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The movies are great and are the roots that launched the comic book ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2017

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.

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Benny Katz

So tired of FOX double dipping!

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2009

The rating is for the shoddy way the release is handled. I give the films 4-5 stars!

Ok, I love the looks of this set but since I already own the last X-Men flick on blu-ray, give me a reason to purchase the box set over buying the other films separately saving me about $10 bucks. Are there enough extras on this box set to warrant a purchase consisting of a disc I already own?

FOX is horrible about double dipping. Star Wars comes to mind!! For those of us fervent movie lovers, how about putting out a really great all inclusive box set so we can buy it once! Then for those happy with the bare bones film put it out as a single dvd! It's bad enough that our loyalty is abused by dropping the price 6 months later to half of what we paid for it. If we didn't support the releases of these films at the initial sales date, it is doubtfull the studios would make the effort to release them at all!!! FOX should offer a rebate for those who purchased the previous version included in the new box set!! By the way, FOX is doing the same with the Mary Tyler Moore series. Those of us who bought the first 4 seasons are now going to have to buy the whole series box set to complete our collection!

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The movies are great and are the roots that launched the comic book ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2017

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C. Gregory

A Great Trilogy that helped redefined the ensemble action movie.

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2014

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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.

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Jason

A Great Boxset For The X-Men Fan...

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2011

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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.

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Matt J. Rose

Wow...More than I expected

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2009

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I have to first say this is a very well presented trilogy. The packaging is very nice, and includes all three X-Men movies, plus a bonus disc for each and a digital copy...that's 9 discs in the package!

I'm gonna break this down into Movie<BD Picture<BD Sound just to give a quick overview of each.

X-Men: I was actually really impressed with this first film, I'm pretty new to the X-Men movies and finally decided to pick this trilogy up for my collection. Its action packed and tells a pretty good story of the "mutants" and how they must hide from the regular humans who look down on them because of their advanced evolution. I wont give away any movie specific details, cause its kinda nice to see it for yourself.

Video: Blu-ray transfer on X-Men was very well done, beautiful colors, crisp blacks, and decent whites...though some were a bit bright and almost washed out. The outdoor scenes really popped off the screen, with sharp details really coming out...especially in the pine needles (very defined and great color)

Sound: Sound was pretty decent, although some scenes had a bit of trouble with dialog (center) being faded and quiet during some action scenes...I found this surprising since BD seemed to fix this problem, which I found really annoying on DVDs in the past.

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X2: Movie wise this was my least favorite of the 3. I think the story was mediocre, and it almost seemed like they struggled with ideas. I also was kinda mad about some of the old classic characters not being introduced or even having short cameo appearances. All and all though pretty decent movie, and worth a watch...to get the whole story.

Video: Very nice scenery in this one, the outdoor scenes are awesome as the camera pans over at a high angle! The special effects are very well done and blend with the film very well. I noticed a bit of grain in some darker scenes but that's understandable. Again another very nice Blu Ray transfer here.

Audio: About the same as above, action scenes are loud and punchy, with only one scene struggling from the sound drowning out main character voices...not a deal breaker though.

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X-Men United: Fun film, pretty good story, although the way the villains and hero's are brought together seems a bit distracting. Id have to say this was my second favorite in the trilogy finishing out the story, but leaving enough wiggle room for a possible 4th movie?!?! Shocker I know, but at the end credits I must say I was very happy with what I had witnessed, and actually took the final disc out thinking "wow that was a pretty damn good experience"

Video: A trifecta of good visuals is certainly delivered with this movie. I was again very impressed by the small details, trees, rocks, etc that just really came off the screen. The good thing is it didn't feel over done, and special effects again blended very well into the actual footage. Bright colors, sharp edges, and crisp movement round this disc out well.

Audio: This one seemed to have the best audio, for my ears at least. The surrounding sounds and little details (glass breaking, debris falling, etc) were all very clean and sharp. One scene near the end of the movie shows a structure being "relocated" and its excellent hearing the steel girders bend and snap, steel cables stretch to their breaking point, and concrete shattering and falling all around you.

Overall this is a very impressive audio/visual journey, the story is a bit slow at times but its a really nice trilogy to own, with great packaging and extras (namely the 3 full bonus discs, and digital copy of each film!)

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Tyler S.

A Blessed Blu-ray Treatment

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2009

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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.

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Kevin Irwin

Flawless transfers! Amazing set!

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2011

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I really had my hopes set high before purchasing this blu-ray set, and let me tell you, all those hopes were not only met, but exceeded!

This mainly has to do with the amazing transfer of the first film. Now, don't get me wrong, all three look stunning, but the first movie certainly appears much clearer and sharper than I'd have expected (maybe I'm just used to my old DVD, which didn't really impress me), and I noticed no degradation in picture quality even in scenes that take place at night (which make up a good portion of the film). "X-Men 2" and "The Last Stand" both look beautiful as well, but the first film is really the one that shines here. It should also be noted that the first movie has the highest bitrate of the three at 31 Mbps, while the second two are encoded at 23 Mbps and 20 Mbps, respectively.

The audio is excellent. The first two films are mastered in 5.1 DTS-HD and sounded amazing on my friend's surround-sound speakers, particularly the second movie. The third movie is mastered in 6.1 DTS-HD, but I cannot really compare as I watched this one on my own, with my TV's lousy built-in speakers.

This set also has a good amount of bonus features, which certainly increases the value of this trilogy for those interested in that. They don't matter to me (but I would probably rate this set 4 stars if none were included at all), but I will update this review once I check them out.

All three movies are on 50 GB dual layer BDs, and each also includes a second disc with extra features (on 25GB single layer BDs), as well as digital copies, for a total of nine discs (six BDs and three digital copy discs).

There is absolutely no reason not to buy this set!

There is no reason not to buy this set!

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Pio Vicente G. Alcazaren Jr.

Excellent!!!

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2023

Excellent!!!

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2009

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Marvel Comics' popular mutant superheroes jumped to the big screen to become one of the most successful series of comic book films. Under the leadership of Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), a group of mutant outcasts with amazing powers known as the X-Men, protect the humans who fear and hate them from their rival Magneto (Ian McKellen). This exciting trilogy also stars Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Shawn Ashmore and Anna Paquin. Both "X-Men" (2000) and X2: X-Men United" (2003) were directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects). "X-Men" well introduces the characters and the conflict between Xavier and Magneto. The solid storyline and some realistic human tension set this movie higher than previous campy superhero action films. "X2" is a big improvement over the original and certainly the best of the trilogy. The sequel has a complex but well-structured storyline and strong emotional subplots. The action sequences and visual effects are outstanding. "X-Men: The Last Stand" (2006) was directed by Brett Ratner (Rush Hour 1, 2 & 3). Though the second sequel lacks the strong emotive mood and rich character development of the first two films, "The Last Stand" does features some cool eye-popping visual effects, terrific action sequences and many new characters.

With the big theatrical release of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" a few days away, 20th Century Fox delivers the blockbuster comic book trilogy on Blu-Ray and gives it the full "Five Star" treatment to become one of the must-have Blu-Ray box sets available. The entire trilogy is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen format. The picture falls short of reference quality but all three movies look really great. The 5.1 DTS-HD audio is excellent. The entire trilogy box set comes fully loaded with special features including audio commentaries by the films' directors and production crew, behind-the-scenes footage, special effects featurettes, picture galleries, animatics, theatrical trailers, TV spots and deleted and extended scenes with optional audio commentary track. Overall, "X-Men Trilogy" scores an "A-".

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Joatmon

So much better than streaming

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2023

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If you have a serious theater setup, 4k, Atmos etc. you should just buy the discs, "4K" streaming isn't 4k really, yeah, this is old and there are better movies to show off your system, but if you want to get the best sound and picture, this is better than inconsistent, unreliable streaming.

We won't get into the plot holes and confusions though... ;^)

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R. Givens

Best if you were not following the comic books

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2007

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Brett Rattner and Bryan Singer, as directors, have entirely different takes on the mythology of the X-Universe. While watching the first two, Singer takes you on a journey, bending a LOT of rules, but with reverence to get the main idea across. Then you come sliding into third and CRASH! Rattner slams you over the head with over-the-top action, shocking murders, destruction of a kind by the Phoenix never imagined by the comic book. Phoenix was definitely unleashed in the movie, but the action was so jarring, so many different things were going on with the mutant cure, Phoenix's resurrection and subsequent "trance" since all she did was stand around and look forbidding, suspected love triangles with Bobby, Rogue and Kitty that the movie lacked reasonable coherence. If you are an X-fan who loves anything anybody throws at you with no regard for respect, this is the trilogy for you. If you are an X-fan who won't like "just anything" but still love the X-men in any incarnation this is for you. If you are an X-fan who won't like just anything but just likes to pick stuff apart, this is for you. And if you're not an X-fan but like lots of action, this is for you. If only Rattner hadn't blown it! The brightest spot in X-3 was Kelsey Grammar's take on Beast. "Fascinating!" And the first two--HUGH JACKMAN as Wolverine-didn't think he could pull it off but he does. The extras are boring IMO though, since I tend to not care about extras. Ian Mckellan and Patrick Stewart are superb as Magneto and Professor. Action packed, yes.

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