TheMunkeyBoy Decided to go back and start watching the XMen movies from the start. i will keep this short, i expected to not be impressed and to have found this to date poorly but, I still thought it was pretty good. I was never a reader of the comics but, I did watch the animated TV show as a young teen. I think they did great. Sabertooth would be the only character they wrote incorrectly - they wrote Sabertooth right in the XMen Origins: Wolverine but, this is a better movie. It's a solid movie in the franchise and I recommend it.

jordanthomas_2009-346-914758 X-Men is packed with a talented cast of actors from Hugh Jackman, Anna Paquin, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. Adapted from the popular Marvel comic and directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects) Its full of themes like tolerance and prejudice which are conveyed very well in the film. The stigma these mutants face in their daily lives are very similar to our own and we can all connect with them to some extent which is the real driving force behind the film. Although it has some visually awesome action scenes there is a lot more to it than that. There are some great story arcs focusing on the vulnerable sides of these characters rather than just their superhuman abilities. It's also great how it deals with the political side of things. Mutants can indeed be very dangerous which the politicians are quick to judge by labelling them as weapons. Deep down they are just like everyone else - They want to fit in with society and abide by their laws. Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart are really good in their roles. They really play off of each other here. Magneto (McKellen) can control all forms of metal. He is an interesting villain as he is more of an activist who fights for mutant rights though his methods can be extreme. He is just doing what he feels is fair and it's easy to empathise with him as he is older and been through some bad things in his lifetime. Charles Xavier (Stewart) can read people's minds while also manipulating them. He has also seen his fair share over the years but he still chooses to do good by giving mutants a place to live. He is all for mutants and humans living amongst each other but Magneto sees mutants as the next stage in evolution. Wolverine was born in the 1880's he has retractable claws and can heal at rapid rates. Played by Hugh Jackman he is a lost man who makes a living as a cage fighter until he's pushed away once more. He meets a girl called Rogue who can cause harm to whoever she touches. They are both welcomed to Xavier's school for the gifted discovering that they are not alone. There are a few nitpicks to mention that won't sit well with everyone - The ending gets a little silly as it has a lame fight scene complete with and a cheesy one liner from Halle Berry's character "do you know what happens to a toad when it's struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else"... And some of the make-up effects look dated. But forget about all that because it's full of interesting characters, a great storyline, a nice music score and some brilliant special effects. X-Men is a film you can sit through again and again.

filmtogo We have come a long way. In 2000 a group of mutants gathered to fight another group of mutants over a mutant registration law while an ambush on UN meeting must be stopped. Well...this happened in 2000 long before the Avengers Civil War happened. It's cool how this film looks of possible ways to solve a problem. With the X-Men as the good guys who wanna have a conversation about mutants living besides humans. Meanwhile there is Magneto who wants to transform humans into mutants (in his mind the next step of the evolution) and a Senator who thinks mutants are living weapons and who wants weapons in a school? (see what they did there? he's bad, but is arguing is kinda okay). The whole movie is about people fighting for the right cause with the wrong means. And btw. all the actual fights are taking place without annoying one liners by the participants. A fight is a fight. That feels so good!

djfrost-46786 Hugh is a stud, don't know why he asked the Rock to get fit. He was fit in this movie. I get why Famke n James are in it, ( Disturbing Behavior).