X-Men

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: July 14, 2000

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J-ShapAug 25, 2011

An interesting and well made comic book movie, with intelligent social commentary and decent action, but ultimately one that doesn't lead anywhere, and ends up feeling like it exists just to build to something we don't get to see (the sequel).

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spadenxDec 1, 2011

It was ok. No where near as good as it could have been but it was worth sitting through and watching it. The acting was ok and it never really capitalizes on the cast's talents. The graphics and special effects are a bit too generic as well.

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boesballAug 16, 2014

This movie was decent. It wasn't good; it wasn't great. People lie to themselves and say this is a really spectacular movie. It isn't. If you don't have an invested interest in the X-Men, you'll complain about the mediocre specialThis movie was decent. It wasn't good; it wasn't great. People lie to themselves and say this is a really spectacular movie. It isn't. If you don't have an invested interest in the X-Men, you'll complain about the mediocre special effects, the poor pacing, and the lack of information about the characters. The movie is an hour and 40 minutes long, which isn't too long. You can at least make the fans that aren't X-Men educated at least somewhat informed. X-Men fanboys will have things to complain about as well. This movie is the one that is a lot about Rogue, and they don't take advantage of her enough. Also, popular mutants like Gambit aren't in it either. There's a lot of things I'm griping about here, so I will give this movie justice and say that these weaknesses aren't huge. This movie is ok, but it's not too much better than Last Stand, Spiderman 3, and Fantastic 4. Probably when it was made it was really good in comparison to the superhero movies of its time, but it's a lot worse than First Class and Days of Future Past. 5/10 is a fair rating making it the second worst of the five pure X-Men movies. It's a lot closer to a 6 than a 4, though.… Expand

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russiangamerMar 1, 2017

Фильм слишком "яркий", слишком детский.
Старые добрые персонажи, но они не вызывают особого интереса. А Хью Джекман не выглядит так круто, как в трейлерах грядущего Логана. Тут он больше похож на обросшего бездомного. Сюжет классический дляФильм слишком "яркий", слишком детский.
Старые добрые персонажи, но они не вызывают особого интереса. А Хью Джекман не выглядит так круто, как в трейлерах грядущего Логана. Тут он больше похож на обросшего бездомного. Сюжет классический для супергеройского фильма, но он подан не особо интересно. И диалоги... Они скучные. Если бы фильм был мне интересен, то я бы и внимания не стал обращать на эффекты. А мне было скучно при просмотре. Понимаю, что в 2000 году - это выглядело отлично, но сейчас местами эффекты похожи на мультик.
Итог: Устаревшее супергеройское кино, которое не имеет интересного сюжета, диалогов, делает крутых персонажей неинтересными, а так же имеет в своём репертуаре отжившие своё спец-эффекты. Довольно пустой, но не плохой фильм.… Expand

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Rickniks38May 8, 2022

Decent nice to see how this movie did its own thing and wasn't trying to be a Raimi Spider-Man rip off like all the other Superhero movies in the 2000's.

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Delta_AssaultSep 28, 2011

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well, seeing as how we're starting to get more info these days about the new X-Men First Class film by Matthew Vaughn, I thought maybe it was time to look back and talk about the original X-Men film. First off, I wasn't all that taken with Ian McKellan as Magneto in the film. I mean yeah, the guy is a good actor, but he seemed far far too old for the role. That's just my own personal bias, I admit. But Ian McKellan looked nothing like that. And the thought of him and Mystique having any sort of romantic relationship was really bizarre, because of that age difference. Now, that's a Jim Lee picture of Magneto. Jim Lee does draw everyone as looking like Mr Universe, but it's an exaggerated appearance. That happens a lot in comic books. You can get somewhat close. Somewhere in the ballpark. There's no need to go off in the exact opposite direction. Bottom line... Magneto should've looked somewhat imposing. The guy's a big supervillain, and the main antagonist of the film. Ian McKellan did not look imposing. He looked like an old frail man who would break a hip if someone tripped him.

And the WWII origin is problematic. That is going to become less and less believable as time goes on, and WWII fades further back into the history books. It's just not going to be workable. Look at Iron Man, and what happened there. Tony Stark originally built his Iron Man suit to escape from the Viet Cong, for God's sake. Then Warren Ellis updated it to the war in Afghanistan in his excellent "Extremis" arc. It made sense and brought the character's origin back into relevant memory. They're gonna need to do something similar with Magneto, I'd wager. The origin itself is very good, and certainly provides motivation for the character, but the age is unfeasible as time goes on. In 20 or 30 years, they're still going to be making X-Men films of some sort. Are we going be getting 100+ year old Magnetos then? Deviating from the comics is fine, if it's done well and makes sense and just... improves on the comics. A great example is Venom from Spider-Man TAS. I think just about everybody who's a fan of comics is aware of this one. In the original comics, Spider-Man got the black symbiote suit from Secret Wars, some stupid crossover that probably made no sense and had cosmic beings doing weird stuff. I dunno. But in Spider-Man TAS, they wisely just had it come back from a space shuttle coming back from Mars. Sorta like the beginning of Species 2, now that I think about it. But yeah, it worked so much better as an origin. Even though the origin deviated, we still got Venom. He was still the Venom we knew and liked. He wasn't some old and sickly Venom that looked as thin as a twig.

Also, the film itself, made back in 2000, felt kinda lame. It seemed like there should've been more going on there. Everything felt cheap and budget-y. I guess because it was rather cheap and budget-y, as a film. But that harmed the experience while I was watching. For example... does anybody actually remember what Magneto's lair looked like? Any real notable characteristics? No? Yeah, I don't remember either. It was just this dark circular place, without any distinct identifiable features. It should tell you something.

Probably the lowest point in the film, in my eyes, was the scene right in the middle of the story when we're taken to Xavier's school for the gifted and there's a montage of mutants exercising. And there's this one rather goofy shot of Cyclops doing target practice with clay pigeons. That for me felt incredibly silly and almost campy. Here's this powerful X-man, the leader of the entire group, gifted with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men, and he's just shooting at clay pigeons with his visor. That's what we get to watch? This is how you show us the powers of these mutants? It was also just comical, watching him rapidly swiveling his head this way and that, shooting the pigeons out of the air. I dunno, it got to me. The whole scene felt like a really lame way to show off these uncanny X-men. There's nothing extraordinary about popping some clay pigeons. Instead of building up the power and wonder of this character, it just diminished him in my eyes. And yeah, there's fine control and accuracy involved, sure. That's all well and good. But did it have to look so damn unimpressive and ordinary? A Danger Room session would've shown the same sorta skill, but without horribly underwhelming the audience. These X-men are supposed to protect mutantkind from threats like gigantic Sentinels and what have you, and this is how they train? By shooting at some clay targets? Cmon.… Expand

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cameronmorewoodNov 12, 2012

This movie only exists because its sequels wouldn't make any sense without it.

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CTHReviewsSep 11, 2018

While I appreciate X-Men for taking superhero movies more seriously, it doesn't hold up overall as a film. The effects are horrible, the action's terrible, the characters aren't interesting (except for Wolverine), and while it's amiable thatWhile I appreciate X-Men for taking superhero movies more seriously, it doesn't hold up overall as a film. The effects are horrible, the action's terrible, the characters aren't interesting (except for Wolverine), and while it's amiable that the movie attempts to have a message of racial prejudice, but the film fails to show any of the good people who WOULD support the mutants.

Again, X-Men has an important place in film history, but I feel like it's aged.… Expand

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DenversMar 7, 2021

X-Men is perhaps one of the worst superhero films to be released in recent times. To start, the directing is awful. At times, it’s totally unclear what’s going on because of this. This would be more excusable if the writing was good, but it’sX-Men is perhaps one of the worst superhero films to be released in recent times. To start, the directing is awful. At times, it’s totally unclear what’s going on because of this. This would be more excusable if the writing was good, but it’s equal parts cliche and confusing. Characters aren’t fleshed out, relationships between them make little to no sense - basically, the movie doesn’t do anything right. It could be worse - at least the relationship between Rogue and Wolverine, although making little sense as they hardly know each other, allows for a more interesting film.… Expand

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DolphinReviewsJul 20, 2022

It's a very mediocre movie. Noting all too special but it was a good attempt.

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JerkGuySep 28, 2007

This film wasn

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BroyaxOct 24, 2020

Les « mutants » ne sont rien d’autre que des super-héros super-cons avec pour la plupart d’entre eux (ou elles) des tenues toujours aussi ridicules, excepté évidemment le bourrin Wolverine, brave blaireau soupe au lait de son triste état (ilLes « mutants » ne sont rien d’autre que des super-héros super-cons avec pour la plupart d’entre eux (ou elles) des tenues toujours aussi ridicules, excepté évidemment le bourrin Wolverine, brave blaireau soupe au lait de son triste état (il aurait pu faire une pub pour Pijot dans les années 80 : un con(structeur) sort ses griffes !).

Donc, on a comme d’hab’ les gentils cons d’un côté et de l’autre les méchants cons toujours à con-ploter contre les gentils cons… la belle affaire ! le blaireau bourrin est amnésique à l’insu de son plein gré et les chefs de chacun des camps (dans ce grand dîner de cons) sont deux fossiles qui s’engueulent pour la becquetée du soir (et ma purée, elle est où et qui a piqué mon dentier ? et mon déambulateur, et moi, je veux un déambulateur comme le tien ! ).

Le scénar est naze, l’histoire est bidon, les dialogues sont ineptes, les personnages pathétiques… il ne se passe pas grand-chose là-dedans et on s’endort assez rapidement… vous me direz que c’est normal puisqu’il s’agit d’une marvellerie de mon cul et qu’elle est par conséquent totalement nulle à chier, en plus de s’avérér d’une bêtise affligeante : misérables super-héros mutants de mes deux !… Expand

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VoiceOfAmericaSep 28, 2021

Based on perverted comics and adapted into a perverted movie; this film is by far one of the ones I hate the most.

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