I thought it was quite good... not great...but good

Rating: 8/10 (3 May 2009)

When I was going to this movie with my friend and father I was expecting what I usually expect from comic-movie adaptations. Cool action scenes with mediocre to pretty good plot. Well what I expected was pretty much what I saw.
A lot of the movie (about 50% really) was just pure hardcore x-men action. I have nothing to complain about when it comes to the action in this movie. It looked cool, stylish, there were even some unique fight scenes that really had me in awe (the last fight scene is just pure awesome). Wolverine's claws looked a little more fake then they did in the X-men movies...but who cares?
Now we go to where the movie had a little fault: the plot. I disagree with most of the user reviews I've read so far. Everyone keeps saying it's horrible and it ruined the x-men series for them. I thought it was good myself. It was not perfect, not near that. Things went a little too fast without any development in a lot of areas which left you feeling a little rushed through the movie. In my opinion, they should have made it into 2 movies, it would have left a lot of room for further development of the characters and some of the wars Logan was in.
I think that the main reason a lot of fans are beating on this movie is because apparently it didn't stay true to the comics. Now I can't comment on this because I haven't read the comics. So if you have read the comics, maybe you'll be more disappointed then me. However, I bet that if you are like me and have not read the comics, you will be delightfully surprised. This movie offers a nice back story and some great action sequences to the series. Heck, I'd recommend seeing this movie just for the ending fight scene.
Cheers! N. Richardson