Surprised like everyone else

Rating: 7/10 (26 July 2000)

X Men was surprisingly a quality film, though top 250 of all time it is not. Hyped up is the term that comes to mind. Great special effects, true to the original comic book for the most part, and some great acting. It was painfully obvious however that a good chuck of the film was setting up for sequels to come, a process done less blatantly in the past with such greats as Star Wars, and The God Father. Don't get me wrong, it was a very entertaining show with content, but for peters sake let the general audience digest the first before stuffing seconds in their face.