X-Men (PG) - Review
“Do you know what happens when you write the worst line of
dialogue?”
Ah, the halcyon days, before the comic book based
blockbuster was arriving every month, where vast veins of graphic novels and
spandex jokes were virtually untapped.
Into this void stepped Director Bryan Singer, hot off the success of The
Usual Suspects and the tepid mediocrity of Apt Pupil. Fox took the chance to launch a huge, big
budget franchise on the backs of mutated uncampy super-peeps (back when that
kind of thing had fallen way out of style).
The result is a totteringly shoddy story encompassing the immensely loveable
faculty of Professor Charles Xavier’s School For Gifted Youngsters. Their intros and character interplay elevate
the dumbed down story and paved the way for actual Super Hero films to be
realized. The Spider-Mans, Dark Knights
(and yes, Daredevils), even the Marvel Cinematic Universe all owe a bid of thanks
to a goofy, scruffy little movie wrapped in restrictive over-designed leather
suits fighting on top of the fake looking Statue of Liberty with absolutely
unrealistic justifications. Excelsior!
7 “Same Thing That Happens to Everything Else” out of 10
(GOOD)
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