A few days ago I saw X-Men: First Class. One word: amazing.
The movie could of been my new favorite superhero film, but a few things held it back which I'll get into later. The movie begins, once again, with a Magneto (aka Erik) origin scene. He's in a Nazi concentration camp, his mom's taken away, he gets his powers yada yada yada. This time, however, it is expanded. One of the Nazis who we later learn is Sebastion Shaw takes an interest in Erik's surfacing powers. He kills Erik's mother and it is discovered that Magneto's powers are unlocked by rage. Flashforward a few years and Erik is now a superpowered Nazi hunter and things start getting interesting.
Let me make myself clear. Erik is the main reason I loved this movie. His actor did a terrific job that could probably get an Oscar nomination if superhero movies weren't shafted so much by the Academy. His counterpart, young Xavier, is also excellent. In this movie he is portrayed in a way never seen before, drinking, flirting, and with hair. Erik and Xavier meet eachother and strike up an unlikely friendship (a hippy and a murderer) and so the plot begins. The movie in a nutshell is about Erik and Xavier finding and hthis movie is set in the 1960s or whatever." That being said, I did like most of the mutants they found with the exception of Angel (female not the X-Men 3 Angel). Plot notwithstanding, I didn't like the character much in the first place. Sure, she can fly but the power to spit lava? I've got to admit it sound kind of cool on paper, but in the movie, it was so stupid. My favorite character was Darwin who had the power to adapt to his surrounding (ex. If he stuck his head in a fish tank, he'd grow gills). I felt kind of disappointed when his character was killed off later. All in all the movie is great, but if you know anything about the X-Men, you'll pretty much know the ending. Magneto and X are just too different in ideals so all good things must come to an end. It's like watching the Star Wars prequels, you already know what's about to happen, but you want to watch the movie to see the how.
Random Thoughts: Beast's make up is kind of stupid
Mystique was a character done very well exept...
In the comics, Mystique and Azazel were supposed to mate and create Nightcrawler but nothing in this movie remotely hinted at that
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