any of the maneuvers were a little super-human, however, that is to be expected because of the nature of the film. There was a small amount of special effects used here as well and those effects were used well.The matching of actors to the various roles met with varying degrees of success. Professor X was very well cast. The physical resemblance went well with the degree of character of the actor. Magneto too was well cast for the most part. However magneto seemed slightly childish in the movie. Storm and Wolverine were probably the best cast actors. It is hard to find someone as tall as storm should be to be true to form. However, other than being slightly shorter than needed (and this was made up for with various camera angles), Storm was well done. The aloof and powerful attitude of storm was also well acted. Wolverine’s feral attitude and looks were well matched to the sources. Mystique was well cast as well. It was a hard part to play, do to the fact that most of the acting for this role had to be done solely through facial features that were covered by the costume. Rouge was fairly well cast. Do to the fact that this movie is set before she becomes an X-man it is therefore acceptable that she be younger and much less sure of herself. While this is not the Rouge that we usually see in the sources, it is easily one that will grow up to be her. Cyclops was a slight let down. Cyclops was a little young for this role, and the personality too childish. He did not give off the commanding aura of being the leader of the X-men. It is true that there is a lot of tension between Wolverine and Cyclops, it was done, in a few places, in too childish a manner. The total effect was one of making Cyclops and Wolverine into two teenagers in a one-up contest. Over all the casting was done well. The casting was quite difficult also due to the fact that the sources portray the X-men as being larger than life. For instance the ...
