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Adapted from the most popular Marvel comics of the 1990s, The X-Men are a group of genetic mutants with amazing abilities, brought together and trained by the world's most powerful telepath, Professor...( read more 
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Logan/Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) & a seventeen year old Marie/Rogue (Anna Paquin) meet the rest of the member of X-Men @ Xavier School for Youngsters. Founder X-Men Corporate Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) to battle the brotherhood.
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MCT:July 5, 2008many pretty girls inside ! that's the only interest of this movie ... if you're a woman, try something else :)
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MCT:July 5, 2008
Great movie...
The Story of the movie is a great comic strip. The Scenery is very beautiful. Special and visual effects are awesome. Great cast. Hugh Jackman did his best in this movie.
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MCT:July 4, 2008
never knew that it was a comic! i loved it!!! it was great. my favorite character is wolverine. and i dont understand why they had storm, halle berry's character wear a white wig when she didnt have the right skin color to match and not the same colored eyebrows? kinda pointless.
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MCT:July 4, 2008
Looking back on it through the ensuing changes of time, this movie seems to be more of an experiment than an actual film. Not that it's not entertaining, or that it's ineffectual in any way, but it seems to me as if Bryan Singer, whose previous works were smaller-scale, character-driven thrillers, was testing the waters with X-Men, trying to bring his own dramatic sensibilities to the material and root it in reality while, at the same time, measuring out how far to take the science-fiction and superheroic elements without breaking the viewer's suspension of disbelief. Sometimes, the film strikes a very strong, resonant note dramatically- say, during the opening sequence set in World War 2-era Poland, or the cage-fight scene in Carson City, British Columbia- and sometimes it falters, particularly during the numerous expository moments and with the plot-device machine that Magneto constructs, but all together, the movie maintains a cohesion and relatability, particularly due strong character development, that makes it a fun viewing experience and an overall good, if not great, movie. The film, while based on a comic book, is more heavily rooted in science fiction than superheroics, and because of this the story bears a metaphorical depth that you might not expect: a new order of human beings, referred to as mutants, are springing up among normal people. Born with extra-normal abilities that kick in at puberty and range from the novel to the extremely dangerous, they are regarded with fear and hatred by the people around them. Out of this climate of intolerance and prejudice, two reactionary groups are formed: the Brotherhood of Mutants, a terrorist organization led by Magneto (a Polish Jew who escaped the Holocaust only to see a new genocide looming on the horizon), and the X-Men, a paramilitary group of peace-keeping mutants lead by the pacifistic Professor Charles Xavier. Caught between the two are an unlikely pair of mutant outcasts: Rogue, a young woman whose touch drains others of their life force, and Logan, a gruff loner with twin sets of razor-sharp metal claws, an incredible healing factor, and a mysterious past that he remembers only bits and pieces of. Hugh Jackman was a far cry from any comic fan's idea of the perfect Logan- he was too tall (Logan's supposed to be only 5'3"), he was too handsome (Logan never really was much of a pretty boy), and he was a complete unknown. What made Jackman overcome all this is that, well, his Logan is a complete badass. He channels a rebellious tough-guy vibe that never comes off as phony or forced, but he also has this haunted, distrustful air about him at times that makes his anti-social attitude more understandable. And while he does have some softer moments in the movie, particularly with Rogue (whom he forms a sort of protective bond with), his ability to kick ass more than makes up for it- pretty much all of the good fight sequences involve him. While Jackman excels as the world-weary, cynical mutant, Anna Paquin plays the young, awkward mutant just as well, if a bit unevenly. As Rogue, Paquin wields a dangerous power she can't control, and feels like an outcast both with humans and with other mutants; this is a great metaphor for any member of persecuted minority group, struggling to find acceptance in society, and Paquin portrays the despair and fear of her character well. Playing the benefactor of our heroes is Patrick Stewart, everyone's favorite bald thespian, as Professor X, the X-Men's telepathic founder and mentor. Stewart has a commanding presence about him that brings gravitas to the part of Xavier, which is a really good thing, because Xavier is ultimately nothing more than an expositional tool. Seriously, almost all of the film's exposition (and there is a LOT) comes from this one character, and when he finally stops expositing, he literally goes into a coma until the movie ends. The one thing that keeps him from being a one-note character, in fact, is his relationship with Eric Lehnsherr, typified by three scenes that establish a long friendship embittered by rivaling ideologies. Lehnsherr, alias Magneto, the leader of the enemy camp, is played by, of all people, Sir Ian McKellan, a Shakespearean actor from the British stage who pumped the role full of dramatic integrity and an undercurrent of sympathy and understanding for Magneto's perspective on things. Having lived through the worst example of racial intolerance in human history and convinced that mankind isn't far from launching a war to eradicate mutants from the face of the Earth, Magneto's agenda is to fight back against the looming human oppressors with his considerable power (he has the ability to generate magnetic fields) and to establish mutants ("homo superior") as the dominant species on the planet. The rest of the cast, while solid, is mostly peripheral: James Marsden plays team leader Cyclops as the stick-in-the-mud he's always been, but the script never gives him any good character moments, so he comes off flat; Famke Jansen is great as the telekinetic Dr. Jean Grey, who is the crux of a love triangle with Logan and Cyclops; Halle Berry is grossly miscast as Storm, a character that is just badly portrayed and not terribly interesting; Bruce Davidson plays slimy politician Senator Kelly with aplomb, showing us the selfish side of prejudice; Tyler Mane makes for a great heavy as wooly thug Sabertooth; Ray Park hops about gleefully as Toad; and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos kicks butt quite well (despite not wearing what you would traditionally call "clothing") as Mystique. The script for the film is sodden with exposition, mostly because there are so many concepts from the comic to fit in to the movie that there's no other way to introduce them effectively (without giving this a four-hour run time, that is); for the most part, though, the characterization is right, and the dialogue is natural enough... despite a few bile-raising gems ("Do you know what happens to a toad when it's struck by lightning?"). The effects alternate between the amazingly realistic and the transparent, mostly depending on how much C.G.I. is present in the shot (it WAS only the year 2000- C.G. had only gone so far). The shot comps are unique for a Bryan Singer film, with many more intimate close-ups than he's used before or since, and some unusual arrangements; his sense of the dramatic use of silhouette (prominently displayed in the Usual Suspects) and the repetition of visual motifs ("X"s here, "O"s in the Usual Suspects) remains unchanged. The sound design is fantastic- so much so that I felt compelled to comment upon it- and the score is fitting and melodic, much less brassy than the later scores for X-Men movies. Despite the few misfires that keep it from being a truly great film when taken on its own, X-Men is still a fun, entertaining movie, a crowd-pleaser that raises some interesting questions (even if it never takes the time to answer them) and creates a group of interesting, unique characters (even if it doesn't have the time to properly introduce us to all of them) that we want to see more of when the film is over. While it might be said to have mixed results at times, I think that Bryan Singer's X-Men is an experiment that can ultimately be called a success... and I know of a few million moviegoers who would have to agree with me.
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great film, great work, wolverine is the best and the sexiest hero of all movies.
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