Extremely Mediocre

Rating: 6/10 (16 July 2000)

The pondersome task for the folks at Marvel and 20th Century Fox, is to produce a movie that will satisfy the fans of the comic, and those that haven't the foggiest notion of what the story is about. This made for long and protracted explaining all throughout the screenplay. This also meant that a lot a times, the action came to a deadening stop, more often than not. Movies have to give the audience breathing room, but this film gave too much, to the point where things started getting...well...dull. The performances were okay, with Halle Berry being the standout as "Storm." Patrick Stewart underplayed his role to the point of casting a wooden pall over the character. Ian Mckellan was good in his role as "Magneto." He showed wonderfully sublime self-control, as his character could have beened hammed up badly. They made a wise choice using Sir Ian in this role.

A mention might go out to parents, who are contemplating bringing the kids. There's a few scenes that are more than slighty graphic in their violent content. I was frankly astonished to see parents with toddlers in their arms, in the same theater. Some scenes could be a tad unsettling.
Overall, while the film did not live up to its far-flung hype (which ones do?), it isn't terrible either. Just a bubble over average.