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Directed By
Bryan Singer
Written By:
David Hayter
Cast:
Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Hugh Jackman, James Marsden, Halle Berry, Rebecca Romijn, Ray Park, Anna Paquin, Bruce Davison, Shawn Ashmore, Tyler Mane
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X-Men (2000)
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Movie Review by AJ 
June 5th, 2006
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I love how smart Bryan Singer's X-Men movies are. The films are full of fantastic and unusual heroes, and include a villain that is essentially a living magnet, as well as one that eats a dove by whipping his tongue from across the room at it. Yet the world in which the mutants live is extremely believable, as Singer and his merry band of mutantmakers have the clever idea of focusing the film's more fantastic elements through a real-world, political lense. Any X-Men fan will tell you that the comic books have been a grand metaphor for racism/sexism/slavery for decades, but to see it come across on the screen every bit as metaphorical, edgy, and meaningful is a triumph for Singer and a lovely gift-wrapped reward to fans as well as newcomers. The cast is large, but the film covers them very well, and the fact that the actors really seem to get it helps enormously. A number of them--especially Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, and Patrick Stewart--nail their characters perfectly. There are of course some liberties taken with the comics, but most are actually for the good. The black leather costumes work since the brightly-colored spandex would've looked hideous onscreen, and I actually vastly prefer Anna Paquin's quiet and troubled Rogue to the outgoing southern belle in the comics. All-in-all, an epic action adventure with great storytelling, characters, direction, and acting. Be sure to watch out for Marvel mastermind Stan Lee as a hot dog vendor!
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