better than the first

Rating: 8/10 (29 May 2006)

This is better than the first but probably not the second. My fear was that with so many characters the movie would be rushed & the story would suffer. I'm pleased to say the pacing flows well. If you're a fan of the comics (as I am) then you should like it. Of course some hardcore guys will say "the Pheonix is like she is in the books" but we weren't ever going to get that movie- its to big & it's Hollywood for crying out loud. The substitute reason for her arrival works for the film.
All of the characters make it more like the comics & for those who know them it's fun to pick them out as they come on screen. There are some who (in the books) are good & now are bad & vice-versa, however.
Watch it for what it is not what it should be. No superhero movie is exactly like the comic. I do think superhero movies have been getting better though. Thanks largely to the first X-Men movie.