ONE WORD--- *WOW*

Rating: Null/10 (15 October 2000)

After much anticipation, I finally got around to see this much hyped movie, and believe me, it did not dissappoint.
From start to finish, this was a f/x feast. Every actor was perfectly suited for his/her role. Two actors stood above all, Patrick Stewart as Prof. Charles Francis Xavier "Professor X" as the leader of X-MEN, trying to save humanity from disaster(shades of Jean Luc Piccard??)and the enigmatic Sir Ian McKellen,simply superb as the archetypal villian, the all powerful "Magneto".
The others were well suited for their roles, especially Anna Paquin as Marie "Rogue" and the gorgeous Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as Raven Darkholme "Mystique" the seductive but deadly shape shifter.
Fmke Jenssen was quite good as Dr. Jean Grey, one of her better roles since Goldeneye.(does anyone remember the ghastly "Deep Rising")
The movie did however manage to convey a two very simple messages:
1. that people who are "different" are not outcasts to be shunned for the differences, but excepted for what they are.
2. One should never judge all, because of the actions of a few.
A movie that everyone of all ages would love to see over and over again.