Just a warm up

Rating: Null/10 (22 April 2001)

I am a devout follower of the X-men in comic form and was thoroughly excited when I heard of this film. X-men are one of the best comics ever produced by Marvel, and certainly the first choice to lead Marvel back into the film industry. Yet this film still wasn't perfect. Many of the scenes were impressive, a lot of good acting and familiar charcters that die-hard fans will recognise. All-in-all this film was designed to introduce the world to the X-men. It doesn't have a lot of the deep story or plot threads that are evident in the comics, but it provides the base for a sequel (whoich will inevitably come). Considering that this was done on a smaller budget than usual, this is a good film. The use of little-known actors helped (can you imagine some big name star i.e. Keanu Reeves, as Wolverine?) though the story seemed to be centred too much around Wolverine and Rogue. Good start for Marvel I think.