X-Men is great and I think the critics have missed the boat.

Rating: Null/10 (14 July 2000)

I read one review that suggested the makers of X-Men `lighten up' with the next in the series if a sequel is in the future. It is clear to me having seen X-Men that this person and those critics like him have obviously seen a different movie. X-Men is full of exciting action, wonderful characters, and a surprising amount of humor. The exchanges between Cyclops and Wolverine are worth the price of admission. I'm not sure how one gets to become a movie critic, but I imagine it entails sticking one's head way up one's behind. If I sound a somewhat bitter it is because critics tend to crush the chances of great comic book movies with mean-spirited reviews while praising pieces of crap like the latter parts of the Superman series and the Batman series respectively. Isn't that something? In my opinion there have only been two really good Comic Book films...Blade and X-men. All the others tend to disappoint when it should be so easy to please with $150 million dollar budgets. I'm curious what Mr. Maltin will have to say about this one.