X-Men

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Summary: best movie
Review: i saw the x-men in the theater and it was great i don't think the movies are coming out will reach #1 the movie was done excellent the story line can't wait for the sequel

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Summary: X-men
Review: if you like the x men comics and love the cartoon, you will love the movie, great story, great cast, and gread effects, This movie will keep you glued to your seat, This is a great movie

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Summary: O.K., I've already paid money to see this movie twice.....
Review: My first review with Amazon....ever. I walked away from this movie feeling like Bryan Singer had phoned me personally and asked me exactly what I wanted to see in this movie. It was everything I could have hoped for and more. Though never a fan of the comic books, I did take an interest in the cartoon. I always favored the character of Rogue and was pleased to find that her character wasn't placed on the backburner in this movie. The relationship between Rogue and Wolverine was developed splendidly. Casting Patrick Stewart as Xavier was inspired. I remember being slightly disappointed after finding out that Dougray Scott had pulled out of the movie at the last minute, but I have to say that Hugh Jackman did the character proud. Dougray? Dougray who? The writing was great, the characters true and the movie just plain fun. I couldn't possibly ask for more......except someone convincing my husband that I'm not crazy for wanting to go see it a 3rd time.

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Summary: awesome
Review: I was very impressed with the movie xmen.the story kept you wondering what was going to happen next.the special effects were some of the best ive seen to date.Overall it is the best money ive spent to see a movie in a long time

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Summary: I Got To See This Movie and I really injoyed it.!
Review: My friend, my Grandpapa, and the person who works at the library got to see this before me. Well, I won't say that I am the fastest to the movies. But when I did get to see it, I liked it a lot. It triggered my imagination, and was fun to see. All the special effects didn't hurt it either. (Smilie face.) Even my mom liked this one. What I want to know is when is the sequal coming out? Oh well I guess I will just have to wait. It was surprisingly like a comic strip. But I like Batman a bit better. Since I usually buy a commic strip if I want one and wouldn't go and pay money to see one in a movie. But I liked it any-way. So if you want you might just want a fun time at the movies so don't miss it, see ya.

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Summary: Excellent movie, excellent cast... GO SEE IT NOW
Review: I was expecting a mediocre movie when I bought my ticket for this movie, but it was incredible! Everyone in the cast was great... except for Halle Berry. She needs to work on that accent a little bit... maybe it'll be better in the forthcoming sequels. Hugh Jackman did a great job playing Logan and Patrick Stewart was excellent (as always) in playing Professor X. So I close by saying... stop reading these stupid reviews and GO SEE X-MEN!

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Summary: Stunning All The Way Across The Board
Review: When I was small (between seven and eleven), I worshipped the X-Men. From Wolverine's short fuse and great one-liners, to Archangel who I was in awe of for having wings, to my favorite character Gambit who threw cards that would explode; I loved it all. And to be perfectly honest, after learning of the film in it's production stages, I thought it was going to be the worst film ever. How many good comic book movies are there? The first two "Batman" movies and that's it. But as the film came closer to it's release, I was dying to go see it. And now I'm so glad I did, as it's one of my favorite films. The acting isn't gonna bring home any Oscars, none of the actors were given time to let their characters develop. Both Ian Mckellan (Magneto) and Patrick Stewart (Professor X) were far too underused. And even Halle Berry (Storm; who actually can act unlike the majority of Hollywood's pretty faces) was given a short amount of screen time. Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) is the main character and to be honest, nobody could have been a better pick than him. He fit his roll perfectly. Which leads me to another thing, the casting in this film is top-notch, everybody fits their role as if they were the characters themselves. The costume designs are great as well, from Storm's white hair, to Sabretooth's whole outfit, you'll want to go shopping at Xavier's school for mutants yourself. Then there's the effects. Not one moment on the screen will leave you bored. The battles are epic, their powers even more so. It rivals "Star Wars: Episode 1" for the visual glory. Unlike "Episode 1" though, you'll actually find a story worth getting into. It's basic, it's not too difficult to understand, and it's nothing new, but it definitely works. Maybe I shouldn't have said that, after all, wasn't "Saving Private Ryan" the same epic story of peace through the battle of the good guys and bad guys? Well, yeah, basically. And yet once again "X-Men" does the same basic story and delivers. A war is brewing between mutants and humans. On one hand, you have Professor X and his X-Men who is trying to educate humans of their knowledge on what mutants really are. On the other, you have Magneto who believes that mutants are superior to humans and intends to fight this would be war to the bloody end. A war never happens, but one between the mutants themselves does. The battles, while short, are quite mesmerizing. I should mention this, but even if you have no knowledge of the characters, you'll still fit right in. Nothing about this movie is for fans only (except that joke about yellow tights). One thing I wish the movie had more of is bad guys. Only four? No problem. The ending practically screams sequel at the top of it's lungs. Juggernaut? Apocolypse? And for the good guys, how about Gambit? Nightcrawler? Pyslocke? Jubilee? All in the sequel, I'm sure.

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Summary: Should be placed beside Star Wars in epic film making
Review: This is perhaps the best movie ever done with Superheroes. Better then the Superman and Batman movies, and almost as good as Star Wars. The X-Men are a band of super powered mutants who must defeat Magneto, before he kills everyone in New York City. Everything about this movie works. From a good cast of actors to fine special effects. I hope they do a sequal and can't wait for it to come out on video.

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Summary: X-Men
Review: X-men Was a great movie based off of the marvel comic books. This is a movie that was hyped for a long time before it's release. All time we had to wait was well worth it. This movie does a nice job introducing all the X-Men. Charles Xavier sends his X-Men out to stop Magneto from radiating the human race to turn them into mutants. The best part of the movie is the interplay between wolverine and roughe. Lets hope that the sequels that follow will be as good.

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Summary: Hey, not bad!
Review: I wasn't going to do it, but every review of a superhero film is now, by law, required to make a gratuitous reference to Batman & Robin. For those of you lucky enough to have missed it, B&R is probably the most egregious violation of a well-respected comic book and comic book hero that one is likely to find, and this includes Superman III. It is a film that, once experienced (a film that bad isn't just seen), can never be erased from the memory and which is also, if the viewer isn't careful, capable of rendering one completely sterile at a range of two hundred yards. It is, without question, the nadir of comic book filmmaking: an embarrassment to all concerned and a shameless waste of money, yours and the studio's.

It's been said that it's always darkest before dawn, so if Batman & Robin was that darkness, then X-Men is the welcome break of day. Not, by any means, a great film, X-Men is a good film, and that makes it something special, given the circumstances. After Warner Brothers' largely successful campaign to strip the good name from comics with their bungling of Superman and their flagellant Batman series, one would think other studios wouldn't bother trying to infuse anything like "quality" or "prestige" into any project associated with the world of four-color heroics. Which makes X-Men even more of a surprise. Directed by Bryan Singer, who helmed the cult hit The Usual Suspects, X-Men includes such classy cast members as Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen and solid production values at a budget of $75 million that even the bloated $110 million of Batman & Robin couldn't replicate.

Almost totally devoid of cheese or camp, X-Men sticks to the high ground and actually, bless the filmmakers, tries to make a real movie out of its subject matter. The plot is bare bones, as it should be, pitting the newly formed X-Men against the villainous Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants. At stake: the status of superpowered mutants in a near-future America where social and governmental are on to treat these new beings as somehow less than human.

One realizes the aim of X-Men is high with the opening scene: a bleak, rain-washed sequence torn straight from the footage of Schindler's List, as a young boy and his mother are separated by Germans in a Polish death camp, circa 1944. The events are disturbing (as they should be) and handled with real gravity, setting a foundation in place from which the serious tone of the subsequent film can build. With Professor X (Stewart) on one side and Magneto (McKellen) on the other, X-Men is not content to be a simple "good guys vs. bad guys" story, but one with a realistic perspective. Both forces are fighting for the same thing, safety for mutantkind, with their approach defining the difference between them. One is never confused about who the villains are, but the depictions are shaded enough to allow for consideration, and understanding a villain's motivation is never a bad thing.

Since the script, though decent, is not the strongest material ever put to film, much relies upon the ability of the performers to make things work. Bryan Singer is an actor-oriented director, always willing to open up a scene for his players to work, and this readiness to take from the portrayal gives X-Men the bulk of its appeal. Though some of the cast, like Halle Berry, seem uncomfortable, others expand to inhabit their characters completely.

In particular, Australian actor Hugh Jackman, unknown in the United States, is a stunning surprise as fan-favorite Wolverine. From the first frame to the last, he is his role, and he commands every scene in which he's featured so completely that he practically seizes the film by the throat and subordinates it to his will. Likewise, Patrick Stewart lends all his considerable talent to animating the not-very-interesting character of Professor Xavier, founder of the X-Men. Confined to a wheelchair and burdened with painful amounts of exposition, Stewart conducts himself with such skill that the audience hardly notices when it's been spoon-fed reams of dry back-story.

Not to be overlooked is Anna Paquin as Rogue who, along with Jackman, provides an emotional core to the film with almost no help from the screenplay. Together they invest their interaction with deep pools of subtle feeling. One only wishes Ian McKellen had more opportunity to work his own magic, as his scenes with Stewart are sharp, and finely-drawn, but whose more basic "bad guy" sequences fail to catch fire as they should, though they do smolder. In addition, despite the fact that her screen time is unfairly brief, Famke Janssen hints at real profundity in her work as Dr. Jean Grey.

It's unfortunate that, in the end, the script fails to support the performance of the cast. If only Bryan Singer could have enlisted the help of his old writing partner Christopher McQuarrie to tighten the hinges on the plot. Even so, the experience of X-Men is a pleasant one, filled with delights for the eyes and, amazingly, for the more discerning senses, as well. The audience is left wishing for something slightly better, but also wishing for a sequel. And that can't be all bad.