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Summary: If you weren't a fan of X before now ... you will be
Review: OK. I have always been a huge comic fan and because of this I almost did not attend X-Men the Movie because of D.C. predecessors such as Superscam / Flatman and Spleen and lets not even start with Supergirl. How refreshing to find a hero based movie with (a) a plot (b) enough continuity for the die hard fans and enough introduction for newcomers and (c) a talented cast second to none - Hugh Jackman as Wolvie was a surprisingly awesome move and I'll wager he who said "no" to the role will be kicking himself. It would have been nice to see Patrick take a more active role but maybe this will occur in the sequel - there has to be a sequel. I have so far seen this movie about a dozen times the last half dozen simply to play spot the mutants at the school. Awesome movie ... awesome effects ... puts the X in eXtreme entertainment.
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Summary: BETTER THAN I WOULD HAVE BELIEVED
Review: JUST WANT TO SAY AS AN AVID X-MEN COLLECTOR FROM THE 80"S AS WELL AS A BIG MOVIE BUFF THAT THIS FILM ROCKS!!! SURE, THERE ARE SOME THNGS I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE, ESPECIALLY NIGHTCRAWLER, BUT I AM STILL A HAPPY GUY! WHAT A GREAT FILM! JACKMAN STEALS THE SHOW AS WOLVERINE, NO QUESTION!! AS A BIG FAN OF CAMERON FILMS I CAN SAY THIS MOVIE RANKS UP THERE WITH THE BEST OF HIS TITLES.I HAVE ALREADY PRE-ORDERED THE DVD AND CANNOT WAIT TO ADD THIS TO MY COLLECTION. I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED AT ALL AND ENJOYED HOW THE STORY WAS PUT TOGETHER FOR THE NON-FAN. BY FAR THE BEST COMIC-MOVIE ADDAPTION THIS FAN HAS SEEN!! CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SEQUEL!
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Summary: you are the best at what you do!
Review: I MYSELF HAVE BEEN AN AVID COMIC BOOK COLLECTOR SINCE 1961. SO TO SAY I HAVE A LOT OF PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE X-MEN COMIC WOULD BE PUTTING IT MILDLY! AS FOR THE MOVIE IS WAS MARVELOUSLY WRITTEN AND THE ACTING WAS SUPER AWESOME! IT FOLLOWED THE BOOK AS WELL AS POSSIBLE CONSIDERING THE DEPTH IT WOULD HAVE INVOLVED CONSIDERING THE LONGEVITY OF THE BOOK! THE X-MEN ALONG WITH MANY OTHER MARVEL BOOKS JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME. YOU HAVE PROVEN TO THE MOVIE INDUSTRY WHAT QUALITY REALLY MEANS IN YOUR MOVIE! ME AND A FRIEND WENT TWO SEPARATE TIMES TO SEE IT AND WAS VERY IMPRESSED AND WAS GLUED TO THE SCREEN LIKE KIDS AGAIN! THANK YOU FOR BRINGING EXCITEMENT BACK TO THE BIG SCREEN!
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Summary: Great TV Episode
Review: This looks like pretty much a good TV episode, basically. A two hour, incredibly expensive, special effects laden, with basically good acting TV show. A movie, I believe, should never expect a sequel, even if it is absolutely certain that a sequel is coming. Starship Troopers did it, and that was incredibly annoying: though that wasn't the only problem with Starship Troopers. The only movie that's ever done it successfully was Empire Strikes Back, which could have been the last movie in the series. The Rebels, for all we knew, could have jumped out into hyperspace and never come back to the galaxy. Phantom Menace did it horribly, though; even the same director can't pull it off more than once. This one BEGS for the next episode. Which would be great if this was a television program, but it ain't. If they could punch one of these out every year, or every six months, I wouldn't mind so much. But there should have been some kind of concrete ending, not "I'm going off, everythings unfinished". Still, a great, great showing. And INCREDIBLY faithful to the comic. And the Rogue-Wolverine relationship was great. I loved it, and I mean loved it. Though I was dissapointed that she wasn't as much of a babe as in the comics, but then you can't have everything. Well, good DVD, good movie, etc. Hugh Jackman should go on to great things from this, because I saw some great potential beyond pure action.
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Summary: A comic mutated onto the big screen
Review: In any group there can be found extremists and throughout history the most common type is the "kill the strangers" brand of fanatic. In the X-Men, we are introduced to a new group of humanity, mutants. These people are born with gifts and curses that set them apart from their neighbours. It is no surprise to learn that the rest of humanity is rumbling and in the best tradition of politics, one Senator stands up to be counted. Senator Robert Jefferson Kelly has made it his mission to track and control the dangerous and secretive mutants. If you replace the word "mutants" in his speeches with "Jews", you would get a clear Nazi feel for it all.
The scriptwriters clearly borrowed a lot from Nazi Germany, not the least of which was the opening scene. A crowd of Jews is being herded into a concentration camp, complete with ominous smokestacks in the background. In the crowd, a young boy is separated from his parents as the gates close, the quota being filled. The boy is distraught and struggles to reach his parents. What is surprising is how successful he is, dragging two soldiers along the muddy road. Then we realise that the wire fence is bending towards him, being twisted as if by a giant hand. This miracle abruptly ends as yet another soldier slams the but of his rifle into the boy's face.
Powerful images abound in the film. But at no stage is it heavy handed. This is one of those great stories where things are not always clear. We feel sympathy for the most violent and aggressive character in the film, Magneto. He may want to kill or transform the greater bulk of homo-sapiens but all the time, we know he is that little boy who survived the holocaust. Even the bigoted and opportunistic Senator gets our sympathy when he is imprisoned and subjected to experimentation by Magneto. What's even scarier is that some of the good Senator's speeches actually made some sense. "These mutant children have powers more dangerous than hand guns. We don't allow guns in schools, do we?"
Not all mutants want to dominate humanity. There is a group in Westchester being led by a wheelchair bound Professor named Charles Xavier. A mind reading mutant himself, he runs a school for the gifted that also doubles as a base for the X-Men. What do his students do when they graduate? Why, they use their talents for good, fighting crime and injustice. Luckily they have avoided the spandex accessories in their super hero careers, opting instead for form hugging black leather. Where do I sign up?
The film has a large cast of important characters. Given the scope of the comic series, on which it is based, that is unavoidable. As the franchise develops, this will only become more of an issue. However, the story focuses mainly on one mutant, Wolverine, and we are encouraged to see most things through his eyes. Otherwise known as Logan, he is a great character and his main gift seems to be a long-burning anger at the world. If you're angry all the time, it comes in handy to have six spring-loaded blades that can sprout from between your knuckles. Just the potential for damage forces us to carefully watch his every move. I was quite pleased when Hugh Jackman got this role. He's a talented Aussie actor and for those that aren't aware, he has a good singing voice as well.
There's little point is describing all the characters in the film, although I would like to single out Anna Paquin for special praise. There are many powerful roles and they are all interesting. All except Dr Jean Grey, Famke Janssen, who doesn't do a whole lot of important things during the film. Since, in the comics, the good doctor developed into, Pheonix, one of the most powerful mutants, I look forward to seeing her spread her wings in the future. In fact, there is so much that needs exploring, after watching this enthralling film, that I hope they make another ten.
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Summary: A fine story, with a fine cast = a 5 star movie
Review: X-Men is a fine movie directed by a fine directory. I was very surprised at the depth of this movie, it translated the comic so well, and keep faith with the great background it created. Wolverine is the best character, and was kept in the mainstream of the plot,including a small look at the Weapon X story (a wolverine story in the comics, about his orgins). The action wasn't as much in the plot as one might think, but the story was spot on. This is the best comic - film ever, so bring on number 2.
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Summary: X-Citing As It Gets!
Review: When I first heard the pre-release news of an X-Men movie,I was very skeptical.Seems like Super-Hero Movies are destined to bomb with lousy plots and moronic costumes and silly special effects...Not the situation here with X-Men! I was riveted to my seat with the spectacular special effects,the realistic portrayal of the characters,and the non-stop action sequences.To a true X-Men fan,you miss main characters,Colossus,Gambit,Nightcrawlerand Bishop who were questionably left out of the Movie,but exciting performances by Wolverine,Storm,Magneto,Sabretooth,Mystique,& Toad compensate for the loss.The Movie follows the prejudice judged against these unusual "mutant" beings with strange powers who must also face a vengeful Magneto and his Brotherhood Of Evil who decided Humankind will never accept their kind.The attacks are sudden and swift,the excitement & suspense builds to a climax and the Special Effects are as good as it gets.You don't need to be an X-Men fan to enjoy this action-packed movie.If you're looking for "bang for your buck",this will be quite satisfying.I'm already anxiously awaiting the forthcoming sequel..........
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Summary: Surprisingly Good!
Review: When I first heard that this movie was going to be made a few years ago, I thought it would be another dumb superhero movie like "Spawn" which I realy thought it was bad with only some good Special Effects.But when I hearded that the director would be Bryan Singer, I was very surprised. Because the movies he made before, like "The Usual Suspects" and "Apt Pupil", where all very serious. And when finaly the first Trailer of "The X-Men" came out on the internet, I was realy surprised. Because this stuff was very professional and looked realy good and much promising. So when this movie came out in theatres, I desided to see it. And I'm glad I did! This movie is absolutely NOT a dumb action hero movie. All the "heroes" who have gifts are having problems with it which makes the movie a bit dramatic. The story is also pretty original and even believable. And if you translate it to real life, you understand that it is realy about discrimination and not accepting people because they are different. All the gifts of the X-Men are also explained and the storywriters thought of good reasons why they had those gifts (ok, it's still Sci-Fiction and you know that it all can't happen, but you know what I mean) The special effects are also very good because Bryan Singer knows how to use them well so the audience never get realy bored by it. And the sound effects are just great. Sometimes I realy looked behind me because I thought somebody was screaming ortalking in the audience, but it was Professor Xavier. Another great thing was the score of Michael Kamen, but I missed some good popsongs for the soundtrack though. All in all, I thought this movie was very entertaining and fantastic to see and I don't even like the x-men. So if you don't like the x-men but just great movie, I would definitley recommend this movie. Because "The X-men" is fantastic in every way.
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Summary: INCREDIBLE!!!!
Review: I have never read an X-Men comic, and the closest that I've gotten to X-Men is that old arcade game, so when I heard that they were making a movie for it, I didn't really pay much attention. Then, I heard that Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, and Halle Barry were all in it, (All of them actors that I like.) Then, I saw that the novellization was written by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesely Smith (both of them my near favorite authors.) So I started getting into the movie reading up about it, and after I read the novellization, I was sold. I rushed out on the day it was released with high hopes and was not let down at all. It was fun, realistic, action-packed but not corny action like Dolph Lundgren movies,(no offense intended Dolph Lundgren fans.) and had a great story that developed coherently. Hugh Jackman was great and supremely cool as Wolverine. I liked how he was gruff and bitter at first, but kinda developed a soft spot for Rogue. The action sequences were very well done and had me in suspense the entire time, and best of all, they gave the X-Men cool costumes that make them look like heros instead of cartoon characters. Also, they left it wide open for a sequal. I only hope that they get all of the same actors for the next one. In summary, this is great for anybody that wants an entertaining well done movie that is just fun to watch. (for emotionally gripping movies, see the Patriot and The Perfect Storm.)
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Summary: Even if you don't like comics ...
Review: The first time my husband heard about X-Men, I knew I would be dragged to see it. There was only one reason I would have gone voluntarily - Patrick Stewart, but he wasn't reason enough to want to see it. So I was warily dragged out on opening night to sit in a theater filled with kids (both young and old) and pout. But I stopped when I realized Bryan Singer (Usual Suspects) was the director, and thought I might as well enjoy it. Enjoy I did! It had action, comedy, even a little romance. I thoroughly enjoyed X-Men and I am as excited about buying the DVD as my husband is.
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