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Summary: X-MEN? X-ACTLY!!!!
Review: When I first heard that Stan Lee wanted to make an X-Men movie, I shuddered with fear about what the childish cartoonish outcome would be. However, whilst viewing Shaft in the theater, I saw the theatrical trailer for the X-Men film. My jaw actually, physically dropped open!!!! I am not kidding, I was like the great Homer Simpson in a doughnut shop!!!!! My anticipation raced through the veins of my body, so that throughout Shaft all I could think of was Rogue.....ohhhhhh sweet Rogue......Anyhoo, I ended up seeing Shaft a second time because I could not concentrate on the film! When I first saw the film I could not believe my eyes! What a great portrayal of Lee's misunderstood mutants. Hugh Jackman was so inot the character Wolverine, that I was disappointed he didn't keep the cool haircut! And Famke Jansen? Oh yeah, Jean Grey is hot. I loved the rivalry between Wolverine and Cyclops too, it added some much needed humor to an otherwise dark movie. As a prospective educator, I would not recommend this one for the kids, its dark and violent. But for us adults that grew up with the comic book, as I did, it is so well worth your seeing!!! Kudos to Bryan Singer, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, for another great movie!!! An all around fun and action packed movie, highly recommended!!! Oh, and Mr. Lee? Can't wait to see Spiderman and how about working on a Fantastic Four film?!!!!
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Summary: Longtime Fan Very...VERY Pleased!
Review: I must admit...I made a mistake. I am a longtime comic book reader and X-men was one of my all time favorites. I collect the comic books, I bought the cartoon video tapes. I even worked one semester as an intern at Marvel comics and met Mr. Stan Lee himself! (An incredibly amiable and energetic fellow!) When X-men came out at the theaters, as much as I was dying to see it...I didn't go. I was afraid they would destroy this great universe that I had known since I was thirteen. Boy was I wrong! I rented it last night and was kicking myself for not seeing it on the big screen! I was happy from the first scene where they show Magneto's parents being taken to a Nazi prison camp. And throughout the whole movie the focus seemed more on the characters, their motivations, and storyline, rather than bang-um-up special effects.I hate when movies use action and special effects as a crutch for their lame movie lines. The X-men comic is rich in characters and has a lot to do with feeling ostrisized, hated and learning to accept that which is different. I am so glad the writers took this into account!! The performances were also on par with the film, with the best work coming out of Hugh Jackman and Anna Paquin. At first, I didn't like the fact that they were starting Rogue out as a teenager, but it did work well to show how she came to understand and fear her power. And even though the love triangle between Wolverine, Cyclops and Jean Grey was indicated in the movie, I was much more impressed by the relationship with Wolverine and Rogue. He has a compassionate, very big brother sort of connection with her and it seems to have more spark than he and Jean. Also, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan were perfect as the two patrons of the mutant factions! Way to go X-men movie makers!Two enthusiastic thumbs up and hopes for more in the future.(If as much care is taken to make them right!) I also commend you for having Stan Lee's and Jack Kirby's input on the movie...I'm sure they had a hand in making this what it was! OH--ONE LAST THING!!If you rent the movie make sure to check out the additional 10 minutes of out takes after the credits! I wish these had remained in the movie- it goes even further into the character relationships and features a couple of other well known x-men (the names ShadowCat and Jubilee sound familiar??)
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Summary: A decent beginning....
Review: I grew up reading the X-Men comic books, so I was looking forward to seeing these characters on the big screen. While I was a bit disappointed by the plot of the movie, the effects and characters were fantastic. I would have liked to have seen a bit more of the development of each character, but I understand there was so much territory to cover that they could only do so if they had a sequel.....hmmmmm. Overall, I think the cast does a good job of getting into character, and I thoroughly enjoyed Rogue's character (no comment about male chauvenism...) A good flick and one that a DVD copy should be in everyone's library!!!
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Summary: This DVD rocks!!!
Review: This DVD is absolutely one of the best I have ever bought. Plenty of extra features and cool packaging on top of being a great movie. If you don't yet have it, it's time to get it! You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Impressive and faithful adaption
Review: "X-Men", starring Patrick Stewart as Professor X and Ian McKellen as Magneto is the best film adapted from a comic book in recent years. In "X-Men" the world is experiencing a strange mutant phenomenon. These mutants are so feared that a conservative senator (Bruce Davison) is trying to pass a bill for mutant registration. The theme of the movie (and comic book) is that mutants are just like regular people, in fact most of them don't even want their strange abilities. That leads to the film's central conflict; there are two groups of mutants, one good and one evil. The good mutants are of course the "X-Men" led by Professor X and the evil mutants are led by Magneto. Magneto and his "Brotherhood of Mutants" have been so mistreated by society that they have taken upon themselves to "mutate" the human race.One of the areas where this film succeeds is creating a world realistic enough for these mutants to be believable, it takes the same approach that the first "Superman" film did. Instead of populating his world with fantastic sets and costumes, director Bryan Singer emphasizes on the fantastic characters and makes them people. The X-Men behave just like people in the real world. They work well together, then some like the Wolverine and Cyclops dislike eachother very much, in fact they both compete for the affections of the lovely Jean Grey. The humanity of the comic characters doesn't stop with the X-Men. In fact the villian of the movie, Magneto, had such a horrific childhood that you could almost understand his distrust for non-mutants. It's through these touches that "X-Men" reveals itself to be far deeper than the usual summer blockbuster. Most of the story concerns the initiation of the wayward mutants Wolverine and Rogue into the X-Men and their struggle to adapt to mutant society. The X-Men soon battle Magneto and his Brotherhood hoping to stop him from destroying the human race. Although more serious than other comic-book films, "X-Men" still manages to be quite fun and entertaining. It is full of great suprises, action, visual effects, a good chuckle here and there, and of course black jump suits. This is a super hero movie after all. If there is anything strange about the film it's in the way film abrupty ends. It seems that the filmmakers realized that there could be no satisfying way to "end" a super hero movie with this subject matter. The "end" may take a couple of sequels, in fact the movie ends in such a way that you almost expect "To Be Continued" to come across the screen. If the next X-Men films are as good as this, I hope it continue.
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Summary: Give it a year or two
Review: for a sequel to come out, and we'll have a great xmen movie. This film had fairly well written characters, took itself seriously, and touched on the larger social issues xmen has always tried to be about. The story's pretty weak, though. Magneto's plan could've been an outtake from the old Batman tv show, and the movie is terribly anticlimactic. Give em a whole movie to write a plot through, instead of using an hour to intro characters, and maybe xmen2 will truly succeed. xtras on the dvd are nice deleted scenes are really good scenes - they just would've weighted down the film in the wrong places
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Summary: Finally
Review: I had waited for this movie since Superman was adapted to the big screen, and I'm glad that it took this long. The reason? Because the special effects technology allowed the movie enough spectacular effects to wow the eye, and because Patrick Stewart was now THE perfect casting as Professor X. All in all the balance of character development, perfect casting of all the characters, and an actioned packed storyline make this a thouroughly enjoyable experience. Hopefully this will open the door to other titles from the Marvel franchise equally promising as big screen abdaptations. The Avengers come to mind. A must see if you're a comic book fan. Parents might want to review it before allowing younger children to view it as some of them might find some of the violence and language inappropriate for pre-teens.
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Summary: X-Men=the movie of the summer or the mistake Stan Lee made
Review: X-Men the movie is one of those movies you want to see but you think is going to be a dud.When I went to the theater I thought X-Men was going to be great but at the same time I thought it would suck.It turned out I walked out the theater saying "Hey Did you see X-Men the Movie, if you didn't I'd get up off that seat and buy a ticket right now"So I guess X-Men The movie=The movie of the summer.
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Summary: X-Men
Review: X-Men is an amazing movie. I was reluctant to see it a first.I knew a lot about the history because I had watched the cartoon when I was younger and "played" it with the local kids. The first thing that came to mind was a Batman and Robin type movie. Fakey and typical. It's nothing like that! I can promise you one thing, if I love this movie anyone will. It's really not what you may think but so much more. You can't get more gurly than me, 16 year old, mall going, fashion crazy girl,and yet I still love it. It's great for all ages and you will want to see it again. Best of all it has the hot guy action going on too. With Cyclops for the 21 and under age group and the more provacative Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) for the older crowd. Although I go for Hugh! I guess there are exception for ever rule. This film is fun, great for all ages and the gurly's will dig it too!
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Summary: Outstanding Adaptation
Review: As my title says, this was an outstanding adaptation of the X-men universe to film. I was very pleasantly surprised in the quality of it, enough to see it twice in the theatres. I highly recommend this to any fan of the X-men universe, you will not be disappointed. Hugh Jackman was a great choice for Wolverine. He just seems full of attitude and his opening scene is great! There are many little extra's in the film but you'd have to know something of the Marvel universe to get them. Iceman for instance is a student at the academy. Just listen really close to the names of the kids. It's pretty cool.
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