, and the two learn about the battle that X must fight to stop Magneto’s plans to end prejudice against mutants.

The amazing thing about this film is the fact that it has all the up-to-date technology, with special effects and amazing background settings, yet it still boasts a dramatic, adventurous and slightly romantic story line with plenty of twists and turns and the occasional subtly comic outburst.

The perfectly created combination of these is what makes X-Men tower above most other superhero movies, as the audience range it appeals to is so large that whoever you are and whatever you’re into, you are bound to love this film so much, you’ll want to watch it again!

A great film, good story line and suspense. In my opinion this film will grow into a classic. Highly recommended. If you like futuristic films then this is the one for you.

X-Men

An enjoyable movie with a reasonable storyline, plenty of action and good special effects.

The sequel X-Men2 is slightly the better movie.

The problem's in the genre...

The premise is silly. A lot in the film doesn't make sense. Plot and scripting are put aside for special effects and gimmicks. Most of all, the mutants seem to have random powers - there's no confinement or limitation of powers as there is in other superhero films. Look among the mutants for long enough and I'm sure every superpower you could possibly think of is covered by someone. So for me, it was all just too silly.

But for all my bellyaching about this film, the makers have one simple excuse - it's a comic book! All of the above is staple comic book stuff. That for me is not enough. There have been examples of an excellent transition from comic book story to screen - The Matrix to name the obvious, but this is not one of them.

The budget was big enough to hold my attention for most but not all of the time, but thrills and spills alone do not make a good film.

Good transition...

A decent transition from cartoon to film.

The plot is serious with little humour placed appropriately.

As a fan of the cartoons I wasn't disappointed however I couldn't help feeling a little let down by Wolverine.

[Highly rated reviewer]

good film

Very good film , only just got round to renting this film, never fancied it. My mates kept nagging me to watch it and glad i did . The special effects are great the story is good , the acting is good to. Allround good film and cant wait to see the other two films.

Didn't like at first but do now!

I don't know if i'm right or not, i'm not the strongest follower of the X-Men comics, but would love to be! X-Men isn't a film without it's faults, Halle Berry gets cringeworthy lines, something she did again with Jinx in '007: Die Another Day' another incident that shouldn't have occured. X-Men does have some neat one-liners too though. Sir Ian McKellen was perfect for Magneto and nearly everything was answered in the alotted time, apart from everything about Magneto, but i think they might be saving that up for the sequels, i haven't seen the second film so i don't know, maybe the confirmed 'Magneto: The Movie' coming out after 'Wolverine: The Movie' which comes out after 'X-Men 3' will explain these things, he's definately a complex, mysterious & intriguing character that i don't think every character knows about. So all in all, i used to absoloutely feel dire dissapointment in this film, now i go back on my word, very enjoyable!

Excellant!

Great Movie.

Introduces you to all the characters. Hugh Jackman's portrayal of Logan/Wolveine is exceptional & he has never looked more fitter than this!

Good special effects & storyline. Ian McClellan is good as the baddie too.