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Peter Kent
Though I am a fan of Bryan Singer and the X-Men, this was the biggest movie let down of my life :( So much about the actual characters and undertones that I loved from the comics are not here. This movie felt like empty special effects with a far fetched plot and character re-imagines that were almost insulting to previous fans of the brand. When I first saw it in the theaters I felt tricked, these are the X-Men in name only.
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David Danske
We owe a lot to Fox's experiment. They showed us what works and what doesn't work in adapting comics to this medium. Maybe more of the latter, but I suppose it needed to be done, a necessary evil. I'm making this franchise sound worse than I really feel it is... I loved this movie when it released, and the second as well. Maybe 5 stars back then. As I have gotten older and know more about what makes a good movie, and have many comic book movies to compare, it has gone down a couple pegs.
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Spencer Hill
I would have probably given it 5 stars when I first saw it. I'm giving it 4 now because the special effects are a little dated. But the story is rich, and only gets better as the series continues. Overall I love the series and this one I think was the least of them, and still four stars - particularly in context of the rest which are at least five stars. Excellent cast. Of course amazing story. Only compliments really.