>Now those movies weren't perfectly accurate, but they were
>pretty close.

There's a decent deal of information different in both. But I think you know this.

The problem I have with X-Men is that the
>characters were so off it was hard, as long-time fan of the
>X-Men, to really enjoy it. All the movies were entertaining
>and I own them all, but it was ridiculously inaccurate. It was
>equivalent to taking The Simpsons and changing all of their
>characters around, like if Lisa was older than Bart, Maggie
>could talk, Milhouse was black, Moe was popular, Dr. Hibbert
>and Dr. Nick switched personalities, Lou was Chief and Wiggum
>wasn't, Apu was Asian, and Nelson's a college student. That's
>basically what they did to the X-Men characters.

No it's not.

>It's not that Ian's acting skills sucked, it's just that they
>could have found someone better.

Who? Who that is 70 years old would've been a better Magneto?

There was no reason to make
>as many changes as they did, it just wasn't necessary. I
>expect some things to be different, because you can't take a
>cartoon character that's been developed over a period of 40
>years and just throw him into a two hour movie and expected it
>to be a seamless transition. But it also doesn't have to be
>that messed up, either.

In movies, they only owe loyalty to the essence of the characters. And Magneto's loyalty to Xavier isn't THAT essential, not as essential as them being friends, not as essential as his thirst for vengeance, not as essential as his mission. Ian played all of the essentials.

I don't have to have Magneto throwing
>punches to make me happy, just keep the character's
>personality and look intact.

They kept both of those things.

And, to dispute your point,
>Magneto's scrapped his plans numerous times to save Xavier,
>and that is something that is of major importance to his
>character. It's essentially blasphemous for him to respond
>like that.

Then your issue is with the writing, not the casting.