So what if the characters were not exactly like the comics?

Rating: 10/10 (10 May 2003)

This I think was my first "Comment" - I opened it up to see if I could make a correction to a typo and now I am being told not that I have too few words of text. Pfaw! Oh Well. I was first in line to see this thing when it came out by where I live... I was disappointed that they did not offer free comic books like they did with the first X-Movie.
This movie ripped! Great story, good continuity between the first movie and this one. Excellent depiction of characters. Worth the 3 year wait. And... They actually gave Halle Berry some speaking lines.
I like how Famke Janssen looks here, better than the first movie (or the last, but the last there is a reason for how she looks). My favourite thing about this film was the way Nightcrawler was shown, and the way he was filmed teleporting was exactly how I imagined it when I used to read X-Calibur (The comic series where Nightcrawler spent most of his time).
Although I saw this twice in the theatre, I did not really recognise the "Pheonix Saga" until I saw X-3 and they brought out that part of the story.
What this story deals with is mostly Wolverine's past. They changed the "Lady DeathStrike" character just a bit, and I have to say I like the revision.
I think this film was the director's masterpiece, not really having been impressed by Superman Returns, I feel he is a traitor to Marvel for leaving the franchise and going off to DC-land.
Since the first X-Men movie came out, each subsequent Marvel movie has exceeded the quality of the previous one.
Looking forward to The new Hulk... And too bad Eric Bana is no longer Banner!