Spiffy Adaptation

Rating: 6/10 (15 July 2000)

While it was accessible to general audiences, it was merely adequate for fans. Though I'm no comic freak I did wait for 2 1/2 years to see this and I was impressed with Singer(who ironically never read the comic)for visualizing a movie he had no idea where to begin. That fact shows itself to serious fans but I did not feel I wasted money. Simply put there are just too many characters and not enough time. Action sequences are pretty fine but I kept recalling Joel Schumacher's silly Batman sequels. It's obvious the special FX were a bit shoestring but it was more or less better than average. I wish they could have fleshed out Magneto a bit more and explained his and Prof. X's previous friendship. "Wolvie" was cool and they even made his hair look cool. Sabretooth should not have been as oafish and ass-headed as he was and fans will agree that a big fight b/t certain characters was missing(wink wink). Mystique was too cool for her own good(though I still wanna marry Romijn).Plot left a little to be desired but acting was top notch all around(except James Marsden!) which brings to mind the fact that Jean Grey was not supposed to be considerably older than Cyclops. I guess I could keep nit- picking and while I know nothing compared to other people about the comic I still think that while it wasn't bad it could've been better. I do trust that the sequel will be better and I believe Singer will again be up to the challenge. All in all,it missed the mark for serious fans but certainly could've been MUCH worse. Rating:3 out of 5 stars.