The true saviour for comic book films that is great

Rating: 8/10 (26 March 2014)

Before this film the realm of comic book films had been looked at but mostly laughed at, but that all changed with X-Men in 2000 that can be truly heralded as the saviour of comic book films. This film sees two outcast mutants - humans with special powers who are recruited to a school for their kind while a group of enemy mutants are attempting to start the war between Mutants and humanity. Now when we think of the character Wolverine we automatically think of Hugh Jackman and this all started with this film. He portrayed the character of Logan so well with the mixture of tough guy attitude, heart felt moments and quick witted humour providing a great lead for this first film and the many that would follow. The supporting cast do a good job as well with Patrick Stewart doing a phenomenal job as Professor Xavier by really coming across strongly as a good father figure but also powerful, likewise Ian Mckellen as Magneto was great and the delivery of his lines was so perfect that I couldn't imagine anybody else delivering them. Famike Janssen was also really good as Jean Grey, especially with the fact that I find her character quite boring in the comics so that is impressive. The one I am not a huge fan of though is that of James Marsden as Cyclops because they make him really boring and like a boyscout which is totally against his character in the comics. The story was good with Magneto's plot and some of the twists being well thought out, but I feel it would have been better if they had left a certain story arc out of the film that I hate. The script was okay with some of the dialogue being fun and witty or well delivered, but then their are other lines that are just bad and have no place in this film. The style of the film is great with the powers and action scenes really working and providing a solid platform for them to improve which they did. Overall this film is definitely worth a watch especially if you are an X-men fan like I am.