Our Movie Reviews X-Men
Release Year: 2000
Average Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Last Reviewed On: December 20, 2000 (by Michelle)


Scott's Review:
4 out of 5 stars on July 26, 2000

I walked into this moving expecting a bad movie. I was very surprised to see a very good movie. The story was well done, the effects weren't overdone, and the photography was excellent. In short, it was a good movie.

With Bryan Singer, director of The Usual Suspects, directing this film, I should have expected more than I did. But for some reason, I was anticipating something along the lines of Superman IV, a very poor adaptation of the comic book series, attempting to do things that work in a comic book, but don't translate to the silver screen properly. The movie, however, refrained from any ludicrousness. For instance, I fully expected a thirty-minute sequence involving the danger room, for no reason other than to show off special effects and combat skills. But the danger room wasn't even mentioned. Instead, the scriptwriter managed to create a story, which while true to the comic book, was well told on the big screen, and of course left room for sequels. My only complaint was the characters. There were too many of them, and they felt like they could have been deeper than they actually where if there weren't so many of them.

In the end, if other comic books are brought to the big screen, I think X-Men will hold up as a reference point to how they should be done.


Michelle's Review:
4 out of 5 stars on December 20, 2000

I really enjoyed X-Men. I thought it was well done, had a good storyline, and wasn't over the top as many comic book movies tend to be. I don't know why, but I have enjoyed superhero movies ever since Batman came out. And contrary to the sequels to that movie, X-men is a pretty good movie. You don't have to be familer with the comic books to enjoy the movie, i'm case in point. I had never read an X-Men comic book, nor did I know much about the characters, (I knew about Wolverine, but that's about it) I really like the underlying theme of them being different, an fighting the struggle of not fitting in. I think everyone can identify with that a little bit at one time or another in their lives. I know I did. Anyway, it's a good movie, and Patrick Stewart as always, was amazing.
-- Scott and Michelle