Did not have to be a comic book fan to thoroughly enjoy the movie!

Rating: Null/10 (30 August 2000)

My boyfriend insisted that we watch the movie because he was an X-Men comic book fan in his younger years. I was extremely skeptical, but agreed to go along since I like Patrick Stewart (Dr. X) and will see almost anything with him in it. Just in case I would be totally lost, my boyfriend gave me a 5 minute overview of the premise behind X-Men.
Turns out that his prelude was totally unnecessary - although there was one reference to "yellow spandex" that confused me until it was explained to me. The movie was wonderful - the characters had a lot of depth (although I'm told some of them are slightly different from the comic) and the acting was superb, especially from Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen (Magneto). Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) was wonderful, but Halle Berry (Storm) was somewhat miscast. The story was interesting and the makeup & special effects were amazing. There are very interesting issues raised by the premise of X-Men in general. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it's one of the few movies I've seen where the "bad guys" aren't necessarily evil in the traditional sense - their *means* may be questionable, but their *ends* are actually quite noble.
A great movie - I can't wait for the sequels!