when I was growing up, i passively followed the X-men saga and how it continued to unfold. I still have my X-men game for my fully functional NES gaming system. The game was extremely frustrating. This movie, however, was not. It pulled me in from the moment that jimmy pulled out his little claws and killed his father, to the time that he got shot in the head by stryker. this movie has everything. Comedy, suspense, romance, awkwardness, and some good fight scenes. some of my friends thought this movie sucked. I think that they are a little tetched in the head. I will definitely be buying this movie to add it to my already large movie collection.