Contrary to what some might say, X-men is actually quite an entertaining piece of movie. It’s to be expected anyway, when you’ve got beautiful babes, hairy hunks and maniac mutants all in one movie. Entertainment wise, I’d give it a thumbs up. All the fav characters are there, with a few ones added. Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, Prof X, Magneto, Mystique, you name it. There are even a few new ones too – Beast, Archangel and Psylocke. Colossus had more screentime too, compared to the second movie.

Entertainment value aside, the storyline, as with almost all hollywood movies have been modified to suit the masses. First, let me clarify that I don’t read X-men comics, and what I know are all from following the X-men cartoons and what I’ve read on the internet. Well, I’ve just discovered that Wikipedia is an excellent source for X-men and related info. It’s quite extensive too. Correct me if I’m wrong, but what i do know is that the Phoenix was supposed to be an entity from space, and not living inside Jean Grey all along, as was claimed in the movie. From the ending of the second movie, I was anticipating to watch the Phoenix saga on the big screen. Sadly, it wasn’t to be. It perhaps would appeal only to superhero and X-men fans alike, and that’s about it.

It’s also interesting that the script writers decided to kill off Cyclops, Jean Grey and Professor Xavier too, which of course, everyone who stayed till after the end credits that Professor Xavier managed to resurect himself. Magneto also appreared to have regained a little of his powers despite having been injected with the cure. Mystique is no longer too. Still, there is a slim chance that Mystique will make a reappearance, since Magneto regained a bit of his powers.

Will there be a fourth X-men movie? It remains to be seen, with a few of the heavyweight characters gone. My friend said that movies based on individual characters are in the works. It would be an interesting idea, but it’s still very much different. There’s so much chemistry going on, with a team that can’t be achieved with a single hero. The next X-men movie? Maybe they will fast-forward to the Age of Apocolypse and introduce Cable, Forge and Bishop?

I wonder …