X-Men First Class Movie Review

Hey guys!

A few days ago I went to watch X-Men First Class with my sis. It is one of the more anticipated movies for me apart from Green Lantern and Captain America :D

Anyway, in short:

• Great movie.
• No blood whatsoever but there is violence hence the 12A rating.
• Great action scenes.
• Story's pretty good but a little rushed at parts.
• Bring the kids. (with guidance)

Long version:
X-Men First Class is set as a prequel long before the previous X-Men movies. It follows the story of the young Professor X and Magneto before they came to be as we know them. Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) is vengeful and seeks to kill the person responsible for his tormented past at the hands of Nazis while Charles Xavier (Prof. X) is fascinated (or more like obsessed) by mutations in humans. However, there is a common enemy for the both of them: a fanatical mutant called Sebastian Shaw who wants to start World War 3 by forcing the United States and the Russians into a nuclear stand-off. How do they have common links to this person? Go watch it to find out :P

First off, the actors in the movie (to me at least) are unrecognisable though some are but I can't put my finger on it. Charles Xavier is played by James McAvoy who I found to have played the lead role in Wanted (with Angelina Jolie) as well as Mr Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia. Erik Lehnsherr is played by Michael Fassbender who quoting my sis is a "beautiful man". :S Sebastian Shaw is played by Kevin Bacon and he looks really familiar to me but I can't put my finger on it (I thought he looked a bit like Jim Carrey at first glance lololol) The others are even less significant though I shall tell you there is one or two cameos which was pretty cool and also amusing. :P

Though the cast are not that well known (again, to me at least) I must say their acting is pretty believable for the most part. Michael Fassbender's role as Magneto is my favourite in the movie by far as he plays the frosty cool anti-hero who, like most of us, has his own demons to fight and his own ideals. However! I did not like the rushed scene where the stereotypic "token black guy" is the stereotypic "first one to die". :< That was a very if not the most disappointing part for me in the movie.

Storyline is pretty solid that doesn't tend to confuse you though there may be parts that might've been rushed a bit especially near the end. Graphically, the special effects are great as the mutant powers are visualised in such a way that it wows you but not to the point of making you think they're over the top. There is humour in the movie that is well-played in a way that it doesn't get in the way of the scene at hand, like a good chuckle and then back to business. I thought that was a pretty good strategy.

There are violence and fight scenes which basically people go for as that's when they show off their powers however I noticed there was no blood whatsoever in the casualties. It was as if their weapons and objects and such are super-fluid(blood)proof; there is literally little to no trace of blood on them. That is probably to make it more child friendly as it IS a superhero movie targeting towards the younger audience and man-children and not a gore fest but it might alienate a bit of realism from their world.

All in all First Class gets a first class 4.5/5 from me as I really enjoyed the movie and it was probably on par to the Wolverine movie from a while ago. I really do recommend this movie if you like superhero movies, if not, have a gander when you are out with some friends and have nothing to do.

One of my favourite lines in the movie is "...and this is why women should not work in the CIA" but you'll only see the humour if you saw the scene :P

P/S: Don't bother staying until after the credits. It'll only disappoint you LOL


~Fox