Friday, December 11, 2009

X-men

X-men is a movie based on Comic series, Hugh Jackman does the lead role of Wolverine, Film is about mutants fighting against humans for a reorganization. X-men received positive reviews, of total film time character of Wolverine would be 3/4.... Based on 144 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, 81% were positive, with the consensus that the "story [is] faithful to the comic books and, while the movie may be too Wolverine-centered, it packs a freaky punch that is sure to excite the average summer moviegoer".61% of 30 selected popular reviewers gave it positive reviews. By comparison Metacritic collected an average score of 64/100 from 33 reviews. On June 1, 2000, Marvel published a comic book prequel to X-Men, entitled X-Men: Beginnings, revealing the back stories of Magneto, Rogue and Wolverine. X-Men was released in 3,025 theaters in North America on July 14, 2000, earning $54,471,475 in its opening weekend. The film eventually grossed $157,299,717 and made $139,039,810 in other countries, coming to a worldwide total of $296,339,527.X-Men was the ninth highest-grossing film of 2000.The film made over $50 million in home video sales. The success of X-Men (alongside Blade) started a reemergence for the comic book and superhero film genre Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said he "started out liking this movie, while waiting for something really interesting to happen. When nothing did, I still didn't dislike it; I assume the X-Men will further develop their personalities if there is a sequel, and maybe find time to get involved in a story. No doubt fans of the comics will understand subtle allusions and fine points of behavior; they should linger in the lobby after each screening to answer questions. X-men ended up with 11 awards and 23 nominations. ReelReviews.net's James Berardinelli, an X-Men comic book fan, believed, the film is effectively paced with a good balance of exposition, character development, and special effects-enhanced action. Neither the plot nor the character relationships are difficult to follow, and the movie avoids the trap of spending too much time explaining things that don't need to be explained. X-Men fandom is likely to be divided over whether the picture is a success or a failure.

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