I'm X-static about this movie!

Rating: Null/10 (17 July 2000)

Finally Marvel has gotten this right! After miserable showings from previous ventures such as Captain America, The Punisher, and Fantastic Four, (movies which Im sure no one besides myself and a few other die-hard fans have seen) Marvel delivers the goods with X-men.
X-men joins the ranks of the DC movies that made it big, i.e. Superman and Batman. X-men shines thru out, and true comic-book fans will not be disappointed.
I liked the movie because of the great performance by Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. Hugh Jackman makes this movie, and he does a great job portraying the brooding, rough-edged Wolverine, the typical 'outcast' superhero. I think Hugh was the best possible choice for this role. He also has some of the best lines in the movie. In fact, you could change the name of the movie to 'Wolverine' and it would still do well.
Unfortunately, all the attention that Wolverine gets detracts from the other X-men characters in the movie. Their characters seem almost a side-note to the Wolverine story. Patrick Stewart does a stellar job as Professor X, but I wish he had more lines and a bigger role. Stewart was destined to play this character; the resemblance to the comic-book character is un-canny. (as in un-canny X-men) However, I think his screen time was a bit short. In sum, I would have liked to have seen the other X-men characters developed a little more as well.
All in all, the movie kept me glued to my seat throughout. There just enough unanswered questions to set itself up for a sequel, just like a comic book does until the next issue. I also thought the translation from comic-book to movie was well done.
It was well worth the price of admission and I would gladly see it again.
X-celsior !