X-Men: First Class (2011)

i must have seen a different film!!

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Prequels can be good as First Class shows us. Michael Fassbender is Magneto or basically Erik Lehnsherr who calls himself Frankensteins Monster. Also we get Hank McCoys transformation into Beast what looks like a Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde moment. So this could also be called a classic monster movie. But that's the problem. Mutants don't wanna be seen as those monsters. Especially Mystique, here played by Jennifer Lawrence who never fits into that role as good as Rebecca Romijn. The best moments of the film are between Fassbender and James McAvoy as Charles Xavier. Director Matthew Vaughn understands perfectly that these two are friends who are stronger and better together but are divided by their different worldviews. Sebastian Shaw, the leader of the Hellfire Club, is a nice villain for this origin story. He works way better than anything that X-Men: The Last Stand threw at us. There is a little love story - i guess? - between Mystique and Beast that really doesn't work. X-Men: First Class is nevertheless one hell of a good X-Men movie with a formidable cast.

Considering this franchise started before I was even born I only in the past few years have started to watch all of the X-Men movies I have seen X Men, X2 X Men United, X-Men orgins Wolverine, Logan, and this one. Besides X Men United this was my favorite. I loved the story and the acting was incredible I saw this movie on a plane ride earlier today and was so excited while watching it. The franchise may be falling apart because of the New Mutants and Dark Phoenix. But this one was very good. The character development, story, and overall the acting was so good. Not to mention Wolverines funny as hell cameo!

This movie started well for me but fell through midway and I simply did not feel eager enough to continue watching it, like OK, will see the next half some other time. The simple reason is that it was not offering me anything more than the other X-Men movies I saw, other than the fact that they were trying their best to conjure up a credible prequel. I was kind of surprised to see the high ratings it got and felt like the superhero comic strip movies get rated higher than they should be (another good example being Avengers), as if this particular genre loving audience is still in the hangover mode and liking the same old wine in new bottles. I am eager to see something refreshingly new like it was when this Iron Man first came on screen or the Ant-Man, though not well made with a weak script, but still worth an effort. For me the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man trilogy by Sam Raimi still stands out the best superhero franchise till date. Nolan's Dark Knight series I don't even consider here, that's a totally different league. For X- Men: First Class, it gets a 5/10 from me.

​Plot Overview: As America and the USSR tred closer to thermonuclear war, a mutant by the name of Sebastian Shaw(Kevin Bacon) attempts to ensure the war via missiles in Cuba. It's up to holocaust survivor, Eric Lensher(Michael Fassbender) and genius Charles Xavier(James McAvoy) to build a team of mutants and save humanity.Directed by Matthew VaughnStarring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Kevin Bacon# NO SPOILERS!Overall: A prequel that is amazing, doesn't suck and restarted a nearly dead franchise? This movie made that dream possible and that is all down to Matthew Vaughn's directing skills and the acting capabilities of McAvoy and Fassbender.The type of people who like this movie are people who enjoyed the original two X-Men movies and like fun, fast paced action.Would Recommend# POSSIBLE SPOILERS!James McAvoy was excellent as Charles Xavier as was Michael Fassbender as Eric Lensher. I love the insight into Eric's past and how his tragic upbringing factors into the movie as a whole. Jennifer Lawrence was, in my opinion, a much better Mystique than Rebecca Romjin. Rose Bryne's performance was alright but I don't understand why she was needed in the movie. January Jones was an alright Emma Frost. Nicholas Hoult was a much better Hank McCoy and Beast compared to Kelsey Grammar. Sebastian Shaw was a very weak villain and Kevin Bacon's performance didn't convince me either.It was a nice and interesting origin story that neatly introduces the past of the X-Men and restarted the entire franchise. An impeccable ending that perfectly finished the film. The way it explores Eric's tragic past and uses that in the story was very interesting. I also adored the setting of the Cuban Missile Crisis and though it was a genius pull for the movie. It doesn't focus on Wolverine which was a pretty prominent flaw for the original trilogy, to me.The cinematography was nice and decent. It worked well.The effects were awesome and badass and really benefited the movie. Some of them also genuinely looked realistic and plausible. The action scenes in this movie were awesome and were just really enjoyable. There was both appropriate humour/foreshadowing and appropriate dramatic scenes that worked really well. This movie also introduces a whole host of new and interesting characters while still remaining a key few and uses them in a juggling act so complex but does it so well.The music was pretty decent. The best moment in this movie was easily the Wolerine cameo that was just a symbol of perfection.Personally, I loved this movie and think it is an origin story done right.8/10