i get ta give my prop to brian singer . man and what a fantastic job he do in bring my favorite mutant superhero team to the big screen . the x men comic have decade of establish treasured mythology and this film do it justice almost perfectly . some story element have be alter here and there but it never undermine the finished product significantly a to throw off die hard fan and although i be disappoint that gambit wasn not include . but the film superbly make up for that with action and special effect ( and what marvelous effect they be . ) and a plot that intellectually stimulate actually . it a shame that most action film today do not have that kind of pizazz and gravitas to keep it from be mindlessly entertain . not so here a x men challenge it viewer to ponder the nature of acceptance and fear and and prejudice . my one main complaint be that the villain such a sabertooth wasn not flesh out more and similar to his vicious comic book counterpart . i will purchase the director cut for any bell and whistle not in the theatrical cut but for the most part x men be an exciting and exhilarate experience with something more beneath the surface even more so than action film today and i can say with all authority it embody the spirit of the comic nearly spot on . great film .