X-Men

X-Men is a 2000 American superhero movie directed by mh:awfulmovies:Bryan Singer and starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, James Marsden, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Rebecca Romijn, Bruce Davidson, Tyler Mane, Ray Park, and Shawn Ashmore.

Plot
In Nazi-occupied Poland, young Erik Lehnsherr is separated from his parents upon entering the Auschwitz concentration camp. While trying to reach them, he causes a set of metal gates to bend towards him as the result of his mutant ability to create magnetic fields and control metal manifesting, only to be knocked out by the guards.

In the not too distant future, the two mutants find themselves torn between two conflicting groups that have starkly contrasting ideologies with regard to the development of the mutant kind.

Why The Evolution Begins

 * 1) The film not only revived the superhero film genre but also kickstarted a film franchise and wave of superhero movies that is still ongoing to this day.
 * 2) Great acting from Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, and Anna Paquin.
 * 3) This film brought us one of the greatest castings in superhero films: Hugh Jackman as James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine.
 * 4) A great allegory on racial tensions in the United States effectively using mutants.
 * 5) A well-thought-out villain in Magneto.
 * 6) Cameos from famous X-Men such as Iceman and Jubilee.￼
 * 7) Amazing soundtrack.
 * 8) It even spawned a sequel X2: X-Men United, which it's amazing, if not better.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Storm's infamous line "Do you know what happens when a Toad gets hit by lightning? Same thing that happens to everybody else!".
 * 2) Outside of Magneto, the film's other villains Mystique, Toad, and Sabretooth is pretty underwhelming.
 * 3) The film hasn't aged all that well, especially the production design that's fairly mediocre.
 * 4) The pacing is too slow at times, especially if you know X-Men only from the movies, not from the comics/shows/games....etc
 * 5) Cyclops is absolutely useless which is a problem that would plague the whole X-Men film franchise.

Trivia

 * David Hayter, the voice of Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid, was the screenwriter.