Enough Said.

Rating: 10/10 (28 July 2000)

I finally have seen this one after waiting ages to get to the cinema and I was not disappointed. I've read the reviews and I have a few things to say...
i) There are characters missing in the movie because the film had to be for people unfamiliar with the movie not just the fans. Too many characters would have been too confusing. People would have got lost with who's who.
ii) The character development was small because the movie would have dragged otherwise, and besides, there are so many characters to develop. Think about it - Wolverine, Cyclops, Rouge, Jean Grey, Professor X, Magneto, Sabertooth, Mystique, Toad and Storm - that's a lot of characters to try and develop in such a small space of time.
iii) The screenplay wasn't as bad as people make it out to be. It was actually kinda impressive given the movie. I've said it before and I'll say it again, a complicated plot doesn't constitute a good movie. Some movies are just as good without them. Besides, what were you expecting? William Shakespeare?
iv) It's got lots of special effects and sfx, but could you really have a movie without them? Bet the same people complaining it was all special effects and no plot would be the same people that would have been complaining if it had a good story and no special effects. I can hear them moaning now, "Where are the special effects... etc..." You just can't please these people, ever!
v) There were a lot of loose ends because there is so much more to happen. The comics have been going for so long. Hey the cartoon series took about 15 episodes to cover this entire mutant Registation thing and who knows how many comics. Then there's Apocolyse, the Phoenix and Sinister etc. to go on with. There's a lot of stuff to try and tie up. This is a 30 plus year amount of stuff we're talking about! Besides, in reality if they had have tried to tie up all the loose ends the ending would have been really untidy and clustered and all rushed and it would never have worked, unless the movie went for four hours.
vi) Leave the realistic/ realism stuff alone please! Yes there are continuity and factual problems. Let it go please. That's why they're called movies. For heaven's sake, please leave your brains at home and bring your imaginations with you. You're spoiling the fun.
vii) Some people had there minds already made up about this movie and what they would think of it - cheezy comic remake, plot holes, bad script, not doing the film justice and nobody, not ever me can convince these arrogant people other wise.
No need to mention Hugh Jackman. Enough said. Least nobody is hoeing into him.
>Saint Just