X-Men United

Rating: Null/10 (30 January 2004)

The most impressive, most entertaining, most actionpacked, most well-crafted comicbook adaptation of a movie I've seen so far in my life. Everyone shines as the story becomes the star of the movie from the opening scene. Watch how the writers keep some characters a question. For instance, what was Nightcrawler's motivation for attacking the president? Loved the oepning scene, by the way.
The movie is beautifully shot. Magneto's escape. Wolverine vs. Deathstrike and I particularly love Mystique's agility when she takes out those military men in a heartbeat.
Anna Paquin is very attractive as Rogue, she is one woman who I can say does not have fabricated beauty.
The pacing might falter at times but I love how the writers get to show each character's superpower and incorporate it with the action in the story.
John Ottman's score sucked though.
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