Perhaps the best comic-book movie...

Rating: 10/10 (25 July 2000)

X-Men is, in my opinion, perhaps THE best comic-book movie that I have ever seen. It is in the same rank as Batman, The Crow, and Blade. Bryan Singer has once again directed an excellent movie.
Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan portray the friend/foe relationship between Xavier and Magneto brilliantly, though it is somewhat subdued. Almost everything in the movie is, which is the one bad point in the movie: The 2 hour time period isn't enough to do a really good job of characterization. Hugh Jackman does a good Wolverine. Anna Paquin does a great job of looking really scared...the other actors deliver good performances as well, but like I said, they wasn't enough time to give to all of them.
The action sequences are state of the art. The dialogue is nicely done. (The jibes between Cyclops and Logan are priceless) And I loved the cameos from various other X-Men.
In any case, this was a GREAT movie. I can't wait for the sequel! (And there will be one.)