just a good movie at best

Rating: 6/10 (9 October 2011)

After watching this movie, i remembered writing a review i deleted on how biased it was do to the comic book devotion. Yes, its biased but at the same time i forgot that the story was actually good. Following the first appearance of the X-men, you get superheroes who look act and dress like the 1960s comic counterparts. The short intro of the films and its origins were spot on. Sure, magneto's helmet looks funny from the traditional Romanesque one, sure the origin of wolverine doesn't portray him as the beastly one we all love but the tame trimmed down wolvie from the pages of 1970s alpha flight. Jean grey was probably the best portrayal here. Revamped X-men characters are a must but not required although some like the mystique, works for the better. Sure saber-tooth was a good portrayal but without costume, while rogue was just a little girl with powers, or a makeshift jubilee, devoid of the past incarnations and southern roots but with a few of these changes the characters and movie would have been perfect. The mutants though, really were mutants in this film and not superheroes. Cyclops is spot on, storm is okay too yet clearly a line between mutants, and superheroes are drawn here. Maybe even throw in juggernaut? Magneto's assault on the mansion? Overall good movie with no overplay. Like how casting for a Russian black widow as scarlet johansson in the iron man film and other minute details, marvel films in general will be entertaining but never perfect to their comic book counterpart yet will come close. But then again I haven't read the ultimate marvel series line yet. The cartoon of Deadpool was revised accurately wasn't it? It seems that the DC and Marvel film industry should just stick to cartoons but nobody's perfect. To see the movie from a 90s perspective in growing up with comic reading is a must but the traditional 60s story lines work well too. The sci-fi fantasy shakespearean aspect worked well but not too well. A good cast and great scene distribution will be overlooked by fans yet characters may not be. With a little biasm, I give this along with every marvel film a "meh", nuff' said.