It's a fun movie, but ends up being to plot driven (spoilers)

Rating: 6/10 (1 August 2000)

Let me start off that yes I understand that nothing can be directly translated from one medium into another without making a few tweaks here and there (Leather and Vinyl does look better than spandex on the big screen). I also believe that comics get no respect in the film industry compared to an actual book, I don't really understand this, when a books translated, people always complain that they left so much out, and then proceed to tell everyone that the movies a horrible adaption, but when it's a comic, any changes seem to be overlooked, why? Comics will have more stories than any series of books could hopefully wish for, the X-Men have been around since the 60's but nobody seems to mind all the weird things that happen in the movie. Okay, now onto the reasons and the SPOILERS, so stop here if you haven't seen it yet.
The whole movie seemed to center around Wolverine, if they where going to go this route, they should have made a movie called Wolverine and then make sequals called the X-Men. Thru out the whole movie you get to see Rogue's powers and the fact that people go into a coma like state when she uses it, so why is it that Magneto is still up and going in the last battle when Rogue has just "zapped" him? Magneto even states to Sabertooth that he will be in a weekend state and needs his protection. Storm is really underplayed in the movie, she's truly is my favorite character in the comics, do you remember the scene where Sabertooth grabs her by the neck, why didn't she shock him? Why was he able to knock her around until they got outside? Mystique has the ability to imitate anybody's appearance but not their powers, yet in the movie she has Wolvie's claws and appears to be just as dangerous with them! The writers and directors saw it fit to make the big screen Jean Grey from two characters in the comic, Moria Mctarget and Jean Grey. There's a character name Bobby Drake (the one who gives Rogue the iceflower) who was one of the original X-men, so that would actually put him closer to Cyclops and Jean Grey's age. I really found all this really fustrating, if you can't relate, think about how Jurassic Park was for all you people who really enjoyed the book, and think about how the movie and the book really differed, and you'll understand my fustration.

Okay, now I'm sure all of you are reading this and saying I'm being to picky, but the point of this all is, is that the movie became really plot driven, in a way that they decided to change the way the characters function during the climax just to help the story along i.e. Storm vs. Sabertooth and how Rogue's power did not effect Magneto, this is usually considered really bad story telling but for some reason people don't seem to mind in this movie, I guess special effects are really what matters now from what this movie is scoring.