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Rating: 10/10 (14 July 2000)

SOME SPOILERS: READ AT YOUR OWN RISK I walked in expecting a great movie. Walked out, and saw a movie that was basically a masterpiece. First the cast: Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine: Hugh Jackman IS Wolverine. His gruff looks, beard and mannerisms. Everytime he SNIKTS his claws, you almost feel transported into the comic book. However, I agree that he did do a little too much, but he was awesome. Patrick Stewart as Professor X: Perfect. PS is the spitting image of Xavier, and although he didn't require much physical activity, he did a great job. Anna Paquin as Rogues: Good. Although I know she's still a teenager, I kinda wanted her to do more. She screamed a lot, and gave a hard look a lot as well. But she was still good. Ian McKellen as Magneto: AWESOME! Ian McKellen portrays Magneto in all his nastiness. When he flies, it's outstanding. He's just so evil, and looks cool in that cape and hat. Everyone else: Famke Janssen was good, a perfect love interest for Scott, but didn't do much. James Mardsen was great as Cylcops, he looks like him, but also acts like him. A no-nonsense leader why immediately despises Logan, and the two chit chats make up for some of the funniest lines in the movie. (gotta love it when Logan flips off Cyclops) Halle Berry wasn't that great at all with Storm. She didn't do much, (the most underdeveloped character) and she had few lines and when spoke them, sounded like she was reading cue cards. Ray Park was kool as Toad, and ended up being the most interesting baddie. He had these eyes, his mannerisms, and gotta love it when he's onscreen. And finally, Ray talks! (well, not a lot) Tyler Mane did his best job as a disappointing Sabretooth, who sadly was riddled with bad cliche lines (like when he picks up Storm and tells her to scream for him) but that wasn't his fault. And finally Rebecca Stamos (I wouldn't even bother trying to spell her maiden name) They made such a big deal about her, but she was onscreen for like a total of ten minutes. But she did surprise us every now and then. Bruce Davidson was the perfect condescending baddie, who in one scene made me almost throw up... Xmen surprised me a lot. It had way more humor than I expected it to, (just seeing Logan and Scott onscreen would equal a chuckle, because of the tension between them) I personally thought that Storm and Sabretooth (two of my most favorite characters) were a little under developed, but good. The action is relentless, and I only counted one boring scene. Some people had say this is a short movie, but really isn't. It's around 105 minutes, but so good it seems like, 80 minutes. I loved the way Bryan Singer directed it: but of course, we gotta respect the writers, because without em no movies would exist. We gotta thank them for giving us a real, dimensional comic book movie, for healing the cuts Batman made. (sure, Blade and Spawn were good-but not this good) And of course, making everyone forget Marvel went bankrupt and made Punisher. (but lets not bring that up) I know it wasn't a comic book movie, but Xmen in my opinion blew Matrix out of the water, simply because I thought some of the characters were better developed than in Matrix. I loved the heck outta this movie, it was so good. Look out for Shadowcat, Jubilee, (I think I saw Nightcrawler-but not positive) and Iceman had a small role... And of course, many answers aren't answered. Mystique is still alive, judging by the Sen, Kelly video, Magneto isn't dead, and I'm not quite sure if Sabretooth and toad are dead either. Wolverine's got to come back, and of course there's Bishop, Cable, Gambit, Angel, and many others (especially Beast) to explore. Also, we saw shots of Prof. X walking, and Wolverine having dreams of his surgery. These are never explained, so all this adds up to another Xmen movie. I hope it's as action-packed, funny, suspenseful, surprising and downright awesome as the first one. 10/10