X-Men (2000)

Arguably the movie that kicked off 2 decades of Marvel movies (Sorry Blade). While not perfect, this movie had the right balance of drama and campiness to feel like a true comic book movie. It introduced a lot of iconic characters people already started to fall in love with in the animated series. While the story was only ok, this had a stellar cast and truly turned around the superhero genre (with some help from a wall-crawler).

Story - 15%

Characters - 15%

Pacing - 16%

Spectacle - 13%

Entertainment - 16%

Total score: 75%

Grade scale:

90%-100% = must watch

80%-89% = solid, but could be better

70%-79% = Not terrible, watch if the characters or story interests you

60%-69% = only watch for completionist reasons

0%-59% = just skip it, I find the positives and they don't exist here