The X-men come to life in a big way

Rating: Null/10 (22 July 2000)

Ever since I heard about this movie being made I wanted to see it. So I went to the cinemas with very big expectations. I have to say I wasn't totally dissapointed with it. There were a few things that weren't totally true to the comic books(like Rogue being so young and Sabretooth being so stupid and monosyllabic)but I gradually acccepted this. The casting I have to say was good. Patrick Stewart IS Proffesor Xavier and Hugh Jackman portrays Wolverine perfectly and shows us that he does have a heart(and that Australian's can act)James Marsden looks good as Cyclops, although I have a problem with DR(?)Jean Grey(I think this is due to the fact that Beast didn't make it to the final cut and they needed that "Dr" element in there)Halle Berry was good as Storm, but didn't have much to do (besides kick evil mutant butt).At first I have to say that Anna Paquin was not in my list of choices to be cast as Rogue but she does a good here of showing us a young Rogue before she became what she is now. On the evil mutant side Ian McKellen is fantastic as Magneto and shows us how powerful he really is. Ray Park is good as Toad although the character was TOTALLY different from the original but I don't care because the original was SO lame. Rebbeca Romjin-Stamos looked so incredible as Mystique but why did she only get one line in the WHOLE movie? There was also a slight change in her costume(she was never naked in the comics). Finally Tyler Mane as Sabretooth. Good casting, not so good transition of character from comic book to big screen. I mean Sabretooth is supposed to look like an animal. Instead here he looks like a man with a bad facial hair problem. And whats with the costume? Did he rob a second hand clothes store? Also Sabretooth is supposed to be Wolverine's opposite. He's supposed to be cunning, homicidal and extremely psychotic. Yet here he nothing more than a big dumb sidekick to Magneto. He doesn't sound or even look scary in this movie. Plus his fight with Wolverine should have been MUCH longer than 2 minutes. Hopefully we'll see a full out bloodbrawl in the next movie, along with some hint as to the connection between Wolverine and Sabretooth. Overall however this is a good movie and is right up there with Blade. 8/10