Oh my god !

Rating: 10/10 (23 August 2000)

I expected the best, I was not disappointed.
Being a fan of the X-Men since my childhood, I was hoping the movie didn't corrupt the spirit that was on the comics. I wasn't too afraid as I saw Stan Lee Himself was involved in the movie - but Stephen King was also involved in poor movies from his novels. Actually, the characters were quite close to those from the comics, and the storyline followed the spirit of Stan Lee's.
I was surprised concerning the order of appearance of the super-heroes: Angel and The Beast are not there (what a shame) and Iceman is still a child when Wolverine is recruited. Collossus is not there either, but he might have arrived later in the comics (my memory is not that good).
Concerning the heroes' behaviour, I was surprised by two points: evil characters seem stronger and/or good ones weaker, and the "girls" lost a part of their abilities.
Anyway all the 'small' adaptations have been made to the profit of the storyline and this is not the same universe than the paper one: this can be seen as a parallel universe where nothing will be the same again.
If you missed this movie, you did lose something interesting. Try again. You won't regret it.
X-Men is the best ever adaptation of a comics to the screen.