This is the comic movie that brought the genre back to the
masses. I personally am partial to the X-Men more than any other
comic franchise out there. I grew up with them and was totally
hyped up for the movie. Well, for the most part, this film is a
very good representation of the comic. I love how Bryan Singer
made these characters as human as possible as if they existed in
our world. The movie itself has its flaws, but it is still
great.
The story centers on Eric Magnus (aka Magneto) who wants to wipe
out the human race with a device he has constructed to turn them
all into mutants. Magneto needs another mutant to power this
device since the energy it gives off will kill him. Wolverine
and Rogue are the strongest characters; their struggle to fight
humanity and live amongst regular people is a great undertone to
the movie.
There are many great action sequences here and great acting as
well. Fans of the comic will obviously notice the differences
throughout from Rogue starting with the X-Men to Mystique being
some sort of chameleon creature. The casting is great, too. Can
you really see anyone else playing Wolverine besides the awesome
Hugh Jackman? Enough said.
We get the same transfer from the old disc, which is still a
great looking picture. The blacks are rich as opposed to grainy.
The transfer also boasts great looking colors.
The
Audio
This is the beauty of the new disc for you sound junkies. This
has a DTS option along with the Dolby 5.1. Good stuff here. Turn
up those speakers, especially when Magneto is crushing through
the train!!
The
Extras
You
can't go wrong with two loaded discs . The first disc has a
great Commentary with director Bryan Singer and Brian Peck. It
is really funny at times an informative. They also talk a little
about the sequel. The rest of Disc 1 has the same features that
were on the first run of the DVD.
The second disc has hours of featurettes. It starts with the
cast talking about their roles to the premiere of the movie.
Other features include:
-The Uncanny suspects
-X-factor: The look of the X-Men
-The special effects
-Reflection of the X-men
-Exclusive movie premiere footage
-Multi-angle scene studies
-Animatics, Animation for the fight sequences
-Still photo galleries
-And all the trailers and TV spots.
The great part of disc two is that we have what is now commonly
referred to in the DVD world as the "white rabbit feature,"
which is basically more featurettes within the featurettes. Wait
for the small X to appear during the featurette to go more
in-depth on that specific scene. This is a great feature to be
honest. The extras are amazing and very informative, especially
for all us X fans.
Overall
You can't go wrong here. Every minute is so much fun to
watch. Even the board meetings where all the big shots are
talking about what Cyclops' visor should look like. Funny
stuff. This DVD has become one of the best in my collection.
