Finally took to my liking.

Rating: Null/10 (3 May 2003)

I've never been an insane fan of the X-men. I did like it, I watched the Saturday morning cartoon and had some of the videogames and a few of the comics. Overall I was more of a Batman fan. But this film certainly has made me enjoy the X-men more.
It wasn't until earlier this year that I came to like this movie. See when I first saw it in the theaters and pretty much everything in the film had been shown to me from numerous "making of" specials in TV and I was angry because I beleved a rumor that there was 45 minutes taken out of the film. So I thought the film was OK. But over the years I saw this movie in the theater once again and then a few times on video. I finally bought it on DVD and then it all clicked on how to look at this film. This film is basically a semi-serious sci-fi film, using comic book material.
When the film first came out it was kind of odd to see such serious themes of prejudice and love triangles in comic book films. But with the new wave of comic book films like Spider-man and Daredevil, applying real human themes to people with superpowers isn't odd anymore.
Now when I watch this film I notice how good it actually is. The fact that it can even balance and hold so many lead characters is a marvel (no pun intended). The actors were supurb and in the little suttle things they did we could tell so much about their characters. There are no one-sided characters for those who look. I give most credit to Anna Paquin who portrayed the sad story of Rouge, who do to her powers would never be able to physically touch anyone again.
I also love how the film is filled with unexpected "cameos" from other mutants. You can have a lot of fun trying to guess if that girl with the yellow coat in the background is Jubilee or if that fat kid is The Blob.
X-men should be credited with not only being the film that started the new wave of comic book movies, but also as one of the most entertaining films to be based off a graphic novel.