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Rating:  - 1.5 a Rip off
The movie is excellent. The 1.5 version is a rip off. It includes the same deleted scenes that can be found in the orginal DVD release only plugged into the movie where they would have gone had they not been deleted. This would have been cool, however, they are not editted into the movie. Meaning there is no background tracks or anything. The look like audition scenes or something. Buy the orginal DVD. Don't waste your money on this 1.5 version.
Rating:  - Worth it
A lot of folks have complained about Fox releasing this just so they could make more money. That may be so, but let me tell you, the extra features are well worth it whether you have the original or not. The overall design of the disc is superb, as you navigate through strands of DNA to find your trailers, production featurettes, and behind-the-scenes footage. The extra disc is definitly worth the cost of admission.As for the movie itself, I was thoroughly impressed by it after I had seen it a few times. An avid comic book fan, I have numerous squabbles about the Batman, Superman and Spiderman movies - and all superhero movies in general. With this I have the least. While the writing of the movie did stray from the comic books (it is hard not to) the story was still very believable and even a die-hard like myself could end up enjoying it. As for the directing, Bryan Singer gives the X-Men a new, darker look than they have ever been portrayed in before (except maybe by artist Alex Ross). And you know what? It works. It adds mood, tone, and intensity to the story. And the special effects and camera work are top-notch. X-Men 1.5 is an altogether excellent movie and DVD set. If you don't own the original, buy it. If you do, and you are a big enough fan, buy it as well. You won't regret it.
Rating: - Fun, Deep and Intelligent
This cinematic adaption of the legendary Marvel Comicbook series accomplishes the near impossible: it does the legacy of the comic books justice while still fleshing out in its own right. Director Briyan Singer crafts compelling action sequences while still giving room for the characters to develop and interact, and quite nuancedly too. The characters gel almost immediately, and the actors give textured performances. The best is Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine. His performance is vital to the appeal of the film, since the film focuses the majority of the time on his character.Plot: While Logan is etching out a living as a bar fighter in Rural Canada, the U.S. congress is considering a bill to register all mutants, humans who have altered DNA that give them special powers. Think of it as racial profiling but on a genetic level. Out of this, two old friends, Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Ian McKellan) are at odds about how they should deal with the attitudes that normal people have towards them. Xavier belives in giving the people time to be more accepting, while Magneto has run out patience and wants to make the general population of humans Mutants. In the mean time, a girl from Mississippi, nicknamed Rouge (Anna Paquin) flees home for Canada when she finds her power is putting people in a coma while taking their special talents and memories for a time. In Canada she meets Logan, and together the make their way to Xavier, and become part of the intrique that is brewing between Xavier and Magneto. And that tension leads to some spectacular action sequences between the X-Men and Magneto's hoardes, especially the train station encounter and the finale in the Statue of Liberty. The fights in this scene rival that of the Matrix in terms of Martial Arts type stunts and quick, confident camera work from Director Singer. But what lifts this film above so many other action films is the well-developed relationships between the characters and a smart script that deals with the issues of human segreation via genetic mutations, and the warring opinions on either side of the issue, even if those warring stances turn into violence.
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