Clearing the air

Rating: Null/10 (19 July 2000)

Sorry, but after reading some of the moronic posts, I had to go through the work of registering to post some of my thoughts.
First of all, several people said this was the best comic book movie since Superman or Batman, but definitely not Matrix 2... Did you people know that The Matrix was also a comic book?
Secondly, I am not a huge fan of the comic book and only an avid watcher of the cartoon, but some statements in here have been bewildering... First of all, someone said the characters were younger than in the comic... What, did you think they were born adults? Second, Jean Gray is a Dr. I realize Marvels multi-faceted fronts to the story line can be confusing for anyone, but this is pretty basic to the whole reality... Thirdly, I saw a comment about how Rogue did not fly. Rogue's flying ability came later due to draining a person that mysteriously endowed her with that persons powers forever. Also, her relationship to Mystique is only a vague intimation, not proven fact. Rogue has never remembered any of it.... And finally, Scott and Jean Gray's relationship was not fiery on screen, as some of you have lamented, but this aspect was perfectly in line with the early story, something that had to kill the Hollywood producers....
All in all I think Hollywood did a commendable job on not being itself in this movie, much better than slew of earlier flicks. I only hope the sequels don't run into the ground, like Batman...