Not Enough Character Development.

Rating: 5/10 (25 February 2009)

I saw X Men for the first time yesterday. I thought it was OK but it could have been much better. For one thing the only character who really is developed and explained how he came to be is Wolverine for the most part. The other mutants (Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm) really get no explanation at all as to why they are mutants. THis film was not very long either so they could have taken a minute or two to explain how each mutant got their powers. Did they just expect everyone to know each of their back stories? I knew a little about X Men before seeing this film because I have read some of the comics and also watched the show back in the day but what if someone who had no prior knowledge watched the film? They would be lost a little. ALso there are not nearly enough action scenes. The fight at the end is quick and not spectacular. ALso Wolverine is on screen way more than any of the other X Men, this really is a wolverine film. The scenes with him are nice but they could have shown some other X Men as well, like Cyclops. Cyclops does not have enough dialogue. But I liked the scenes with Wolverine, those were well done. But this is not a film about Just wolverine, it is titled X men and they do not show enough about each X Men. Maybe they will in the sequel which I will see soon. But for the most part this film is too short and should have made more scenes to describe each X Men members back story and the action scenes are OK but there are not enough of them. Not strongly recommended but it is OK. Five out of ten.