X Men the movie that started it all with Superheros.

Rating: 7/10 (21 August 2015)

As a kid I loved the X-Men cartoon series. Strange as it is coming from a young girl who grew up in the 90's but still though I loved watching X Men,Spiderman to name a few as a kid and to this day I still love them. So in the new Millennium 20th Century Fox gave us X-Men a movie adaptation based on the famous Marvel comic books and cartoon series. The story is as follows. A young woman named Marie(Rogue) played by Anna Paquin from True Blood is a introvert who discovers she has superhero powers as she can kill anyone if you touch her and she could absorb someone else's powers(she kinda reminds me of Elsa from Frozen but anyways)she runs away after nearly killing her boyfriend and bumps into a arrogant man named Logan(Wolverine as he is later known as)played by Aussie Star Hugh Jackman in his Hollywood debut and the movie that gained his career in showbiz. Together Logan and Rogue end up being kept captured by other mutants called Storm and Cyclops(played by Halle Berry and Enchanted's James Marsden)and they both work for Professor Charles X played by Patrick Stewart from Star Trek TV series. Logan and Rogue must fight for mankind as well as battling other mutants one who can change into anyone she wants called Mystique(played by Rebecca Romijn)and Sabbatooth(played by Tyler Mane)as both of these are working for a former friend of Professor X, Magneto played by Ian McKellan. So will Rogue,Wolverine and Co save mankind?
Overall I really enjoyed this movie. Is it the best movie ever No its not and I tell you my only problem with this film were the effects,especially when Hugh Jackman as Wolverine took out his claws you can clearly tell that it was prosthetic hands as it felt kinda false to me compare to X Men Orgins: Wolverine which was better with the effects. But hey this is the year 2000 we are talking about here. Also the rest of the film seemed kinda fake like one where the Senator was also a mutant and he can change into water and he blew up in the end as well as moving like rubber,and I thought he looked very false looking too.
Mystique and Wolverine are literally the coolest superheros ever in my opinion as Wolverine is rough and arrogant and Mystique(who said nothing in this film)was cool for changing into different people. As for the rest of the superheros they are all good too. The cast was all very good especially Hugh Jackman who was a newcomer in Hollywood as he hails from Austrailia and to have him change his persona and accent in every film he is in is brilliant. Not only is this guy handsome and down to earth but he is a remarkable actor and isn't one of those typecast actors who just walks in and be themselves in every godforsaken film they are in(I am looking at you Adam Sandler,Meg Ryan etc). James Marsden was also very good as Cyclops and the rest like I said were all very good. But it was a shame we couldn't get into everyone's backstory as in every X Men movie Wolverine is the star of the show in X Men. Why I may never know but I guess its got to do with his powers and that.
Bottom line I liked it and I was glad to see it again after all those years and finally got the original box set of the franchise from 2000- 2006 at a very reasonable price.
Now all I have to watch next time is X Men 2:United. Stick around for that review which will be the next review.
C+ 7.0/10
3.5/5
Good fun