Great movie for its type

Rating: 8/10 (21 July 2000)

No, this isn't meant to be a complex character study. But what it tries to do it does very well.
This is a comic book turned into movie. The movie had to do these things: 1) Establish the concept. What are the X-men? It did that. 2) Establish the characters in a manner that didn't take away from progressing the plot. It did that for the most part 3) Have enough action. It did that for the most part. 4) Get a person to want to see it again. It did that for me. 5) Make you want to see the sequel. It did that. 6) Get the audience into it. Sure did that where I went to see it.
Again, just because this movie wasn't too cerebral is not a fault. What it needed to do it did, and that's why I rated it an 8.