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Summary: Comics come to life
Review: This picture will be much appreciated by the fans of the X-Men comic books. In the past my wife read these comics and so i knew going in a little about the charecters. However someone not familiar with the books may have a bit of trouble with the charecters. All in all a fun movie and i feel the best of the comic adaptations. The picture quality was great and there is lots of action so as long as one doesnt expect a mind excersise it should be an enjoyable movie for most.
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Summary: One of my top 10 DVD recommendations
Review: This widescreen DVD takes advantage of the format to present this very good movie in an outstanding way. The eye-popping action sequences propel the plot forward at a breakneck pace. The sound quality (Dolby 5.1, surround) is exceptional and the addition of trailers, interviews, Hugh Jackman's screen test and more, adds value to an excellent production. In short, a fine DVD to add to your collection.
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Summary: These are not superheroes!
Review: Ok, I'm the first to admit that I'm not the biggest X-Men fan ever to walk the face of the Earth, and therefore I cannot really claim to know everything about the history of the characters in this movie. I do have a basic knowledge of the characters involved, however, and I can tell who the "good guys" are and who the "bad guys" are.That being said, what gives with these "good guys"? Sure, they look cool and all. But most of the movie consisted of the "good guys" sitting around, wringing their hands, going "Oh no! What can we do?!?" and not *doing* anything as a result! I expected to see some tremendous butt-kicking, but that didn't happen -- EVEN at the final apocalypic scene at the Statue of Liberty! Even there all we see is the good guys going, "They're too strong! All hope is lost!" until suddenly, and rather inexplicably, the momentum shifts. I found this movie to be disappointing. Heck, "Charlie's Angels 2000" did a better job of taking old-style kitsch and making it entertaining, even if that plot and acting were remarkably weak.
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Summary: Different is not necessariy bad
Review: We can accept others as one or not. Race relations taken to a new depth via mutants vs humans just as it was in black vs white in the US and South Africa. Do we choose to live together as one or to fight to destroy the other. We must choose. The X-Men chose to live with us and help us. This film was also a very entertaining movie as I grew up with the X-Men comic books. It has mild violence but is a good movie for the average teen and adult. Definately in my keep files.
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Summary: Disappointing Adaptation
Review: I disagree with those who say this movie remained faithful to the comics themselves... Particularly with the way the movie seemed to adjust the timeline--placing characters in the film when they shouldn't be, leaving out people that should be there based on the people they DID include, or making them appear at an age inappropriate to match the characters around them. There were just a lot of things that didn't add up. It WAS an ok movie, and it even had a bunch of fantastic scenes that really brought out the personality of the characters (like Wolverine's cage fight scene early in the movie)--but then there were other times when I thought the writing/acting didn't do the character justice at all... Rogue, for example, didn't quite come off as her usual self, nor did Magneto have enough of his cool, calculating charisma. Oh well. It's a watcher, but not neccessarily a frequent re-watcher.
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Summary: X-Men = Entertainment
Review: VERY good movie for it's genre. It's no Godfather. It's no Apocalypse Now. It's not The Patriot. But as far as Sci-Fi goes, this is TOPS. Generally speaking, sci-Fi movies aren't Academy award winners, and to me, many Academy award winners (are bad) - am I right? you can't disagree... The X-Men is definitely at the top of it's class. REALLY good actors (Hugh Jackman ROCKS as Wolverine) and actresses (gotta love Halle Berry - she plays STORM), great special effects, and the movie is complete, yet leaves JUST enough open for a sequel. I bought it on DVD and I love it. Great entertainment, purely entertainment. You gotta at LEAST rent it and see what I'm talking about.
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Summary: WOW!
Review: This movie is now one of my favorites. With A wonderful cast who all gave great performances, this movie is a must have for fans of the comics and anyone who enjoys movies.
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: This movie really did justice to the X-Men Story.
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Summary: Good movie, not totally true to the comic but still good.
Review: Before I get into this I should mention that I was a big X-Men fan back when I was about 11-12 and avidly collected the comics. So I went into this thing knowing who these characters were. That didn't prevent me from liking this movie though. In fact I appreciated the nods they put in to characters they didn't get into detail with (Iceman, Shadowcat)in this movie. Let's face it, there are enough X-Men out there to dedicate at least thirty movies to. Concentrating on these specific characters was the only way to make the movie work. Who really cares that Rogue doesn't have the powers she absorbed from Ms. Marvel when she was a villain and Mystiques young charge? Some things had to change to make this movie work and they did what they had to. Upset? then read the comics and leave the rest of us better adjusted types (i.e. those of us who have actually dated people and moved out of our parents basement into homes/apartments of our own)alone. I couldn't think of anyone better suited to play Professor X than Patrick Stewart. He is a great actor. I saw him on Broadway doing his one man show of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol in '95 and I knew then he was far more than Jean-Luc Picard. This man is a great actor with lots of range. Don't believe me? Check out "Jeffrey" for some amazing work by him. But I digress. He was great in this as was Hugh Jackman. I was a little disappointed in Halle Berry as Storm though. I didn't feel she had hit upon the spirit of the character.
Here's an interesting tidbit I stumbled across: during part of the production Joss Whedon of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame was brought on board to do a little work on the script. He admits to writing both the best and the worst line in the movie. I'll leave it up to the viewer to figure out which lines they are. Look for Spiderman in the hidden features on the DVD, he shows up to help our heroes out.
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Summary: Destined to become a classic.
Review: The X-Men is a great movie both for it's entertainment value and it's theme of tolerance. This is a classy film--moderate profanity and no graphic violence. I have watched it several times now on DVD (saw it once in a theater). I am probably part of the film's ideal audience--having never read the comic book the things different in the film (such as lack of yellow spandex) don't bother me. I think the parts were very well cast, the dialogue is strong and the direction is quite good. Also, the DVD has excellent picture and sound quality and several extras, including a "special edition" of the film with deleted/edited scenes re-inserted. Ironically, the included Fox special "The Mutant Watch" contains overtones of petty politics and politically correct racism (the Senators favoring mutant registration are white male Republicans, while those speaking against are minority race Democrats). I am an independent, not a Republican, but still found this appaling enough to knock a star off the final rating (I was going to give it five). All in all, I still highly recommend this DVD. I rate The X-Men as one of my favorite movies of all time.
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