X-Men:The First Epic

Rating: 6/10 (20 January 2007)

The first adaptation of the brilliant comic book created by Stan Lee is perfectly translated on screen through the talented hands of Bryan Singer.Not only does X-Men have a stacked cast starring Hugh Jackman,Halle Berry,Famke Janssen,Ian McKellen,and Patrick Stewart but it also has a lot of political and social commentary.X-Men explores intolerance towards racism and homosexuality by using mutation as a metaphor for it and Bryan Singer gets his point across loud and clear.Each and every character with the exception of maybe Rogue is spot on and 100% accurate to the original comic book characters and each actor flawlessly portrays their X-Man.First let's talk cinematography, it is absolutely stunning with a very science fiction, matrix look and feel to it really creating a sense of visual satisfaction.The pacing is sort of slow but the action in the final few scenes is breathtaking and accompanied by great special effects that create the atmosphere that is X-Men.The fight sequences aren't the least bit cheesy of kung phooey they are intense and really get your adrenaline pumping waiting to see whose power will be used next.Thhis was one of the first big budget comic book movies ever produced before this was the first four Batman films, the Superman films, and Spawn making X-Men look even better by comparison.Many argue that Spiderman and Spiderman 2 are Marvel's best films ever made but i disagree I think X-Men is above the first two Spiderman movies,Daredevil,and The Hulk it is truly a work of art perfectly adapted from a work of art.My only few criticisms are the lack of action, and that there weren't many mutants in the film that i wanted to see (Beast,Angel,Gambit,Emma Frost,Jubilee,and Nightcrawler) but my craving for those characters would be satisfied by it's equally brilliant sequel and it's final epic X-Men:The Last Stand.Overall the greatest beginning to any comic book trilogy and perhaps the greatest comic book trilogy to date.