X-Men: The Movie

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Summary: It's not a 'book'.
Review: (First, to answer the other person's [SHOUTED] question about why this book costs twice as much for fewer pages: This is the graphic novel, with the three "Prequel" comics and the Graphical adaptation of the movie. The 233-page book is a normal novelization with words -- no four-color pages.)

The graphic novelizations were disappointing. Rogue's, at least, didn't follow either the movie or the comic book, so it wasn't particularly helpful, and the movie part of the book was by no means complete. I didn't even really like the artwork, because they had to try and make the drawings look like the actors. Just read the comics separately.

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Summary: Graphic adaptation not worth it
Review: (First, to answer the other person's [SHOUTED] question about why this book costs twice as much for fewer pages: This is the graphic novel, with the three "Prequel" comics and the Graphical adaptation of the movie. The 233-page book is a normal novelization with words -- no four-color pages.)

The graphic novelizations were disappointing. Rogue's, at least, didn't follow either the movie or the comic book, so it wasn't particularly helpful, and the movie part of the book was by no means complete. I didn't even really like the artwork, because they had to try and make the drawings look like the actors. Just read the comics separately.

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Summary: I have to agree with the others!
Review: 7 August 2000: I saw the movie 2 times already and I have to say that I just LOVE IT! I've always been an X-men fan. And it was amazing! You have to love all the talent that worked on that movie. Can't wait for the DVD! Oh, and also I bought this book, I've already read it!

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Summary: I have to agree with the others!
Review: 7 August 2000: I saw the movie 2 times already and I have to say that I just LOVE IT! I've always been an X-men fan. And it was amazing! You have to love all the talent that worked on that movie. Can't wait for the DVD! Oh, and also I bought this book, I've already read it!

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Summary: X-Men : The Movie
Review: Book based on the movie, Mutants exist and they live in secret fearing the humans who hate them. Professor Xaver opens a school that teaches young mutants how to use their powers. An evil mutant called magnito with his team of mutants, Mystique, sabertooth, and toad plan to wipe out every human from New York city with a device that is located in the Statue of liberty. The X-Men must stop him.

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Summary: Wolverine spectacular
Review: I loved the movie and I just HAD to buy the book! Wolverine was SOOOOOO awesome I was hoping Bryan Singer wouldn't dissapoint and he and Hugh Jackman certainly didn't!

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Summary: X-men, is Xcellent
Review: I saw the movie and just had to read the book. I loved the animated series and comics when I was young. Hugh Jackman is a wonderful wolverine, better than I expected. In fact everyone was cast perfectly. Missed the Beast and Gambit, but hopefully they will be in the sequel. I hope the hard-core fans liked it as much as those who have never heard of the X-men. Surely no one can deny, it's Excellent.

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Summary: It's not a 'book'.
Review: I'm an X-Men fan, and I have been for many years. With slight trepidation and nervousness I went and saw the movie...I LOVED IT!! Stupid me, in my haste to read a written novelization of the movie, I ordered this 'book' with mighty expectations. I expected a written adaptation of the movie...sort of like what Terry Brooks did for SWI: The Phantom Menace.

Nope, this is not a book revealing the innermost thoughts of the characters...It's a glossy comic book...and the art wasn't even that great.

While I love comics, this thing fell flat as far as I'm concerned...I gave it away to a friend...who later threw it into the donation dumpster at Goodwill.

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Summary: X-MEN: THE MOVIE
Review: IF THE BOOK IS THIS GOOD, THEN THE MOVIE IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH BETTER. THE PERSONALITIES OF THE CHARACTERS ARE AMAZING. FROM PROFESSOR X TO TOAD, THEY ARE REALLY IMPRESSIVE. BY PORTRAITING A YOUNG ROGUE, YOU CAN SEE THAT SHE HAS SOME GROWING UP TO DO IN THE FUTURE. WOLVERINE IS EVERYONE'S HERO AND HE PROVES JUST WHO IS IN CHARGE. CYCLOPS IS A LEADER ALONG WITH STORM THEY ARE AT THE HEART OF THE XMEN. I JUST LOVED THIS BOOK AND I AM SURE I WILL LOVE THE MOVIE.

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Summary: The comic book of the movie that was based on a comic book
Review: It is always interesting to see the official comic book adaptation of a movie that is based on a comic book in the first place. Ralph Macchio has the honors of adapting the screenplay, with penciler Anthony Williams and inker Andy Lanning handling the artwork. Obviously this is really no place to talk about how the X-Men comic was adapted to the silver screen, but rather how it makes the transition back to its original art form. My criticism boils down to one basic comment: 48-pages is not long enough to tell this story. Macchio gets all the words in but Williams is pretty much handcuffed from turning the movie into a "real" comic book. Entire scenes are crammed into a couple of pages and outside of a few splash panels there is no opportunity to use the medium to the advantage of the story. Look at what the big fight between Sabertooth and Wolverine boils down to. We have seen entire comic books devoted to epic fights between a single superhero and a single supervillain. This is just too crammed into this few pages and despite Williams's efforts you know he could have done better with half again as many pages with which to work.

Also included in this collection are reprints of a pair of X-Men issues focusing on Magneto and arguably their best confrontation, #112 "Magneto Triumphant" and #113 "Showdown" (both illustrated by John Bryne), as well as #171 "Rogue," penciled by Walt Simonson and finished by Bob Wiacek. There are also pages from Marvel Comics Presents #72-75, which was the Weapons X storyline focusing on Wolverine and drawn by Barry Windsor-Smith, who drew the worst looking X-Men comic of all time as one of his first gigs at Marvel (he drew it on benches in the park). Of course, these efforts showcase some of the better examples of comic book storytelling and artwork and you have to wonder what it would be like if the movie adaptation was twice as long and half of the reprints were jettisoned. Final note of curiosity: So how much the credits are only provided for one of the four reprints? Hmmmmm.