X-Men Happy 20 Years X-Men

[Spider-Aziz]

This movie came out in July 2000, and this is the year 2020. We're half a year from the film being exactly 20 years old, but it's worth mentioning how much the film industry grew as a whole and not just CBMs, and I'd like to compare notes on how well this stands as a movie all around.

Only three members of the cast are definite casting choices that will be hard to exceed. Two of them had worthy successors, but Professor X is Jean-Luc Piccard more than he is that young prequel/reboot successor from Wanted who hit Starlord with a keyboard in his face.


I'd love to see a more comic faithful take on Rogue as much as the next person, but showing the torture such power come with and how difficult it is to embrace it is a good depiction I've always appreciated.

 

[psylockolussus]

This franchise was done to me after X-Men Apocalypse sucked and Logankilled off all the present day X-Men. It had its moments. X2 is the reason why I got into comic book movies, and my anticipation to X3 led me to SHH and other related sites. Days of Future Past is a classic and seeing the original cast is a moment. But I feel like this franchise has disappointed me plenty of times - and you just can't undo disappointing movies and Kinberg single handley ruining the franchise. So I'm more than ready for Marvel Studios' X-Men.

 

[Hellion]

What the first X-Men film did in 2000 is what the X-Men animated series did in 1992... totally reinvigorate my love of X-Men and Marvel.

I have a soft spot for the first film, I think it's probably my personal favorite. I love the franchise warts and all, but another reason I love the first film is the what's next that followed over the next few years. And of course all of the collecting I did for the action figures, collectibles, an movie tie-in comics. I have other series and fandoms (Star Wars, mainly, that I collect) but when it came to Marvel, it's mainly X-Men, and for the films, it was X1.

Such a time to be alive, and to be a Marvel and X-Men.

 

[Herofan]

I love the first film and especially that for a newcomer like me, who had in 2000 only read 2 X-Men picture books and seen maybe 3 or 4 episodes of TAS, it was very understandable and engaging. It's biggest flaw is that it wastes Cyclops and doesn't have enough chemistry between Cyclops, Jean and Storm but it's still a strong introduction to the characters and universe and handling of a big cast and especially depiction of Wolverine, Magneto, Rogue and Xavier. And also how it handled the mutant and general tone of the universe.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

Today's the day!

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Who could have guessed back then that an Australian Broadway singer would be this iconic portraying a Canadian superhero? In a movie written by Solid Snake no less.

 

[Luigi]

Happy 20th anniversary! It's been quite the journey, with various highs and messy lows.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

all those movies went through, good times and bad, an its not even old enough to drink

 

[Batmannerism]

Saw this movie on Friday night ( on Tv). It's pretty good considering the time in which it was made.

I wasn't a fan of Anna Paquin's performance in that film as she had nearly the same facial expression for the entire film - a mix of startled and confused, like she was recovering from a bad acid trip.

McKellen is great as is Rebecca Romijn ( under a lot of makeup) . Jackman is fun. Some of the villains are pretty much cardboard cut outs- and Magneto's plan doesn't make much sense, but there are plenty of great moments- I mean, how many superhero films can start in a Nazi concentration camp and successfully transition to comic book fantasy?

All in all I think its underrated. Not as good as X2, but a solid ancestor to modern cbms (and miles ahead of Dark Phoenix).

Probably one of the things the original X trilogy got right was building up Jean Grey over 3 films - so that by the time we get to Dark Phoenix we know her, and care about her a bit, which makes her descent and death mean more.

 

[henzINNIT]

The first hour or so of X-Men is tremendous. It gets bit sloppy in the 3rd act with a dull villain plot and that one really horrible Storm line, but I still enjoy it a lot overall. It's interesting looking back after 20 years. It is certainly dated in many ways, but the core of Jackman/Stewart/McKellen is timelessly good. A lot of the cast were great to be fair, just under-utilized.

 

[Herofan]

I really liked Paquin as Rogue, very immediate and genuine and appealing, while Janssen and Berry did well with what they were given but were given very little.

 

[Venom75]

Oh boy. I still remember seeing this in the theater when it was released. Liked it then,still like it now.