A pretty good start to a big franchise

Rating: 7/10 (13 November 2014)

Rating-7/10
X-Men is a comic book film that makes the transition well and comes out in the end being one of the most memorable superhero welcomes. With a fine cast and some crazy super powers, X-Men manages to mould together some of the best elements we want to see to engage us in a way not seen before this very much. I felt the movie to be solidly a pretty good film and here below is why I thought so.
The story is exciting yet allows a certain amount of calm moments that create tension throughout. The whole plot does seem to ride a long well and the ending doesn't come too fast nor are we bored of one scene that goes on too long because well, no scenes are too long. It has great action and although the effects don't do great justice to the awesome things going on, it still puts you on a bit of a thrill ride.
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine is good in this and really introduces his character in a gritty and angry way. Patrick Stewart is good as Professor X and along with Ian McKellen brings in two completely different roles but both acted to the same great way. I wasn't too keen on Halle Berry as Storm, she felt awkward and over dramatic at times, even at times feeling like she had only one liners which were just badly timed.
Bryan Singer is the real mastermind behind this and really impresses with his first X-Men, he directs it fairly well although could have been better, it is written very well and this for me was one the major highlights. I said about the effects before and I know they weren't great in reflection on the time this movie was made but they don't enhance this movies reputation, if anything at times it drags it just a slight bit.
My main criticism is the lack of true action, quite a bit of talking which can be good at times but too much throughout the middle and even the end feels like it needs a little injection of fighting. The acting is good although there are some people in it I would have liked to have seen more, mostly the students or teachers who although seen are never quite explored in depth like those such as Wolverine.
If you want a good old comic book superhero film then this is by far for you, it isn't quite similar to many others but still manages that great thing where the characters are well represented and the budget is used very well. I think if you want a lot of fighting and I mean a lot then avoid this, there is some but as previously said, it isn't abundant and even sometimes the effects can take away the adrenaline rush.
Overall I give this a 7/10 and felt it to be Solidly a Kind of Good movie that never quite gets too near to being good well to be good but far outreaches just being "OK". The X-Men franchise starts well here and seeing this as if I were in 2000 would definitely fill me with some hope for the future with the X-Men. Marvel seemed to have really hit the major big time much later than when this film came out and so I feel that this movie really represents the beginnings of what Marvel had and have to come.