Forget the ratings...

Rating: Null/10 (2 May 2009)

...I REALLY liked this movie.
Aside from being head, shoulders and other body parts above the deeply awful X-3, it was fast, fun and furious. The opening credits sequence alone was so well done and completely fascinating.
Despite this being live-action, it was delightful to see that so many of the posturings for stills and stop-actions retained the feel of the comics through the facial expressions and physical postures of the characters.
The loathsome characters--Stryker, Agent Zero, and, especially, the utterly frightening Liev Schreiber as Sabretooth--were so well done that a genuine "Yes!" when, for example, the helicopter exploded, was completely satisfying.
I don't know what Jackman's workout regimen was (Ryan Reynolds says Hugh was pressing cattle rather than mere iron), but I have never seen anyone, of any age, in that good shape in my life. Very nice, indeed.
Forget the critics, elitists and poseurs: see it!