Pleasantly Surprised.

Rating: 7/10 (17 July 2000)

I went in expecting a bad movie. I was surprised. It was actually good. Not great. But it had this feeling of not wanting to be great. Or at least not trying to be great, just fun and tightly done. Which it was. The movie is really focused on Wolverine, which is good; I guess they recognized that Wolverine is most people's favorite X-Man. Rogue would be the second banana I guess. She doesn't get to do much but she is the key everyone is after.
Some very well-done super hero fight scenes. The strong point of the movie. They are really handled well. Some good special effects. Although they don't make a movie they are used well here.
The story trucks along at a brisk pace. A little too brisk in some points. But you are never left too long to think about how silly it all is.
Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are great together. Hugh Jackman carries the movie.
It's greatest fault is it feels like it has been over-edited. It is very streamlined and it leaves with the feeling that they could have taken another half an hour and it would of been great.