X-Mania: Movie of the Atom

Rating: Null/10 (5 November 2001)

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In 1963, Stan Lee wrote and Jack Kirby illustrated a team of heroes who not only fought crime, but also the prejudices of being born with their powers. They claimed that too many radioactive spiders, cosmic ray trips and gamma bombs would spoil Marvel, so they made the X-Men mutants. In 1975, Len Wein, Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum made a new team of X-Men. Since then, the X-Men were the greatest heroes on the greatest comics ever made. The cartoon series, featuring Cal Dodd as Wolverine, Chris Potter as Gambit, Iona Morris as Storm and Ed Buza as Beast, was the best cartoon made by Marvel(next to G.I.Joe, Transformers and Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends). Now, the movie. Patrick Stewart, Professor Xavier. Sir Ian McKellen, Erik Magnus Lensherr. Hugh Jackman, Jonathan Logan Wolfe. Anna Paquin, Maria D'Acanto. James Marsden, Scott Summers. Halle Berry, Ororo Munroe. Famke Jansen, Jean Grey. Rebecca Stamos, Raven Darkholme. Tyler Mane, Victor Graydon Creed. Reg Park, Mortimer Toynbee.
These actors bought the X-Men to life in spectacular manner, especially Patrick, Halle and Sir Ian, who were the best of the cast. The chemistry between the X-Men teacher and the Brotherhood's misunderstood leader was Oscar material. The action of the movie was well done, with no one team dominating the other in the climax. My problem was the dialogue. The writing staff should have read more of the X-Men comics to understand that this film had no place for Hollywood PG-13 salty language. James' Cyclops was a royal JERK! And if Sir Ian had my personality when Hugh's Logan told him that he was full of you-know-what, Wolvie's neck would be full of puncture wounds from six adamantium claws, if you know what I mean. Conclusively, the film earned a B+ from me. 8 out of 10. Uncanny, but could have been uncannier. If you loved this movie, watch X-Men:Evolution on Kids WB! Great cartoon featuring Scott McNeil as Wolverine.
Note: If there is an X-Men sequel, don't forget Ed Buza as Beast, Roland Kickinger as Colossus, Yuji Okumoto as Sunfire, Lori Petty as Boom Boom, Russel Crowe as Mister Sinister, Lou Diamond Phillips as Forge and Chris Potter as Gambit.