X-cellent

Rating: 10/10 (15 October 2000)

When I first read that they were going to make an X-men movie I thought: "It will never work, there are too many characters, too many plots...". I thought that the only way it might work was to restrict the number of characters, but...which ones? And what about the story? I discussed these issues with some friends of mine: Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Xavier, Magneto, Sabretooth, Beast, Gambit, Mystique, Rogue and Iceman were the most wanted characters. And the story? It had to be Wolverine-centered, after all, he IS the world´s favourite X-man. I was extremely nervous when I went to see the movie, most comic adaptations to the big screen had completely disappointed me with the exception of the two first 'Batman' and 'Blade'(even though I liked 'the crow', its ending has nothing to do with the original comic-book). As I watched the film the only thing I could think of was "This is great!!". Hugh Jackman is fantastic as Wolverine, Stewart and Ian's interpretations are really cool, and the others...awesome. Ok, some might say "what about Beast, Gambit, Colossus, Nightcrawler, etc..", well that's what sequels are for...Bryan Singer did a wonderful job (even if the character of Rogue isn't exactly what I expected)and i just hope that the sequels will be as good or better than this one (I hope to see more of Wolverine´s mysterious past...and see the x-men hunted down by yuo know who).