Welcome to the Evolution and a fantastic film.

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2000)

I saw the X-Men movie on opening night at around 10:30 at night and the theater was packed. There were so many people there and my friends and I, who are all fans of the comic book, sat with anticipation just waiting for it to begin. I have never been so excited over a movie in a long while and when it was over everyone in the theater applauded and my friends and I were most definitely not disappointed. In fact this film is one of the best comic to film adaptations since the original Batman and is in my top ten list of my favorite films.
The plot is fairly basic and if you are not a an avid reader of the comic book you will still understand everything that is going on. I won't give the plot away but here's a basic summary of the characters. Professor Charles Xavier runs a school for gifted youngsters that shows mutants how to use there powers and teaches them to accept what they are in a world that usually doesn't accept things that are different. He believes that humans and mutants can live together peacefully as one. one man on the other hand does not share his views on humans. His name is magneto. He believes that humans be destroyed because they treat mutants so harshly and that humans should believe that mutants are the superior life forms. Xavier's answer to mutants like magneto are the X-Men, a group of mutants who fight for the benefit of man-kind and people who also share xavier's view on humans. The X-men consits of Cyclops, Jean Grey, and storm. Caught in the middle of this is Wolverine and Rogue. Wolverine is a very aggressive mutant who is very confussed about his past. Rogue is a young girl who is has just discovered her mutant powers. They seem to share some kind of bound that brings them together. he vows to protect her and watch over her. Magneto has his own answer to people like the X-men, The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. They consits of Mystique, Sabertooth and Toad. Now it becomes a battle between people who don't share similar opinions and the big question is who's right about the people mutants live amongst?
The acting in the film is good all around. they all fit there parts to perfection. The stnadout performance comes from Hugh Jackman who is a star in the making. he brings wolverine form the comic books staright onto the screen. Anna Paquin is also good as Rogue and the relationship between her and wolverine is very well written. she's vulnerable without being too annoying. The one problem with the acting is halle berry as storm. not that she's bad but i feel that they should've given her more to do. hopefully in the next film they will expand on that. One other good performance is famke janssen as Jean. she's plays the part with smarts and sex appeal.
The action and special effects are great too. the fight between Mystique(played pretty well by Rebecca romyn stamos) is so awesome and very well put together. i liked the fight between wolverine and sabertooth on the statue of liberty but i felt it was a bit anti-climatic. Toad vs cyclops, storm, and jean is gret too. Ray park dazzles us with his great stunt and martial art skills and storm fans will lovre the outcome of this fight.
A great movie and director bryan singer you have put together a solid film. kudos to you. 10/10