Great for X-fans and non X-fans!

Rating: 10/10 (28 July 2001)

I am huge fan of Rogue and Gambit, but I was quite disappointed with Singer's protrayal of the Mississippi Maurader. I understand that he wanted to show her as a teenager, possibly to connect with teenage fans, but nobody really knows what she was like at that age! Everybody knows her as the strongarm of the X-Men. And when the sequel is made, with Gambit in it by the way, how is their relationship supposed to work, unless the Ragin' Cajun is a young'n' too! But other than the misrepresentation of Rogue, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. I especially loved the tension between Cyclops and Wolverine! :-) And the addition of "one-liners" added solely for X-Fans ("What would you prefer, yellow spandex?") made it just that much more identifible! The story was well written (* could have been better if Gambit was in it), and the cast (except for Ms. Paquin as Rogue) was SUPERB! I could go on about the praises... but let me just say... the sequel is highly anticipated!