Saw this with my 7 year old who has read all the books and he says it it better than the 1st. I personally liked the 1st one better but this one did have laugh out loud moments. It did stray from the book but was definitely enjoyable. I will buy it when it comes out on dvd as we did with the 1st one.
i saw all the xmen movies and they were so-so, but this one blew me away. all through the movie i was "oh so that explains why that happened" i totally understand the wolverine character now. i actually left the theatre wanting to see the first xmen movie again.