Good movie especially after seeing First Class

Rating: 9/10 (8 June 2011)

X-Men- 2000 The movie that treated the comic book properties seriously still stands the test of time and it is comparable and matches perfectly with the recent X-Men First Class. Starting with the powerful introductory scene with Erik Lensher being forcefully introduced to his power in the form of anguish and pain that is comparable to any emotional scene from The Pianist or Schindler's List, this is a very good start. Logan and Rogue's relationship carries the movie because of their similarities of being outcasts and very good performance on both of their part when they are together. However, Paquin does come off a little dry when she is without her co-star Jackman though, but this is just nitpicking. The score is excellent and dramatic when it needs to be, especially at Magneto's defeat, pure epicness. Logan and Scott's bantering is hilarious with humor that is subtle but always hilarious. I personally criticized the film by stating that powerful characters such as Storm or Jean should never be intimidated by a weak mutant like Toad, but seeing it with closer examination, it makes sense how he caught them by surprise and Storm looks completely bad-ass when she rises out of the elevator, granted she does state one of the worst lines in movie history to Toad being "What happens to a toad when he gets struck by lightning"? "The same thing that happens to everything else" Ridiculous and unnecessary, also it kills off the climax of seeing Storm at her peak. Charles and Erik feel like they have been friends for a long time and have genuine respect for one another and the scene at the end in the plastic prison summarizes their rivalry by comparing their battles to a chess match between old friends. This is especially resonant if you have seen X-Men First Class, as this film perfectly matches the friendship between the two as McAvoy and Fassbender were as powerful as Stewart and McKellen. Overall, the movie is definitely worth buying and is a nice companion to First Class to which they tied it nicely to this movie. Another flaw that has to be pointed out is the fact that Magneto does not seem to have that powerful essence when he used his power since he was not being as menacing when he controlled the guns for instance, he just stood there and bantered with Xavier for a while. Probably because I could not help but compare him to Fassbender in X-Men First Class who completely dominated that movie as Magneto, so I'm going to have to say that McKellen makes a better Magneto when he is planning or more of a behind the scenes villain, especially when he is with Xavier and they feel as if they have a history.