While they were lauded back then, fans tend to have a mixed opinion on the early X-Men films these days, saying that they were sometimes decent movies that weren't faithful to the comics. This is a bit odd when you consider how these films made it clear that there was a message about acceptance of those that are different, something that a lot of people could learn today.
Despite the fact that these films wore the "racism is bad" messages on their sleeves, a new bit of information from Hugh Jackman may have proven these angry fans right. In a new interview from MTV News, the former Wolverine star revealed that he read a lot of X-Men comics to prepare himself for the role; he just couldn't do it on set.
Apparently, Bryan Singer felt that most people wouldn't take these stories seriously if the films were too much like the comic books, so he didn't want his actors to be too much like them. In the end, Jackman managed to have comics slipped under his door by people in production, including future MCU head Kevin Feige, who helped make the first two X-Men films.
In the end, it's hard to say who was right because both answers ended up being correct. Singer's X-Men films were lauded at the time since they made these superpowered beings feel human. On the other hand, comic book movies these days are heavily influenced by their source material, complete with more accurate costumes, sets, and plots.
Basically, no one was wrong but the early 2000s just couldn't take superhero costumes too seriously, aside from Spider-Man's.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix hits theaters on June 2019.
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