X-Men (2000)

The Age of Commercialism

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

From Bryan Singer's creative mind, this is an instant classic for all X-men fans! Hugh Jackman did an outstanding job on his debut as Wolverine. A must watch for X-men and marvel fans alike!

This movie was a roller coaster of fun. Despite giving off many vibes of your average superhero flick, the progressive themes and brilliant social themes reverberated as strongly as it did in the comics.Casting was brilliant. Hugh Jackman, now a common household name but at the time wasn't known in the slightest, was stellar as Wolverine. Patrick Stewart, obviously, did a good job as Professor X, and Anna Paquin did a surprisingly good job performance as Rogue, really putting her down to earth and selling very realistic dialogue.On that note, the dialogue was excellent, making fun of its comic book universe while also being realistic. Special effects were pretty good, but haven't aged so well with the times, save for Wolverine's awesome 360 around the Statue of Liberty. Would be easily recommendable if not for the missteps made during the latter half, and a few mutants who only served to advance the plot and being relatively unimportant. Looking at you, Toad and the Ice guy.Despite that, recommend getting this on DVD or streaming it on YouTube in HD. Deserves your money.Rating: B+

X-Men is a 2000 film based on Marvel's X-Men comic book series. The plot follows a drifter named Wolverine, played by Hugh Jackman, who is soon introduced to a young woman, nicknamed Rogue. Wolverine quickly realizes why the girl wants to stay with him: they are both mutants, or people who are born with supernatural abilities. The misfit duo's genes soon bring them in the middle of a clash between two organized mutant groups: Charles Xavier, played by Patrick Stewart, and his mutant X-Men against Magneto, played by Ian McKellen, and his Brotherhood of Mutants. Action and heroism follow that lead to an epic battle of mutant against mutant.The film takes many liberties from the comic books, but it seems to work well in this setting. The movie has all the action and fun you'd expect from the X-Men, including a smug Cyclops, the rebellious and awesome Wolverine, and an interesting cast choice of Halle Berry as Storm. The special effects are good, the movie keeps an exciting pace, and the story is interesting.The problems with this movie mainly consist with the poor dialogue. This is the part of a comic book movie that needs to be the least like a comic book. Corny one-liners, puns, and melodramatic dialogue take away from the seriousness established in the conflict. Some of the fighting scenes are a little silly, especially the ones including the shape-shifting mutant, Mystique. My final complaint, which I make in hesitation, was the way some of the plot devices were handled. I cannot elaborate too much on this without giving anything away, but one example I can make is the villain's cliché "doomsday" weapon. Where did it come from? How does it work? It's just there to be there, to be the conflict and the problem that has to be addressed.Despite these flaws, the film is still entertaining and enjoyable. Action-packed and full of your favorite characters from the comics, this movie is mostly for the fans. Outsiders are in for a corny ride that the action may not justify.

This is a great action movie. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. 7.4 is a good ratting. But this is such a good movie 7.4 is underrating it. X men united is better. X men last stand is better. X men origins wolverine is also better. X men first class is also better. Wolverine is also better. X men day of further past is also better. X men apocalypse is also better. This is one of the best action movie from 2000. See it. It is a great movie. It is better then The dark knight ans that is not easy to do. This movie is a must see. I give it 9. 7.4 is underrating it. This a great movie.