X Men 1.5 DVD Review:


The Movie

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.

The Video

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.

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