A great movie that gives newbies the wrong impression

Rating: Null/10 (26 October 2000)

Ok. I'll start by saying that, yes, this comment CONTAINS SPOILERS. I believe they will be necessary to argue my point.
Now, I loved the movie... but I have a few problems with it. First, the good things: 1) cameos of random X-men... Collossus, Shadowcat, Pyro, Cannonball, Jubilee, Iceman... yay to them. 2) Stan Lee. An absolute must. 3) most importantly, the movie was well done. It wasn't a joke or a flop like previous Marvel movies. It did well at the box office, it didn't use ridiculous spandex, corny jokes (well, not many), or cheesy special effects. Bravo to Marvel for actually making something decent.
Now, onto my main point. THE MOVIE DOES NOT PROPERLY REPRESENT THE X-MEN!!! Firstly, the X-men are not that dark!!! There were far too few scenes that involved sunlight or even very much color...
Secondly, while I realize that spandex would look bad, the X-men DON'T WEAR BLACK Leather!!
Third, and most important of these "cons": the continuity is completely wrong. Those who see the movie before reading the comic will get the wrong impression of who these people are, how they met, etc. The movie continuity, in my opinion, is not canon; it is not an alternate continuity; IT IS SIMPLY COMPLETELY WRONG...
oh, also, I feel that it was incredibly wrong to change Mystique and Toad in the comic to better match their movie counterparts.
EVIDENCE! Here we go:
1) Rogue's name is not Marie. Her real name has never been revealed in the comic.
2) Rogue's gaining the white streak after touching Magneto is also wrong. She always had it.
3) Rogue was supposed to be a villain first. She was raised by Mystique... and joined the X-men only after acquiring her super-strength, invulnerability, and flight powers.
4) The roster was wrong - the timing/order in which people joined was wrong... if Cyclops and Jean are adults and are X-men, why not Iceman? he's only a few years younger... Pyro shouldn't be there at all... if Storm's on the team, Wolverine should already be, too. They joined at the same time...
5) Magneto and Mystique and Sabretooth were never on the Brotherhood together
6) Erik (Lensherr) is not Magneto's real name - it was revealed that he used that as an alias...
7) Mystique does wear clothes. and she's not scaly
8) Toad does not have this strange tongue thing... nor the green goop stuff
9) Henry Peter Gyrich (the guy Mystique impersonates for her attack on Sen. Kelley) is a red-head.. also his name is mis-spelled "Guyrich" in the credits
10) It just doesn't fit in continuity! If Jean barely has any telepathy, and doesn't even have a code-name (like, um... Phoenix), then Jubilee shouldn't be there... if Kitty (not Katie!!!) is there, then where's Lockheed.. on the other hand, i find myself asking that rather often...

Um... I think that's enough kvetching for now. Go see it, go enjoy it... but keep in mind that THE MOVIE IS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION. Go buy some comics :)