X-Men /X2 /X-Men: The Last Stand

What we have here is a simple boxset for the X-men Trilogy of movies. You get X-Men , X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand. While the box-set itself is not very impressive, the quality of the DVDs is. The package comes in a simple laminated box with each DVD having its own standard sized case. Each disk looks great on my DVD player(1080p up-scaled) and the audio is crisp. SPECIAL FEATURES DISK 1: X-Men - Deleted Scenes** - Animatics - Art Gallery - Storyboards - Trailers & TV Spots - Hugh Jackman Screen Test - "Metant Watch" Featurette - Charlie Rose Interview **The Deleted Scenes are part of a 10 minute addition of the film. To view them you must watched the film in "Branching" Mode (in the options). This is perhaps the weakest part of the DVD as instead of smoothly transitioning the scenes into the movie they are loaded in. What this means is when a deleted scene comes up, the DVD stops playing a moment(black screen) and loads the deleted scene, which has the X-Men symbol in the corner. When finished the DVD goes to a black screen again and reloads where you were in the film. It makes for a very clunky play-through. On Older DVD's you could select the scenes individually. On the DVD I got you are unable to. Disk 2: X2: X-Men United - Audio Commentary by Bryan Singer & Newton Thomas Sigel - Audio Commentary by the Writers & Producers * Outside of the commentary there is no bonus features what-so-ever on the disk I received. The movie itself was great! Disk 3: X3: The Last Stand - Audio Commentary by Director/Screenwriters and Producers - Deleted Scenes - 3 Alternative Endings OVERALL: If you are looking to own all 3 movies then this set is a great deal, as you get all 3 movies for a fair price here. While this does not constitute a complete collection, since there are special features are missing (especially the 2nd movie) you can't go wrong with this set.

I got to hand it to Fox, they really mastered this blu-ray trilogy. I was unimpressed by the lack of the Spider-man trilogy's special features. I think anything being re-released onto blu-ray should have something new besides video and sound quality. This box set is almost overloaded with features that kept me watching for hours and hours. I found some of the features to repeat themselves, but for the most part they were worthwhile. My absolute favorite was the one-hour special on the history of X-men comics found on the X3 special features disc. I felt that alone gave me the ultimate satisfaction for purchasing this set. I had the previous dvd copies, and this was a huge step in the right direction. Thank you Fox! Your blu-ray quality is about what you would expect for the series. The first movie was in 2000 so I was most interested in that transfer. X-men had the most apparent positive transfer. The other films have your standard blu-ray quality. I wouldn't necessarily rate the films individually because you have all seen them by this point. It is a great trilogy, with a rough third part. I enjoyed the Singer movies a lot more than Brett Ratner's take. If you're looking for a feature-packed blu-ray boxed-set this is a must have. Don't buy in to those empty box trilogies they put out with nothing on them. They will release a better version in time and it will aggravate you that you didn't wait. I give my example on the Spider-man trilogy. Will all these movies being such great hits, I can comparitively say that 20th Century Fox really did us justice on this release, and I hope more distribution companies recognize the bar that they have set. Remember for those of you who dislike the features in the first place, it makes everyone happy to have an abundance of them. The regular movie watchers can watch the film occasionally and be done. Then the nerds like me can watch all the features and get our moneys' worth. Putting out these box sets with nothing on them only satisfies a certain audience. The X-men Trilogy has paved a path for future franchise blu-rays to follow.

Okay, all three X-Men movies were wonderful! 1. X-Men; What was good about the movie: 1. The cast was excellent! 2. The special effects were hard core! 3. The set designs were great (especially in the Statue Of Liberty)! What I didn't like: 1. There was not enough action in the movie! 2. The pace was slow! 3. The movie's wrap-up at the end left the movie too wide open! If you read the comics you sould know that the action was a major part of the X-Men world, and this movie didn't have enough action in it! Oh, well... My grade: B or three-and-a-half stars! 2. X2: X-Men United; What was good about the movie: 1. The action was hard core! 2. The cast all returned fior the sequel! 3. The movie's pace kept going and going! 4. The special effects were better and more convincing than the first one! 5. The movie was also more suspenceful than the first one! This movie kept true to the fans of the first one and did a better job than last time! My grade: A- or four-and-a-half stars! 3. X-Men: The Last Stand; What was good about the movie: 1. The action just kept getting more and more exciting! 2. The cast was excellent! 3. The visual effects just get more and more convincing! 4. The movie focused well on it's two main plots (the dark phoenix and the mutant cure)! What I didn't like: 1. Nightcrawler was not in the movie! 2. Colossus and Angel were not givin enough to do! This movie had a new director, and for the most part he did a good job! Bottom line: Fans of the comic books will love this collection!

With the new X-men movie coming out in a few months and set to unify the old X-men movies with the new series, I decided to buy this set for my wife and daughter to watch before going to the new series. Readers can look for reviews of each movie on online sites, so I will stick with the product at hand. I bought this boxed set very cheap from the Amazon Warehouse deals. The box didn't come wrapped in plastic, and I found that even though the box had some small damage, each blu ray package was in perfect condition. The set has a lot of extras, and digital version of the movies. This is great for any fan that wants some extra tidbits on the productions of movies.The quality on the movies is great and the audio is pretty good. You have many languages to chose from as well. I haven't still checked all the content, but so far, so good. I can recommend this set to any fan of the Xmen series, but you can always wait for big discounts on Amazon like this one, and you will be happy with the product. In this specific case, Amazon Warehouse sure provided a good product for a very low price.

Classic collection, arrived in better shape than most discs I get through Amazon (i.e. case wasn't cracked, discs weren't floating around inside). Very happy to add it to the collection!

The movies are great fun, a bit preachy at times, but in a controlled relevant way. the X-Men were more or less a morality tale about tolerance from the beginning. So nothing new here. I like the fact it is three standard cases in a slipcover as opposed to slimline cases as when the slip cover goes it ruins the set. The movies look and sound great and there's tons of extras included. A great action series with strong characters and strong performances all around. Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan being the standouts among a stellar cast. This is a great way to own the movies at a reasonable price and if they make more movies in the series (aside from the spin-offs) then you can easily take out the discs and place them alongside the new additions. Unfortunately they all include a digital copy disc with codes that are expired. While that isn't a deal breaker for me I know people who love the fact they get the digital copies. I still think movies should all go to ultraviolet or at least make the digital copy a digital download, because once the code expires that disc is useless and simply just takes up too much room). Or the should include a dvd copy with the digital copy on the same disc, as other companies do. Sorry to vent, but the digital copy disc is something they should have done away with as soon as ultraviolet started. It's a waste of materials and for those who forget to read the really fine print on a dvd case it can be really annoying when you try to upload it. Also if you reformat your computer you may lose your authorization to play the movie as well. But, I digress, this is a great series, all of the movies in the series including First Class and the two Wolverine movies are excellent. Very well done. First Class didn't feel like a reboot as much as it was just a prequel. It didn't feel like a cash grab. It felt organic and added more depth to the series. So I'd highly recommend this set for anyone wanting to catch up on the series before the new movie comes out. The price is more than reasonable.

This is the Blu Ray set to get. It has all of the extras that the new Blu Ray version omits. Each movie has it's own case and bonus disc which has making the film featuretts and interviews from X-Men comic writers. The movies are great and are the roots that launched the comic book movie Hollywood takeover. Fun fact Marvel's Kevin Feige was involved in all 3. X1 gets the best Blu Ray upgrade. Being a movie from 2000, it has been cleaned up greatly. X1 is a bit dated however. X2 is the premier movie in this set. Based on the popular God Loves Man Kills story arc this movie is widely considered the best of the original trilogy. Great action, special effects hold up surprisingly well (Nightcrawler's white house attack, so GOOD). Say what you will about Bryan Singer as a writer but when it comes to action scenes and camera position and camera shooting (LOOKIN AT YOU RUSSO BROTHERS WITH YOUR INABILITY TO SHOOT NON CLOSEUPS...) he's gold. In my not so humble opinion X2 ranks just as high as much of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. X3.... Where to begin with this one. It's a maligned movie but I don't know if I'd call it bad per say...Every problem this movie has form their beginning with Fox's piece of crap former head Tom Rothman. This detestable man hates comic book movies. He cut the X1 and X2 budgets and advanced X1s release. Miracle it turned out so well. Greveous of all he chased Bryan Singer away from X3. Singer was working on Superman but Rothman wouldn't wait for him to finish it. Instead he rushed X3 into production to compete with Superman as some type of punishment. It wasn't ready actors were all busy Singer had taken Marsden (Cyclops) with him which is why he was in so little of X3 and also why a certain part in the early movie happened. X3 was set to start shooting and still had no director. Bret Ratner came in last minute to direct. Ratner wanted to adapt The Cure story arc from the comics. While Singer and his producers had been setting up Dark Phoenix in X2. See the problem...We ended up with an okish cure plot but Dark Phoenix set a new definition of butchering source material. The 2 stories just didn't mesh together. One or the other would have been better. That being said I still enjoy X3. It has the best action/powers effects of the original trilogy. It's cool. I like the fights scenes as well. And we can't leave out the awesome bridge scene. The movie has grown on me since it's been written out of current X-Men timeline lore. Knowing that these events are now a 'what if' scenerio make the film more watchable and enjoyable knowing that it no longer screws up the core team (see Days of Future Past). At least to me anyway.

When I was younger I liked these movies quite a bit. Now it’s not a great story and very cheesy. But still fun