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Summary: Disappointing all things considered
Review: As someone who's been reading X-Men since he was a very verbal little boy (I'm 38), I was for the most part disappointed by this fairly well-made blockbuster.The bad stuff: The film diluted the impact of two of the series' most distinctive attributes: a powerful, if melodramatic, moral imperative and an insistent female-centeredness, if not before its time then certainly uncharacteristic of the medium in general. Jean Grey was a wimp and played by an ungifted actor. Storm was, well, Halle Berry. Imagine the difference if Angela Bassett had played the part. And Rogue was a teenager! You would never know from the movie that all three of these characters were the most powerful members of the team in the comics. The good stuff: Despite the reduction of Rogue to a bipolar teenager I found the relationship between her and Wolverine to be credible, unique, fairly well-realized and appropriately grungy. Unfortunately everything after the pair stopped being central is mediocre. The good stuff: Patrick Stewart was wittily cast. Newcomer Hugh Jackman as Wolverine was beautifully cast, the only perfect move the filmmakers made: an expert balance of vulnerability and studliness Other bad stuff: We could quibble about the fey choice of the worthy Ian McKellan as Magneto but I don't think we could dispute that both McKellan and Stewart were way underused considering their prodigous capacities for overacting. Despite its source material, this movie could not be accused of being over-the-top. It wasn't over-the-top enough! For the most part nice-looking though.
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Summary: Enter the Mutation!!!
Review: "SMART, FUNNY AND LOADED WITH EYE-POPPING ACTION."-- NY-1 Has all-new featurette with 10 minutes of never-before-seen footage, interviews with Bryan Singer and animated storyboards. This video totally rocks with great mutant characters. Like Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Sabortooth, Magneto, and Rouge. Really Awesome Heroes!!!
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Summary: Ellen M Was Right To Recommend This Film
Review: I have admittedly had very little success with enjoying the action adventure genre of film. I primarily keep trying to find good ones because of hubby's enjoying them after a hard day in the office. I would have never viewed this film without my online friend Ellen M recommending it to me. What a surprise to find a genuinely creative idea, a coherent, well-written script and excellent exposition of the story, while using special effects, but not being blinded by the glory of special effects. The premise is that there are two types of people in the USA. One is a regular person with no abilities out of the ordinary. The other is mutants with each mutant having his or her own special paranormal power. There is a shape shifter, a telepath, one with electrical power, another with the ability to adapt any other mutant's power and so forth. A Senator has been stirring the regular people into a frenzy over the mutants, recommending that they be purged. The mutants have 2 camps: a peaceful one which mainly wants to defend itself if attacked and, another, that wishes to attack and eradicate the regulars. Sir Ian McClellan does a very able job of playing the main bad-guy mutant without turning him into a caricature. The special effects, which show the powers of the mutants, are dazzling but they do not subsume the entire film. The leading man reminds me very much of a young Clint Eastwood and may be someone to watch.
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Summary: Spectacular Effects!!
Review: This movie is (okay i'm going to use an English word here) BRILLIANT!! The action sequences are fabulous and the plot is outstanding. I couldn't have asked for a better movie.
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Summary: DVD review for X-men
Review: I can't give it a five, because I wasn't impressed with the extras. The sound quality is magnificant, though so is the picture. I'd say the best extra thing on there is the Hugh Jackman screen test with Rogue. It was the coolest thing. The artwork shows variations of what the costumes could have looked like as well as scenary, there's computer animation of two fight scenes and the deleted scenes are okay. Some should have been redone, because it would have really help relate the movie to the comic personalites more, i.e. Jean Grey Professor X scenes, but when you watch it you'll know why, the other scenes were I'm glad cut out because it shows a lot of the characters haven't read jack about their characters from the comics or the cartoons. Which I think is the biggest downfall of the movie. The special effects on the menu I felt were nice but unnecessary, and it looked costly I'd rather see more auditoin scenes or outtakes of even deleted footage. But the editing was done rather well I'm glad the scenes weren't used. Also, this is a myth the extra with Jean talking about her powers doesn't in anyway indicate the rising of "Phoenix." If anything it looks like she doesn't have powers at all really and I thought she was weak on the cartoon but dag she's basically human. Could have been a lot better.
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Summary: It could use longer fight scenes!!!
Review: Don't get me wrong, this movie rules. The costumes, effects, characters, and script are all very good. I followed the comic a bit and thought they did an perfect job on making this movie a little more true to life. It would have been stupid to see Wolverine in his yellow costume. But the fights don't last very long. Towards the end Wolverine is fighting Sabertooth. You would think the archest of enemies would fight for more than two minutes. And some of the camera shoots aren't that great either. Like one part is Wolverine growling and then all you see is Sabertooth's head fly back and a punching noise. And just as you get a clear view of them, one of those statue of liberty horns gets in the way. In the sequel they should totally have like a fifteen minute Wolverine and Sabertooth rumble. One good thing I really liked about the Wolverine Sabertooth fight is that it didn't rip off the matrix style of fighting like every movie out there is doing. >: - ( The fight is like a die hard street fighting style, perfect for them two. One thing you should know is that if your going to watch this movie hoping or expecting it to be just like the comic book, you might be in for a let down. Every detail like character's height and hair color isn't just like the comic. But it still rules!!!!!
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Summary: No biggie, 5 stars is too high for this flick
Review: Not too bad of a movie, pretty good for a comic book adaption. This movie was not a complete movie like Gladiator was, which got 5 stars from me. This movie desereved 5 stars as the best trailer I have ever seen. All it really does is introduce you to the X-men and prepare you for the sequels. Bryan Singer really needed to give the movie some more plot. I was fairly disappointed with it, because it seemed short and was over before it started. In a way it was like Men in Black which I felt was the same way. The quality of the DVD is good, but does not make up for the movie. I gave it 3 stars cause it had some good fight scenes. C+
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Summary: Light, fun, and great eye-candy
Review: After hearing harsh reviews of X-Men and never having read the comic, I wasn't expecting to be dazzled by this film. However, I had a lot of fun with this DVD. It combined an interesting premise with realistic human personalities, and some really smashing combat scenes and visual effects. (Of course at the end there's rather an obvious amount of space for a sequel left...) My partner assures me that the X-Men themselves are very well characterised (although some of their histories are changed for the sake of the storyline). X-Men works very well as a movie, even if you well versed in the comic.
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Summary: Yay!!!!
Review: Wow! This movie is AWAESOME! I mean, the story was great, the picture quality was great, visal effects-great-screenlay, great, I mean, the list goes on. Hugh Jackman is great as Wolverine-I mean, his looks at lot like his comic book counterpart. The only thing that disapointed me was the casting for Rouge-she should've been older. But she played it well. Everything abou this movie was great. It was worth the effort.
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Summary: You gotta' be kiddin' me...
Review: X-Men should have been a great movie but this movie SUCKED. It's slow, badly acted, even Patrick Stewart couldn't save this dog! And the climatic fight scene at the end has about the cheesiest special effects this side of The Toxic Avenger...Unless the studio is giving this movie away...Pass on this one. I should be charging the studio for wasting my time...
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