Disappointing.

Rating: Null/10 (15 July 2000)

I just can't believe how everyone's falling in line for this film. So disco balls didn't lower out of the ceilings during the fight scenes. Is that how little you wanted? Outdo BATMAN & ROBIN and everyone falls in love with you. Well, what kind of accomplishment is that?
All they had to do was stay true to the source material, do some competent casting, and load it down with FX. But no. They decide to fail in each one of those categories.
SOURCE MATERIAL - Xavier has to introduce Sabertooth to Wolverine. Enough said.
CASTING - Halle Barry as Storm? She's like a child playing dress-up. Cyclops looks trendy. Jean is old enough to be everyone's mother. Magneto looks too old to go to the bathroom himself, let alone threaten the world. And Wolverine? Contrary to what EVERYONE keeps on SAYING, he is NOT Wolverine. Not even CLOSE! Just what are you all on? Hugh Jackman is taller than Cyclops, and way too skinny. And Singer decided to trade his log cabin feel for a Harley/trucker feel.
FX - Did you see any? If there's one thing you would've thought you could count on from Hollywood, it's FX, but not here. Nor is there any good stunt-work, choreography, or anything. The action SUCKS. It looks like it was all done by ameteurs. Where the hell did all of the budget go? Probably into things like Halle Barry and her three lines, or the 3-D morphing map. Money well spent, all right.
Oh, there is so much more to complain about...
Magneto doesn't have a costume, because Singer wanted him to be more down-to-earth, so he gives him a LAIR instead. Oh, but no Dr. Evil is complete without his obligatory invention of doom. Tell me, why did Magneto need such a plot device as the mutation-triggering machine? Isn't his magnetism itself the plot device? Oh, but that's not enough, I guess. So, instead of just showing Magneto kicking ass, they take the money they could've spent on his electro-magnetic sphere and put it towards lame-ass white radiation. Other casualties of this stupid plot device include half the running time of the movie, Senator Kelly, and oh yeah - any hint of respectability.
The thing that gets to me the most is, I think I hate this movie more because I can picture watching it from a non-fan point of view. Wolverine has a thing against Cyclops. Because. He has an attraction toward Jean. Also, just because. There is NO flesh given to these relationships, they just pop into existence.
Erik Lewald should have made this movie.