X-Men

Fox boxes up seven of its recent big-budget superhero films and more in this nine-disc box set, a kind of grab-bag comic-book movie collection. Bryan Singer's "X-Men" and "X2: X-Men United" are among the best of this new wave of superpowered action fantasy, films that balance the splashy spectacle, pulp tales of good guys and villains, and the alienation of being different. By comparison, Brett Ratner plods through "X-Men: The Last Stand," the third in the series. Ben Affleck was much maligned for "Daredevil," which is far superior to the tepid spin-off "Elektra," starring Jennifer Garner. "Fantastic Four" and "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" are colorful, loud and busy but rather tone-deaf adventures, though I admit the screen incarnation of the tormented Silver Surfer is magnificent. These are all single-disc editions of the films in thinpak cases, and the set is filled out with four episodes of the 2006 "Fantastic Four" animated series and an exclusive disc with a digital comic book, plus X-Men mini-comics.