Great Film!

Rating: 7/10 (9 May 2014)

I have seen this film so many times, and enjoy it time after time!
Even though this is an original story, separate to the comic books, I think it works well as the first instalment in this particular sequence of films.
The story begins with Rogue and Wolverine and takes them through their journey into the mutant world, and meeting the X-Men, Professor X and Magneto. It also focuses on the, at times, hostile Human interaction with the Mutant world, setting it up for later film (and comic) story lines.
Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen give strong performances throughout and considering the film is now coming up 14/15 years old, the special effects are pretty good!
Overall it is definitely worth a watch, especially for fans of the original Marvel comics (though I did enjoy X-Men 2 (X2) more!)