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20 years later and that opening sequence is still one of the best in comic film history.

Jennifer Lawrence is ok and all, but Rebecca Romijn IS Mystique.

I love how she called someone having their stomache pumped full of adamantium an "overdose". lol.

"Have you tried… Not being a mutant?" God, that scene. As up to date as ever

That opening scene with Nightcrawler is one of my favorite scenes in comic book film history.

If I remember correctly, Cyclops’ beams can kill. He just uses the visor to control the intensity of the blasts so that he doesn’t.

Here's what you need to know. Everyone loves Nightcrawler.

Growing up, I had a lot of respect for Erik/Magneto in the comics & cartoons, but it took the movies to make me love him.

7:00 He says: "Gehen Sie raus! Ich bin ein Bote des Teufels! Ich bin die Ausgeburt des Bösen!" which means "Go out (in the formal way of addressing someone)! I'm a messenger of the Devil! I'm the spawn of evil". He's even uses a slight Bavarian accent which fits given he's from Munich, the capital of Bavaria.

The opening scene of Kurt in the White House is still one of my favorite moments from a superhero movie.

tragic part with lady deathstrike in this movie is that she was controlled, wolverine is pretty much fighting a slave with no choice and he ended her

The opening with Nightcrawler in the White House is the best scene in the movie. Totally set the mood for the rest of the film. ✌️♥️🌹

The best part is Wolverine killing the soldiers and protecting the kids from getting captured. And Nightcrawler is awesome when he saved Rogue.

Nightcrawler's teleporting has traditionally been marked with the sound effect BAMF. The comics would often show a page covered in blue smoke and BAMF as he acrobatically jumps around fighting enemies from all angles. The opening is a truly awesome demonstration of how effective that could be

37:46 Jean's death is one of the most famous in Marvel. It was part of the Dark Phoenix Saga which along with Days of Future Past are probably the two biggest storylines in X-Men history. Saying any more gets into spoiler territory for X-Men 3.

Logan has heightened senses, that’s how he heard the soldiers Remember that scene in a bar where Mystique injected that security guard with something? It was iron You can see the mind control juice mark on Scott’s neck when he first pops up to attack The mutation didn’t take place there, the adamantium bonding did. His mutation is his healing factor, heightened senses, and claws of bone. The former is what allowed him to survive the bonding process, which they mentioned in the first Well she could drown but it wasn’t that deep She did come out of the mind control when she was given the adamantium injection In the comics he definitely didn’t volunteer, he was kidnapped, but these movies don’t follow the comics with 100% accuracy. Oh if you knew comics, you would be 100% convinced Jean’s not dead

Rewatching these og X-Men films really solidifies how underrated this series really is. I can honestly say I still rate them as some of the best comic book movies ever made. The casting was perfect for so many of the characters to the point where I have difficulty seeing them reprised in reboots. The series atmosphere had subtle humor to provide moments of levity while maintaining a more serious mature tone than what we've come to expect from most MCU films.

Ms. Cherry: You may have missed the faint Phoenix over the waters at the end just after the Professor smiles..

X2 might be my favourite one of them. That Mansion scene when the soldiers are breaking in is so good

Kurt aka Nightcrawler is the son of Mystique (blue chick) and Azazel; a red skinned demon who can teleport.

The movie was actually loosely based on a storyline from the comics called "God Loves, Man Kills", where Stryker is a preacher who is using religion to turn people against mutants. It also has the X-Men team up with Magneto when Xavier is kidnapped

Mystique is SO damn good. Also this film has one of the best action sequences in the history of action sequences. Of course I think another one of those is the escape sequence in Lilo and Stitch. Which also involves a blue monster :p

This movie made me appreciate Pyro as a character. I think he's actually an improvement over the one in the comics.

4:52 Mary’s cherries giving Magneto perfect specs.

Mystique turns into Stryker: "What is it you really want?" Logan: "Oh yeah, let's do this!"

I was amused by the fact that when Ian McKellen first appears in this movie, his eyes are encircled by the neon cherries in the background. Wolverine was always a mutant. Stryker experimented on him and added the adamantium to his skeleton, which Wolverine survived because of his healing factor. It stands to reason Lady Deathstrike would have a similar healing factor, as her claws are also adamantium.

X2 is my favorite of the original trilogy. X3 is ok, but not as good as either 1 or 2. Origins: Wolverine is not a particularly great movie, but it does have a lot of interesting history and backstory that might answer a lot of your questions. The next gen XMen has some good'nes: First Class and Days of Future Past are excellent. Logan is the best of all of the XMen movies so far.

Notice in 29:30 how her eyes change color back to normal, meaning that the serum's effect had ran off. This whole time she wasn't evil, she was just obeying Striker. She was an inside silent witness to all these evil acts she was doing and at the last moment she becomes herself again, but too late to help the situation. Damn, this is so tragic.

Magneto is the perfect villain, in his mind he is doing what he can to save his people, in his mind he is not a villain, but the savior. With his background it is also understandable as it is something anyone might do if everything that happened to him had happened to any of us

The X-Men movies are based on the comic books, in particular the Dark Phoenix Saga. The comic books are absolutely amazing, you should read them, they go much beyond what is depicted in the movies.

X2 is by far the best x men movie ever made in terms of story, direction and symbolism

Cyclops' optic blasts coooouuullld kill depending on the location of the body it hits, and intensity with which he decides to shoot. He just tends to disarm people or knock them down with it in the movies because he's a bit of a boy scout, lol. A common misconception about his power is that it's a laser or fire-based energy, when in fact it hits with concussive force. So getting hit with his optic blast is more akin to getting physically hit, as though you were punched or kicked, and he uses the dial on the side of his visor to adjust the focal width of the blast and intensity of the beam. Though liking the original more than X2...gotta say that's the first time I've heard that opinion.

20 years and it’s still one of the best comic book movies ever made

This is the very 1st Marvel movie I ever saw period. Caught it at one of my dad's friend's house when I was little. Later on, he gave it to me as a birthday gift and has remained one of my favorites out of any movie Marvel has made

Fun Fact: For the tent scene, every character that Mystique took form of had to do the same scene from the kiss to the push off.

In this movie Brian Cox has a son who turned his wife insane by projecting images in her mind In The Ring Brian Cox has a daughter who...

I’m sure people have said so but the girl with the powerful voice is called Siryn, she’s the daughter of Banshee.

4:52 - Magneto has fantastic cherry-rimmed glasses.

I know this video is a year old and I don't know how much you know, Mary, but I'll try to explain the Jean thing: In the comics, there was a storyline was known as "The Phoenix Saga" space shuttle/station incident the X-Men were involved with and Jean risked her life to ensure a safe landing, but she survived do to as cosmic entity known as the Phoenix, or Phoenix Force, bonding with Jean, elevating her to a higher power than she was. As she was coming to terms with it, she and the X-Men got involved in the galactic race known as the Shi'ar (Shee-are) Empire fighting for control of an ancient relic known as the M'Kraan (Em-krawn) Crystal. Afterward was a sequel called "The Dark Phoenix Saga" where an evil group called the Hellfire Club, run by the Inner Circle, tried to possess the Phoenix by mentally breaking Jean's mind so the Phoenix would take control and willingly join them, but they had no idea how powerful Phoenix REALLY was and it devastated the club and nearly killed the X-Men, it even destroyed a star system, forcing the Shi'ar to return and try to destroy the Phoenix, the X-Men naturally try to protect Jean despite the danger she poses. X-2 tried to hint at the Phoenix Saga for X-3 with Jean's body glowing when she pushed herself, unfortunately the movies afterward did a poor job adapting theses two famous storylines. X-3 and X-Men: Dark Phoenix, the latter I still haven't and will not see, both made the same mistake of jumping right to the Dark Phoenix Saga without first adapting the Phoenix Saga. You can't jump right to Dark Phoenix without first adapting Phoenix, but Hollywood did that and both movies failed because of that. Regardless, I hoped you enjoyed the X-Men films. I still enjoy X-1 and X-2 since I grew up watching the 90s X-Men cartoon and 2000s cartoon X-Men: Evolution. Definitely check them out when you get the chance.

Loving this X-Men Series recaps! I grew up on 90s X-Men Animated series which spark my love for them and comics in general. I’ll always have a special spot for X-Men… and the movies had such a huge impact along with Blade and Spider-Man that Marvel movies can be a success!

The woman that Wolverine fights, Mary, is actually one of his most famous enemies in the comics: Lady Deathstrike. In the X-Men comics, Lady Deathstrike's father was the guy who actually invented the process of bonding Adamantium to human bone. When her father was murdered, Lady Deathstrike mistakenly believed Wolverine was responsible for killing him, and swore to avenge his death and kill Wolverine.

Please watch the STAR TREK movies! 🖖

33:35- the most ironic thing to hear you say as I'm in a winter storm that's almost hurricane force; Storm is doing the opposite right now😂 luckily it's snow and not rain though (so it's not muddy at the same time) is the most positive spin I can put on it.

17:19 Ronnie is ratting out Bobby because that is what he was written into existence for. In the comics, Bobby didn't have a brother.

19:45 Wolverine: "Do we have any weapons?" Me: "Nah, only three Omega Level Mutants!"

I saw X2 before I seen X-Men. This is my favorite of the series. When Stryker infiltrated the school and kidnapped the children, that made the movie more emotional.

The death of Jean Grey was of course predicated by her death in the comics, which I read when I was about 12-13 years old back in 1980. A huge event in comics in the day. And of course Jean loved both Scott and Logan. They just should have been poly, it would have solved everything.

wolverine has always had the mutation. 15 years ago is when they gave him adamantium.

2:33 In the comics it goes BAMF! so that has been me a term for him teleporting.

Love reading the comments here and seeing all the love for Nightcrawler. That intro scene still kills it to this day, the showcasing of his power is such a good scene and they did it so well. Still such a badass character.

Jean Sacrifice comes of her fear not controlling her power. She was gettinh aware how powerful her power was, and she knew she may not control it or accidently kill someone. Scott even mention that before the Libertity Statue incident, Jean required all of her power to lift a book. But after that incident, a simple nighmare made her shake their room. The "oh My God" line to the second missel that hit the plane, was because Jean realized how powerfull she was becoming. But her ultimate decision was when she was holding Scott blast... she almost kill him, and set the dam to crack almost killing everyone. Jean knew she was becoming too dangerous. Thats why she says throw professor "its the only way". Jean was refeering to herself! Scott and Jean relantioship is more deep then love. They are somehow psychic connect to a point that their love is so huge and behond any human concept (the movies dont explore this) so thats why Scott felt so alone in end. His "mind" die a little with Jean, so he is alone! Jean and Wolverine relantionship is more physically. She feels sexuality attract to him, and their love come from that!

Trust me you aren’t alone in your feelings about Magneto. Both comic and normie fans feel this way lmao

whenever i see these movies the pure rage i feel for what they did to rogues character comes up. I can only hope someday we will see the REAL rogue in live action.

Love the X-Men! These films are super nostalgic to me!

Yep Magnito the villain/savoir one of Charles best old friend...we all love him!! He is such a good caracter and Ian did an excellent job

15:38 I don’t think she realizes how funny that joke was, given recent developments in the comics lol

you have to remember to watch end credit scenes!

Kind of cruel to Gas Magnetos cell when u know his past ...

29:31 you’re one of the only people that I notice spotting this detail. Yes she did regain her real consciousness right before she died. It’s truly tragic. 😢

I mean .. magneto in the comics literally ripped the adamantium off of wolverines bones in the comics and jean had to keep his body together so he could heal.... This magneto is tame.. lol

15:46 Probably one of the coolest scenes in all of X-Men...

The Nightcrawler teleportation is called BAMF! The mutant assistant under control by Stryker is called: Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama).

The woman with the claws is Yuriko Ohama, Lady Deathstrike. She believes Wolverine killed her father in the comics. That is why she goes under the same treatment that gave Wolverine his metal claws.

In the comics Magneto can manipulate the iron in peoples blood but here it’s because Mystique injected him.

This is eaisly the best X-men movie IMO, it holds up really well.

I initially thought Lady Deathstrike (the girl with the claws) was Wolverine’s clone; X-23, but I soon learned they are actually separated characters.

9:57 Well, it helps if you have super hearing like Logan does. They can be stealthy all they like but their sounds and smells will always give them away to Wolverine.

26:37 Cyclops has been dosed with Mastermind's spinal fluid serum that controls captured mutants. The same thing used on Lady Deathstrike, Magneto, Nightcrawler, and Xavier. Resistance is futile.

No spoilers, in the comic book Logan did go on some missions with Captain America, but that was back when his claws were still just bone. Only later did The weapon x program put antimantium on his skeleton.

I love that we get to see Wolverine’s berserker rage in this movie.

Earlier in the movie Scott got the same potion lady deathstrike got.

The blue mutant with the tail is Mystique’s son, Nightcrawler. He is one of my favorite X-men characters.

Not many know, but Nightcrawler is one of the children of Azazel (introduced in First Class) who in fact is a demon. Azazel’s character was not explored in these films but he was a very powerful villain in the X-Men series. Shame how he died offscreen later in the series.

"Bub" was his go to phrase in the comics. Think of it as " Pal "

35:05 Patrick Stewart was having some Lifeforce Flashbacks right here. "You smell like Steve Railsback."

27:17 wolverine was born a mutant he was born with the ability to regenerate and with bone claws, STRYKER only put adamantium (metal) in his skeleton and in his claws

Not sure if anyone has said this but in the comics mystic is nightcrawlers mom, did you see the Phoenix bird in the water….when you watch the Last Stand watch after the credits….does this mean you will watch Fantastic Four?

Hmm...For the first time ever, I noticed that Col. Stryker called Jason "Mutant 143" -- indicating that he has or had at least 142 others experimented on, before him.

"unless they wanna be kaputt" Das war so gut. That just made my day!

"I am fire and life incarnate! Now and forever - I am P_____”

Cant wait for mary to finish the expanse!!!

Mary, in the comics the Love triangle gets super convoluted. Jean gets a clone, Maddy Prior, who becomes Dark Jean. But, then Jean also comes back and changes her hero name from Marvel Girl to Phoenix. And you know what Phoenixes do ... rise from thier ashes! Maybe you caught that tell tale orange-red glow at her end.

The Wrath of Khan of the OG X-men movies.

This is one of those rare times when the sequel is better than the first movie.

Colossus from Deadpool you get to see the teenage version of him

I'm sure someone will explain to you why Jean had to die, considering the Dark Phoenix saga in the books...

Nightcrawler remains my favorite superhero of all time largely due to this movie.

That screaming girl is Siryn (Banshee's daughter), so good guess Mary.

Without spoiling anything, yes.

“Really into beers isn’t he?” All the alcohol that Logan’s consuming won’t kill him because of his healing factor, so he can drink as much as he wants without risk of liquor poisoning or liver damage.

If you think Jean is dead, then you didn't see the end credit scene. You definitely need to what those on all these movies.

Mystique can be a cold blooded murderer. BUT if your a mutant, she'll risk her life to save you.

28:02 Say hello to Lady Deathstrike!

17:35 It's a question that many parents of queer people have asked: "Have you tried...not being gay?" or "Have you tried...not being trans?" That's what this is a reference to. Mutants in general are an allegory to queer people.

I was hoping you'd show it after @18:50 when Pyro gets up and gives Rogue 'that look'. While not shown it's still one of my favorite parts of the movie.

A nostalgic movie :,)

Lady Deathstrike was actually a former lover of Wolverine, he just didn't remember her. I think the look in her eyes showed it as she was dying.

They DID kill of Jean in the comics, but brought her back with shenanigans :)

Mystique drugged that guard at the bar and then injected iron into his blood, which Magneto was able to use to escape.