A promising start of the X-Men universe on the silver screen, X-Men is a fascinating work of science-fiction & a terrific addition to the superhero genre film. This is the first time I've watched it & now I'm wondering what the hell actually stopped me from checking it out earlier. The only other X-Men instalment I've seen before is X-Men: First Class & if it wasn't for its latest sequel which brings back the cast from the original trilogy, I wouldn't have bothered to give it a go & would've again missed out on what actually is a pretty good film.

Set in a not-so-distant future in which few people around the world are mutants; possessing superhuman powers that has also resulted in them…

"Oh and Logan? Stay away from my girl."

Ever since Marvel became a household name, I've been planning to return to the scene of the crime and investigate where this hero of the box office got its powers. While X-Men was neither the first Marvel Studios live action co-production (Blade) nor the one to really launch the studio into the spotlight (Spider-Man), for me it signified the superhero genre's shift from the realm of b-movies, cult classics, and relative obscurity onto the center stage of the American blockbuster. It may have only grossed a modest $300 million compared to Spider-Man's $800 million, but it proved that you could use wonky sci-fi characters in a mainstream action movie to get audiences…

Bryan Singer gave himself quite a chore with 2000's "X-Men." In the space of a single film, he needed to introduce the personalities and powers of an ensemble of beloved characters, allowing each the opportunity to stand out and be recognized. For the most part, he succeeds, and "X-Men," while not the greatest superhero film, is a solid motion picture. It lacks the personality of better superhero and better X-men films to come, but it gets the franchise off to a good start.

The film begins by moving across eras and introducing its major players. Magneto, Rogue, and Wolverine are given separate moments before they are integrated into the film's plot. This allows Singer to establish a serious tone and…

I feel bad for comparing to the later films in the MCU, but I unfortuantely couldn't help it. This film wasn't terrible, but it defintely was not as strong in character development. There were some really cool developments, such as the connection between Wolverine and Rogue, but it wasn't super in depth. It felt like they really wanted to make a film about X-Men and tried to throw it all together into one film, and it didn't click very well, in my opinion.

It also didn't age well, either. Some of the fight scenes look very fake, in terms of making it look like a person "actually hits" another character. I get that it was big thing in early cinema,…

i came here prepared to talk about how this is a problematic fave, i didn't expect to have new things to say about the experience of watching it. this is one of the first movies we had on dvd when i was a kid and i watched it over and over. it was one of my favorite movies. and in all that time, i never noticed how HYPERACTIVE this movie is?

there are SO MANY CUTS and they are SO FAST, you guys. it doesn't hold on ANYTHING. scenes come and go abruptly. conversations last seconds and don't have any time to sink in. i was tempted to make sure we weren't watching this on 1.25x speed or something. singer…