x-men: first class

x-men: first class - 9.5/10 - fan of the x-men franchise? go see this movie today! this movie is mind blowing! by far the best x-men film that has been released. about time they actually made a great movie with these characters. obviously with the era that the film is set in, a lot of the familiar x-men are not a part of the film (storm, cyclops, gambit, rogue, jean grey, etc.). the only reason this movie doesn't get a 10/10 from me is the way they portrayed emma frost. i don't think it was january jones' fault that this character isn't as bitchy, self-absorbed, and pretty much in charge as emma should have been but more a writing flaw. although as my dad pointed out this is when emma was much younger and maybe i'm being a bit too harsh as i'm used to the emma of generation x who doesn't give a damn about anyone but herself and would have had sebastian shaw working for her...anywho, spoilers ahead, ye have been warned...wolverine makes a small cameo and it was quite appropriate. i really enjoyed that they took a lot of time to work in all the mutants' abilities and show them off whenever there was an applicable moment. rather than just see kitty pryde or colossus for two seconds and not really get much out of their character, this film really brought out a lot of lesser well known mutants and put them in the spotlight. it was also great to see moira mctaggert in a starring role rather than a bit part albeit that her occupation and ancestry was a bit skewed from the comic. i was a little disappointed in the writers' decisions to change a lot of the x-men's origins to suit the film but i guess that's common practice when it comes to movies about comics or books. things that were a bit off were: professor x's initial paralysis incident, i don't think tempest (angel) was ever a member of the hellfire club, the death of darwin (he's pretty much invincible folks), how charles and erik meet, and the death of sebastian shaw. shaw's pretty much a key figure in the sentinel program so either magneto doesn't really kill him in this film at all or they're going to take the films to very different places.

all in all go see the movie, you won't regret having spent the moola as it is incredibly entertaining!

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