Could have been better!

Rating: Null/10 (17 July 2000)

(POSSIBLE SPOILERS) The things that really bothered me was that most of the characters were'nt the right age. And being a great fan of X-men and having read all the comic books I know that Jubliee and Shadow Cat(not to mention some of the others that made little cameos)were not at the academy at the same time nor were they the same age. Also the story of how Rogue came to be with the X-men is totally wrong. There is no chemistry between Jean Grey & Cyclops(not even a little kiss) and Jean Grey & Wolverine.The attraction Wolverine has for Jean Grey is tottally unbelievable. The best thing in the movie is the sexual chemistry between Rogue and Wolverine. Was I the only one to notice?? OK, so shes only 17, but I still think they should have been romanticly linked by the end of the movie. Of course I'm just a romantic sixteen year old girl so you may not all agree but you have to admit that theres definetly great chemistry between them. The villans were all good. But I did'nt really enjoy Cyclops or Jean Grey(of course I have never liked them in the comic books either). Famke Janssen is too old and boring as jean grey and james marsden is too young and annoying as cyclops. Halle Berry on the other hand is great as Storm although she is terribly underused, only given a handful of lines and hardly any screen time. Hugh Jackman is perfect as Wolverine. As is Anna Paquin as Rogue. Also I think the film was way too short. But overall I give this film an 8 out of ten stars and a 10 out of 10 if I had never read the comic books.