Movie Night 80: X-Men (2000)
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewert, Ian McKellen, James Marsden, Femke Janssen, Anna Pacquin
Plot: People with powers (mutants) have started to spring up, as the latest evolution of mankind, and this of course terrifies the humans. To perpetuate the transition from man to mutant being the dominant species on the planet, Magneto (McKellen) has developed a plan which has started to result in human deaths. He's beginning a war that some would like to see prevented. Enter Professor X (Stewert) and his elite group of mutants, the X-Men. They are trying to prevent Magneto's plans, which seem to involve a new mutant on the scene - Wolverine!

I remember having just graduated from high school when this flick came out, and I must have seen it 2-3 times in the theaters! It was one of the greatest things I had seen at the time, and still holds up very well to this day. I know that they're making a Wolverine movie, as well as a Magneto flick - both are rumored to be prequels. It'll be interesting if they have any more spin-offs from this series, now that Marvel has started up their own production company and now have full creative control over their properties. Hopefully they won't repeat the mistakes of X-Men 3....

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