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

A Review of Thor

Hello folks its review time again and the movie we are reviewing is the mildly anticipated Marvel studios Thor. This movie is what I call the summer herald which is the first of the blockbusters and historically it is never as good as the mid summer stuff and never as bad as the late summer stuff. With all that said this movie did not deviate from that model much. The movie starts out in the middle of nowhere with Natalie Portman in a textbook "making payments on the house role" as a astrophysicist. She in a role that anyone could of done is tracking down proof of wormholes a sort of shortcut through space and in doing so runs over the newly banished Thor. This leads to the beginning and telling of how Thor was banished and what I believe was the biggest issue with this film. The Asgard(home of Thor and the asgardians) scenes where filled with great action and the story was very compelling. The father son story and the sibling rivalry was well played as well as the conflict with the frost giants. However when the story shifts to earth its grinds to a halt. First off the romance between Thor and Portman,s character was shallow and the action was too spaced out to be of any use. When they would zip back to Asgard you were reminded of what the earth scenes missed with a actual narrative that made sense and stakes that you invested in. All in together though it was not that bad as I said in the beginning of the post this was much better then what we will see in august and that's a fact. Some good things are the casting of most of the asgardians save Loki who I felt was a Emo band cast away and not the personification of malice and trickery the character is. I also like the care they are showing building the avengers up with every movie the adding a little bit to the puzzle and taking their time building it up. In closing I would say this is not daredevil or elektra but what is really? Should you spend money and time with this? I would say yes but if this choice is after June first and the much supiorior X men First class or Green Lantern is out then no. as always my email is danielcrudup@rocketmail.com for any questions or comments.