I wanted to experiment with this

Rating: Null/10 (25 May 2003)

I don't think a film should be just for fans of the genre, whatever that may be, it shouldn't be elitist and should try to appeal to anybody interested in being entertained.
So , knowing absolutely nothing abut X-men, having never read the comic book, I decided to see this with the kids, hoping to be led into the story just a bit and get something out of it.
Instead words like 'mindless', 'clichÃ©d', and 'predictable' kept cropping up. Even my kids seemed bored.
A waste of some fine actors like Ian McKellan et al, and an opportunity for Halle Berry to wear a platinum blond wig.
Forget it.