Originally Posted by
FeniSam
Even though I resent the fact that the FoxMen was mostly "Wolverine and Friends," Hugh Jackman was pitch-perfect casting and Logan was one of the most beautiful and painful movies I have ever watched. (Also, his ass IS indeed everything and deserves top billing.)
Rebecca Romijn sold the HELL out of Mystique and I think is the most visually iconic character from the original trilogy. Sadly, the character's backtory given to JLaw started out as nonsense compared to Mystique's entire character and later became ACTUAL nonsense at the end of DofP.
Patrick Stewart / James McAvoy and Ian McKellen / Michael Fassbender as X and Mags were perfect even in the worst movies (looking at you, X3.)
After seeing his entire body of work, James Marsden was excellent as Cyclops but was given far too little to work with and killed off terribly. Glad DofP (sort of) redeemed him both meta and in-universe. Teen Cyclops (can't recall his name) was also great, though the rebellious teen thing is just wrong.
The same as Marsden goes FamkeJean, whose character was competently developed but got derailed after the DPS got shredded due to production drama. I love Sophie Turner, but will hold judgement until I see DP, as she's stated she had a lot more to work with there. Lets see if it sticks.
Both Nightcrawlers were on point, IMO, and that opening sequence in X2 needs to be taught at Cinema School.
Kelly Hu's Deathstrike was superb, and is one of the saddest moments in the entire series for me.
Ryan Reynold's Deadpool, barring Wolverine: Origins.
X1's Toad, for managing to make the character cool (even though they blatantly co-opted some Gambit-y stuff to do so.)
I wish the movies had worked better on their own and as a whole, but there are many specific things that were great. Lets see what the MCU can give now.
(Edited to add detail where due.)