The X-Men Trilogy

This is my first trilogy and I will do these more often instead of doing movies from series seperately.

The X-Men Trilogy

The X-Men Trilogy is something you normally see: an okay, yet not the best superhero movie series. The film series has one main protagonist, Magneto, who once was a good friend of X-Men Leader Charles Xavier(Professor X), and his evil organization, The Brotherhood. The film series starts with X-Men. Directed by Bryan Singer, it follows Rogue and Wolverine, and how they got to the X-Men. The film stars Hugh Jackman, as Wolverine, Patrick Stewart, as Charles Xavier, and Ian Mckellan, as Magneto. The films music is quite good, and the writing is okay, but not the best of the three. Throughout the entire film series it shows the racism against mutants, as well as the government's view on mutants. X2:X-Men United shows this concept more than the other three. This film is also directed by Bryan Singer, and has the same cast. However, a new composer was brought on. This film is about how one man decides to kill off the rest of the mutants using a mutant, and how in respond to this, Magneto and the X-Men must work together. This film is my favorite of the three, and for one of the few times in motion picture history, the sequel is better than the original. This film shows more unhappiness, and it has more of a theme than the last few. Now the third film is not the best. It is not directed by Bryan Singer, because he left to direct Superman Returns, but instead is directed by Brett Ratner.Same cast, and different composer, as usual. A different script is here, and introduces a weird plot twist, that still annoys me to this day. The main idea of this film is that when a cure for the mutants is made they must decide if they would rather be human or a mutant. Okay film series. Not my favorite by far though. I will give each film a rating at the bottom. Trilogy rating I give 6/10.

X-Men

Director: Bryan Singer

Music: Michael Kamen

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian Mckellan, James Marsden, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn, Bruce Davidson, Ray Park, Shawn Ashmore, and Anna Paquin

Release Year: 2000
Rating: PG-13 
Grade: 6/10

X2: X-Men United

Director: Bryan Singer

Music: John Ottman

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Ian Mckellan, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Bruce Davidson, with James Marsden, and Patrick Stewart

Release Year: 2003
Rating: PG-13
Grade: 7/10

X-Men: The Last Stand

Director: Brett Ratner

Music: John Powell

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Ian Mckellan, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, Kelsey Grammer, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Ellen Page, Rebecca Romijn, Anna Paquin, Vinnie Jones, Eric Dane, Daniel Cudmore, Ben Foster, with James Marsden and Patrick Stewart

Release Year: 2006
Rating: PG-13 
Grade:5/10