Terrific,old-fashioned and brilliant film!

Rating: Null/10 (20 September 2000)

It took a lot of time for X-Men to make it to the big screen and turn into a motion picture event, but the final result was worth the waiting.This smash-hit not only beat the crap out of the other blockbusters but also received terrific reviews and gained the love of the public around the whole world for a very good reason: what makes X-Men such a vivid, interesting and original movie is the fact that it isn't a typical pointless action blockbuster.X-Men reminds me a lot of the first Superman, released in 1978, because such as X-Men, back in the seventies Superman was the motion picture that everybody was waiting to see for a long time, and people made lines in front of the theaters to watch for the first time a man flying.So, you see, it had that appeal, that feeling, and the movie also had a good, well-written story, you don't get wall-to-wall action in Superman - of course, there are adventure and scenes in which the special effects are necessary to build that moment - but the story is so sweet and human that you feel like you really got to know every one of the characters in the end. You cheered for Superman, you cried in some sad scenes, you enjoyed the ride. But nowadays, you don't get that feeling any more.X-Men came in just about the right time, with its old-fashioned story, in which the main characters, and not just the special effects, have the spotlight.In X-Men you will find everything that makes a movie so great- a terrific director (Brian Singer is the guy responsible for films like Apt Pupil and The Usual Suspects), a brilliant story and great acting by a talented cast, Anna Paquin is so beautiful and great here!she changed a lot since The Piano,the only thing that didn't change is her powerful talent!congratulations for the cast directors for giving to Hugh Jackman the role of Wolverine, this is the part he was born to play, and he is such one hell of a good actor that I am certain that he has a brilliant, stellar future on Hollywood!watch X-Men, and discover again the pleasure to watch a beautiful and old-fashioned story!