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Summary: Cheesy? Yes. Still- it's a COMIC BOOK forcryingoutloud
Review: Cheesy-factor is through the roof. Hollywood loves this
sort of thing. There have been a bunch of other good
comic book films and comic-bookish films over the last
five years. This one falls in the middle of the pack: better
than the worst of the Batmans, and worse than Spiderman.
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Summary: Action Paked
Review: This DVD is about a person named Logen he is not the same as evraybody eles. Then he meets this girl named Roge and it changes his life.
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Summary: Loads of Fast-Paced Thrills and Action
Review: This film is based upon the comic book series developed by Marvel Comics. Loaded with excellent actors Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Halle Barry (Storm), Rebecca Romajn-Stamos (Mystic), James Marsden (Cyclops), Famke Janssen (Dr. Grey) and Patrick Stewart (Xavier), the film delivers eye-popping visual effects as well as non-stop thrills and action throughout. Each mutant possesses thier own unique special power. Wolverine has razor-sharp claws that extend and retract, Storm has the ability to control the weather, Cyclops has red laseres that shoot from his eyes, Dr. Grey has telekenitic powers, while Xavier can read people's minds.Xavier has nurtured the mutants through the disguise of a "school for gifted children". However, he concentrates his efforts on helping mutants use their unique powers to help better mankind. Wolverine, who is found by Storm and Cyclops stranded in a snowstorm after an attack by Magneto's thugs, is taken to Xavier's school. Here, he is helped by Dr. Grey and Xavier to harness his powers. Rogue, a young girl who was travelling with Wolverine, is also brought along. She too possesses mutant powers. She has the ability to absorb other mutants' powers into herself. Magneto finds out about Rogue and devises a plan to capture her and have her absorb his powers and use them for evil.
She tries to flee by leaving on a train, but Wolverine follows her and catches up with her on the train. However, Magneto is there as well and manages to capture Rogue. The climactic battle between the X-men and Magneto takes place in the Statue of Liberty during a United Nations metting in New York City. Magneto plans to channel his power to Rogue so she can in turn steal all of the power from the U.N. delegates. The visual effects in this film are first rate and the acting is excellent. If you are a comic book fan, or if you just like action/adventure films, then X-Men is a movie for you.
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Summary: Horrible movie
Review: This movie did no justice to the wonderful characters of the X-Men. They took the characters and their well known storylines and basically changed and butchered it to their liking to make a very movie. The X-Men themselves are not a big part of the movie. Most of the movie is all about Wolverine. The characters of the X-Men are the title role but obviously not the main roles in this movie. They also left out so many great characters like Morph, Beast, and Gambit.
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Summary: Well Done...Brilliantly mastered Special Effects
Review: Rarely do superhero flicks ever come close to their comic-book counterparts; this does. It's fast paced action never gets boring; it's huge cast is well picked; the story line is original but doesn't comprise the flow of the original comic-book, and the charachter's personalitys are dead on. A brilliant movie you have to see to believe, perfect fo kids and adults. 5 stars.@lex
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Summary: Better Than Most
Review: For its time, it was one of the best comic-book adaptations to hit the screen. Gone are the spandex jumpsuits replaced with matrix-like outfits. With all the high-tech gadgetry in the film and mutants who have superhuman powers, Professor X still can't walk. That's the most unbelievable thing in the whole film.
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Summary: A Grand Design with a Message
Review: Having grown up with comic books like the X-Men and its cousins, I tend to take them for granted now. This is the era of far glitzier issues with whole teams cooperating to make the pages shock and titillate. Life was a bit tamer then, comics were fun, but not exactly earth-shattering. So thinking "The X-Men, Ho-Hum," I did not bother to see the film when it came out. That was a serious mistake. I have a very large monitor, but there is no question but that I should have seen it then. This film is remarkable for many reasons. First, the script is as fresh and up-to-date as could be. Gone are the super heroic declamations (other than when Dr. Xavier and Magneto argue) and in their place is good, dramatic dialog delivered by talented, professional actors. Then there is the filming, which consistently avoids any sense of cramped or overly open space. It provides a seamless background for the special effects. If the dialog has been brought down to a human scale, the visual imagery completely exceeded my expectations. Casting is wonderful too. Logan (Hugh Jackman) and Xavier (Patrick Stewart) seem made for their parts, and the rest of the cast are no less able. This is not a Dino De Laurentiis film with one or two good actors using spectacle to cover its weaknesses. Instead, we have an entire cast that conspires to make the unbelievable real. And Michael Kamen's music is also a treat. The film brings home far better than the comic series ever did that the problem being dealt with is not really good mutants vs. bad mutants. Instead, the real issue is that these mutants are trying to live in a world full people who are suspicious and fearful of those who are 'different.' This is a talel about the effects of prejudice, clothed in an action story. The protagonists stand for two possible solutions. Sometimes one can understand Magneto (Ian McKellan) despite his willingness to use evil for his purposes. The plot is the simple tale of Logan and Rogue's (Anna Paquin) coming to Dr. Xavier's school and the ensuing struggle to stop Magneto from turning a ray that makes humans into mutants on an assembly of diplomats. Each of the characters contains a story, often deeply tragic, and each has given something up as the price of their talents. The DVD is a bit short on extras. A short on the film's making, an interview with director Brian Singer, and various other bits and pieces. A special feature that adds back in other versions of scenes sounds interesting, but actually amounts to very little. This is a worthwhile film. If it did not have quite the impact on me that the first Star Wars did, it still was an engrossing experience in a jaded world. Recommended.
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Summary: X- Men is X-tremly X-iting
Review: Despite this movie being based on a comicbook series, X-Men is futuristic and realistic at the same time. Obviousy The powers the X-men and thier Rivals have make it a comic book movie but the movie focuses on feeling out of place,fear and persicution of what's different,and reluctantly doing what you have to. P.S. Those who are expecting cool costumes will be disapointed.
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Summary: no no no
Review: Ok I'm a big huge x-men fan... but please gimme a break. Storm... I know there was a Storm in this movie... but where was the Storm I know of? It certainly wasn't the simpering scared girl depicted here.
And the mix was terrible... Old x-men with New x-men with young x-men all at the same time... I still watch the movie a lot the special effects were great!
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Summary: The Marvel Movie that started it all.
Review: Although they did BLADE two years before, X-MEN was the real first Marvel movie, based on characters created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, which really launched the Marvel Age of Movies. The movie benefits from great direction by Byran Singer, good cast of actors headed by Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman, and a good story. Both comic and movie fans will enjoy it.
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