Could have been better

Rating: 5/10 (14 July 2000)

When I went to see the X-Men movie earlier today I was expecting something good. Something like the original Batman. A dark comic book movie that had a good story and some good action scenes. Well this movie doesn't deliver them. This movie is basically introducing the characters that all the fans already know, and the film makers are also telling us about there special powers. By the time we get to know them the movie is half way done. This movie is like The Phantom Menace it introduces the characters and its set them up for the next sequels. The only problem is that the Phantom menace sets the characters up for the story we all know while X-men is setting them all for the sequels. Not only that The Phantom Menace had some very good action sequences like the pod race and the final battle. While x-men has some action sequences there not every good. The battle between Wolverine and Sabertooth something all the fans want is every short and ain't that good. A few punches and then wolverine defeats Sabertooth with two punches. Also the special effects were pretty lame. They weren't that good. Also what is it with the costumes. Does every super villain has to have some sort of cape to say that there some special force with super powers. There were many things that were done wrong with the movie that could have been done better and those things could have made the movie better. One thing that I didn't like was wolverine's claws they look like plastic. The claws don't look any dangerous they just look like some toys. The movie could have been better and so could the action that's the weakest points of the movie. For a movie like this you need a good story and very good action sequences to support it. This movie has a good story but the action sequences aren't that good nor are the special effects. This could have been a good or maybe a great action movie but it wasn't