Not bad, but left me feeling not quite right

Rating: 6/10 (7 August 2000)

I was an early reader of the X-Men, and stopped pretty early on. I've been surprised by all of the hype about them in the past several years. I also don't understand the trend of turning the characters (in this and other comics) into muscle-bound creatures full of angst.
In any case, I decided to see the movie because I figured that if nothing else, it'd be a fun action movie. In that respect, I wasn't disappointed. I also like the interplay between the characters.
However, one things left me feeling not quite right about it. If I recall correctly, Cyclops and Jean Gray were two of the original X-Men, appearing in issue 1. Another original was Iceman. He and Cyclops should be basically the same age, and if they are young, the school should be empty except for them and a couple of others. Yet we've got a child Iceman, a young-ish Cyclops, and a very well-established school. Call me nitpicky, but I *hate* it when movies muck around with established timelines. That definitely detracted from my experience.