Good, but still room for improvement

Rating: 8/10 (8 May 2003)

The special effects were great, especially the opening scene with Nightcrawler teleporting through the White House while kicking the Secret Service.
Favorite scenes include that one as well as Magneto's break out of prison. For X-Men fans, this is a good movie.
From the ending, it looks like the next flick will jump into the Phoenix Saga, but what about the Sentinels, Bishop and the future, Juggernaut and Apocalypse?
The only criticism that I have has to do with discrepancies and the powers of the mutants.
For instance, Wolverine is supposed to have the ability to smell people. But he kisses Mystique in the tent scene as if she were really Jean Grey.
Rogue, in the comic books and the TV series, has the ability to fly and is very strong, but she has yet to display those powers in the films.
Also, the Iceman should appear like a human block of ice.