Why does this have such a high rating? 8.2? That's utterly ridiculous.

Rating: 5/10 (5 August 2000)

X-Men is a decent but a thoroughly sloppily put together motion picture. The special effects are used so much that the film becomes a joke. The mutants and their powers were so unbelievable that my suspension of disbelief was broken almost instantly. Batman and Superman work as movies, at least somewhat, but when a live actor can control the weather or shoot lasers out of his eyes, it just becomes too hard to believe. Now I was never a fan of comic books, but I was a big fan of the television cartoon series that was around several years ago. I loved that show, and besides Batman: The Animated Series, there wasn't a better cartoon series around. Super powers, when used by real human actors, seem incredibly fake. Used by cartoon characters on the other hand, and they seem more believeable. Also, as a television series, the cartoon allowed characters to develop. The film tries to do this while also being a summer action extravaganza. It doesn't work all that well. 5/10