Review of XMen First Class

Rating ok/decent

Before I start let me say that I loved this movie and this made the first 3 movies seem like utter pieces of dog feces in comparison. I want to get the few negative things out the way before I start gushing about how great this was. Firstly the black guy died first and the other lack person betrayed them for real x men first class? This was not so much a negative in the grand scheme of things as much as it was such a odd choice that it was hard to not think about it over and over again. I mean its 2011 and we still have black people dying in the name of giving the hero motivation come on we are better then this. Other then that there was some small pacing issues and some no name no talk henchmen(flesh out the henchmen please)it was a enjoyable flick


The main reason this movie ruled in my opinion was the wonderful performance of Micheal Fassanbender as magneto. He seemed to have the willful rage down pat and I think his being mad about his mother being killed was a more believable motivation for violence then that of a mutant terrorist. I also liked the main villian which I believe was the downfall of the last 3 movies. Magneto is all well and good but kevin bacon,s Sebastian Shaw was a breath of fresh air. I think having a villain that is pure evil as opposed to a natural violent progression of the heroes idealogy a welcome thing. The plot in a nutshell is the idea that the Russian missile crisis is the machination of a mutant who believes that after world war 3 the world would be only hospitable to mutant kind. This is buoyed by the interlaced story of charles Xavier and magnetos eventual friendship and split and the emergence of mutants to the world stage. In closing This flick was everything Thor wasn,t exieting and thoughtful and above all else memrable