X-MEN (2000) Revisited: Marvel Movie Review

RIP Michael Kamen He made that moment between Logan and Rogue feel so special and timeless

I still like the X-MEN movie. The concentration camp opening sequence, Wolverine and Sabretooth fight on the Statue of Liberty, and the train station scenes were great. Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart for great as Wolverine and Professor Xavier.

Ive lost count over the years how many times I have watched it. Was great to see in the theatre when this and the original Spider-Man came out, which is over 20 years ago now. Plus, Famke Jansen is always a joy to look at

X Men (2000) was the movie that made Hugh Jackman a household name after Dougray Scott overran reshoots on Mission Impossible 2. The first 2 X Men movies are still the gold standard for this series. The makers quickly realised that Wolverine was the most popular character to come out of the movie, that they made him the figurehead lead of all the movies. The moment those claws pop out of Logan/Wolverine’s knuckles is really awesome. The X Men basically set the template that Marvel would create with their B team The Avengers, when they branched out their own movie studios.

That's not Glen Danzig, thats The Misfits other notable vocalist, Michale Graves. Other than that, solid video as always

I actually read an earlier draft, which I found better, and I like the movie. It gave more scenes and characterization to Storm and Cyclops, Beast was in it, Rogue doesn’t get kidnapped by Magneto but actually joins the team to stop him at Liberty Island, there was no toad struck by lightning line, and other things I’m forgetting, but it was a very good read

This was one of the first movies I bought on DVD! God, I'm old🤣....seriously, this was one of the first legit super hero movies that felt 'new'. I grew up reading X-men and when I watched this movie, I felt like they were onto something great - it wasn't perfect, but it opened the door for pushing things further. Re-uniting most of the core cast for the end of Days of Future Past was classic!

What I really like about the 2000 X-Men movie in retrospect is that since it was the very first movie of the franchise they wanted to make sure it would be highly entertaining on its own, and it still is I would say. The first movie alone does a good job of introducing its characters and establishing the basic lore about mutants, Xavier's school and the Brotherhood, featuring a balanced cast of enough iconic favorites from the comics and a standalone plot for them to work together to rescue Rogue and stop Magneto's plan. I look at it in a similar way as how I think the first Avengers movie of the MCU can also be watched as just an entertaining superhero flick even without having to see anything else that comes after it. And it's a good thing to know that this movie can be enjoyed so easily on its own since Fox's X-Men film series got to be kind of a convoluted, inconsistent mess as it went on. X2 was a very strong follow-up to this movie with Bryan Singer still directing, but then it also had teases of Jean becoming Phoenix to setup the third movie, with The Last Stand ultimately turning out to be the most polarizing entry in the original trilogy followed by Wolverine's prequel movie being received even worse. First Class wanted to be a reboot while also staying in continuity, and I think just created a lot more inconsistencies with the original movies from then on, and the fact of all the movies now being branched off into different timelines only adds an extra layer of confusion for some people. Not that any of the later movies haven't had moments of their own, but I do think the series as a whole just ended up being a real mixed bag that clearly wasn't thought out well in terms of the overall continuity. All that being said I think the initial 2000 movie still holds up very well, with or without any of the other movies to follow it.

I remember seeing this in theaters on day 1. People in my auditorium were cheering soon when the movie started. I remember I bought all the action figures except for professor x.

ALWAYS LOVED the first 2..... I like these flicks when the climax is more character based and not an overblown CGI Battle.... Days of Future was the perfect End Cap.....

I always liked the first film but still think it's a bit cheesy. The second X-man film was pretty damn near perfect though and is still one of my favorites of all time of any genre.

Interesting, I literally just bought the 2x X-Men trilogies today on 4K! Haven't seen the first one for a good 10 years at least

I love the 1st X-Men movie the most. I have it on VHS.📼

Because of the strides that superhero/comic book movies have made in the years since, this film feels smaller & quaint. It's not a bad thing, though. Sure, more character stuff for Cyclops, Storm & Sabretooth would have helped, but it's a fun adventure that would give birth to X2, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past & Logan. Regarding Marvel, this movie walked so that the MCU could fly. I also gotta love this movie because it got me into comic books & specifically X-Men comics, then the 90s cartoon, X-Men: Evolution, Wolverine and the X-Men & the various video games that came with it.

This was actually the film that began the superhero movie era, not Blade (1998) nor Spider-man (2002). I distinctly recall that everyone was worried about the chances of this film being successful, and once it became successful, it led to the green light of several other projects. Spider-man only fueled this notion, it didn’t start it. For some reason, Blade, which was just a minor success at the time, has been retconned in the past few years and the movie that started it all. It’s not how it was perceived back then. Everyone claimed it was the first X-Men film that did that. P.S.: The all new all different X-Men appeared in 1975, not 1973, and the comic was helmed by Len Wein and Cockrum.

Rebecca is still the one and only Mystique 💯♥️🔥🔥

Jean Claude van Damme, Aaron Eckhart, Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Keanu Reeves, Russell Crowe, Keifer Sutherland, Jackie Earle Haley, and Viggo Mortenson were also considered for Wolverine. Katherine Isabelle, Christina Ricci, Natalie Portman, Evan Rachel Wood, Drew Barrymore, Katie Holmes, Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sarah Michelle Geller were considered for Rogue as well. Jim Caviezel, DB Sweeney, Edward Burns, Jonny Lee Miller, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Tom Cruise, and Owen Wilson were considered for Cyclops we well. Halle Berry, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Angela Bassett, and Rachel Luttrell were considered for Storm. Lucy Lawless, Maria Bello, Julianne Moore, and Selma Blair were considered for Jean Grey Christopher Lee, David Hemblin and Terence Stamp were considered for Magneto. Joel Schumacher, Tim Burton, Danny Boyle, John McTiernan, Robert Rodriguez, Paul Anderson, Brett Ratner, Stephen Hopkins, Irvin Kershner, and Paul Verhoeven were considered for directing.

Erik: Sneaking around in here, Charles. Whatever are you looking for” Charles: “I’m looking for hope” Magneto: “I will bring you hope, old friend. The dialogue in this movie is 🔥 There’s also this line from Magneto: “I always thought of God as teacher. A bringer of light , wisdom and understanding.”

Sabertooth and Victor are two separate characters in this film series. No link is made between them on screen.

Wouldn't Magneto be the first mutant we saw in cinema?