Wow, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT flick! Gonna go again!

Rating: 9/10 (16 July 2000)

Comic movies tend to suck, or at least be a little embarrassing for us normal, well-adjusted comic readers. It's painfully true. Amazingly, X-Men was great! It was easily the best comic adaptation to date. Even the reviews are better than average, and as of today (7/16/00) imdb score is an 8.3, which is very respectable. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like people are turning out for the movie like I expected. It had a few flaws, such as rushing into the movie, and a couple of hokey lines (not many, though). The humor was cute, and the interplay between the characters was essential to having a decent story. The few 15-20 minutes were absolutely incredible (my favorite part), as it explored the characters as human beings, rather than super-heroes. There was lots of action as well, so we didn't get bored. My biggest problem (and I can overlook it) was that some of the characters (I'm mostly bothered by Mystique) weren't true to the comics. I mean, Mystique fought Wolverine to a standstill using incredible martial arts... no way would this have happened in the comics. Of course, Wolverine was trying to kill everyone, so that was pretty cool. :)
This comic movie even stands up to "normal" movies. It was really great. I was split between giving it a 9 or a 10, but I ended up giving it a 10. If you're a comic fan, you'll really enjoy. If not, it's still great.