Could Have Been Better, But Enjoyable None The Less

Rating: 7/10 (11 November 2009)

At first, I did not really care for this film because it was not true to the comic book story. But an old friend of mine gave me some advice: "Just take it as a story from a different point of view." Once I did that I really found this movie to be quite enjoyable.
The overall story is probably a little sub par. In comparison to "X2" and "The Last Stand" it is by far the weakest of the three.
Where there are now four X-Men titles out, we are accustom to the actors in the roles that they play, but when this originally came out I was astounded at the near spot-on job that they did with the cast. From Wolverine to Professor X to Magneto, I feel as though they did a wonderful job getting the characters to look like who they are supposed to be. And then there are new renditions such and the visually interesting Mystique.
However, that being said, I feel that they really missed the boat on Sabertooth, and to a lesser extent, Rogue. There could have been better actors to play each part and the character of Sabertooth could have definitely been more interesting. On a side note, they didn't get it right in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" either.
The action was cool and had they not had to spend time with character introductions they might have had more time to develop a better story, but for what it is it's a good movie to see to get you amped up for the superior sequels that follow.