Wicked film

Rating: 8/10 (5 September 2000)

[This comment contains what some people might consider SPOILERS]
First of all, I had never heard of the X-Men comic book before I heard about Bryan Singer directing this film, I've never read the comic and I haven't got a clue where to find copies, so this comment is written from an "uninformed" point of view.
"X-Men" was better than I expected. It had a good plot, a very fascinating story indeed, good actors (Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen need I say more?), and nice visual and special effects. My main complaints, though, are: Toad -- he is just too close to the ridiculous -- and the fact that it is too short. I don't mean too short as in "Bryan Singer wasn't able to tell his story in that short amount of time," I simply mean that the film was so darn entertaining that I wanted it to go on for at least thirty minutes more. Nevermind. To get back to the acting: Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are the stand-outs of course, but Anna Paquin was much better than I expected and Hugh Jackman was brilliant as Wolverine. And Wolverine God, if he was around I'd swoon just so that he could catch me in his strong arms. Jealous of Jean Grey [Famke Janssen]? Me? Certainly not! :-) As for that cute little semi-love story I really think that Wolverine should wait until Rogue (Paquin) gets a little older. They would be a great couple. Of the X-Men there are two characters who are let down by the script: Cyclops and Storm. Cyclops walks around looking cool, not much more, and though Storm is indeed stunningly beautiful I really hope that she gets more room in the inevitable sequel. And of course, all the villains, except for Magneto, are also only shadows of what they could be, but I guess that we will get to know them when the sequel arrives (with that ending there just *has* to be a sequel).
In short: Stewart + McKellen + WOLVERINE + fascinating story + good direction/ing = wicked film!! (8/10)