Comic book characters brought to life

Rating: 8/10 (17 February 2001)

A certain amount of scepticism was my first reaction when i heard of the making of this movie. It has been tried several times to bring comic-characters to life, and somehow it's never been a big success. When i heard of the casting of actors like Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen to play the roles of Xavier and Magneto, I also became aware Singer was trying to bring some real acting in this movie, and not trying to make comic-book copies only. The result is even better than i expected. Hugh Jackman, Anna Paquin and the two great actors mentioned above make this movie worth watching. The story and plot haven't disappeared amongst the special effects and even some characters are deepened and you feel the tension and involvement with characters, story and people. All in all not the best movie in the world, but due to good acting, a fairly good plot, a nice story, and some beautiful scenes as well as not too much and too heavy aggressive scenes this movie has become one of the better comic-book films and guarantees almost two hours of fun and entertainment. Four stars out of five, i would say.