Perfect X-sample of how to make comic book movies

Rating: 10/10 (20 April 2015)

Now as a kid I grew up with the 1990s X-Men Animated series and of course it made me a fan of X-men. Of course read the comic books when I can.
I remember getting X-Men for Christmas and it remains one of my favorite movies based off Marvel Comics.
X-men is the first of the live action X-men motion pictures and the series has been interesting to say the least but you have to be a fan of X-Men to enjoy and appreciate it
The start of the film begins with Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) narrating how mutants are created
"Mutation: it is the key to our evolution. It has enabled us to evolve from a single-celled organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, and normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few hundred millennia, evolution leaps forward." That is the start of the film and it is enough to get your interested.
The plot of the film centers around the X-Men as they try to fight for human/mutant peace but Senator Kelly (Bruce Davison) is determined to prevent this from happening. Which leads to Magneto (Ian McKellen) and his Brotherhood of Mutants with Sabretooth (Tyler Mane), Toad (Ray Park) and Mystique (Rebecca Romijn) to begin a war.
But the X-Men Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), Cyclops (James Marsden), Storm (Halle Berry) will not allow it
But then once new mutant Rogue (Anna Paquin) comes into the picture it leads to her being protected by Logan/Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) it leads to learning how she could turn the tie in the war between the X-men and Brotherhood of Mutants.
As the plot goes on you see more of how Rogue will serve more to the plot then you would expect and how Wolverine relates to the other members of the X-Men.
X-Men is just one of the films that actually did something right sure it didn't hit every note right but it is still a strong film.
The film feature a strong plot that holds your attention from the story of the film.
Music in the film is superb as Michael Kamen made a powerful score and each piece of music helps tell the story of the film along with each scene get it own score to help move the film.
The cast was pretty strong as casting Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman were the right picks for Professor X and Wolverine. The cast each brought something to the table of the film.
X-men is just one of my favorite films of Marvel Comics and if you enjoy Comic books films then this one would be right up your alley.
With strong plot, powerful performance it is hard to past this one up.
I give X-men an 10 out of 10