X-Men (2000)

X-Men (2000) is the long anticipated screen adaptation of Marvel’s famous misfits. Though they launched in comic book form in the early 1960s with the rest of the mighty Marvel universe, it wasn’t until the 1970s that they carried the banner of teen angst and general outsiderness always attractive in this superhero house. And the movie adds heft to the four-color newsprint on which its based, with archenemy Magneto’s concentration camp past and it’s big questions. But let’s not get too heady here, we are in long-underwear territory, a fine stage for children but a bit stifling for adults. There is something boys and the men they will one day become can all agree on, though, and that’s Rebecca Romijn as shapeshifting Mystique. She isn’t officially naked, but her body is clearly evident in all its meaty charms, albeit beneath a thick coat of body paint and prosthetics. When acrobatic in battle, though, her boobs are a flop house we’d love to lay our head down on.