Excellent, Must-Watch Movie

Rating: 8/10 (29 May 2014)

For those of you who have trouble following movies or plots, you may want to pay more attention than usual or just skip it. But for those who are X-Men die-hards, this is a must see! I mean seriously, if you haven't already seen it, you are missing out. First, lets talk about the acting! Hugh Jackman is wonderful as always, but the real star of this film was James McAvoy. He was absolutely brilliant and was able to pull off such a hard role to play. Michael Fassbender was also wonderful as was Jennifer Lawrence. Now, to the story. There are some really silly parts to the story that kind of made no point. Spoiler Alert (quit reading now): Like for example the whole JFK thing was not needed. Surely they could have come up with something better as to why Eric was imprisoned rather than poking at a tragic death of one of our Presidents, especially the whole mutant thing. There are other parts that bothered me but they were so small that it didn't kill the movie. The story was solid and helped piece so many things together. There are a few moments that really made me get excited throughout the movie. For example: Jean Grey!!! I mean thank goodness she is back!! The movies without the full X-Men crew is really hard to get behind and enjoy. I had missed Jean so much. Also, the moment between the young Charles and the old Charles is pretty fantastic and is storytelling at its finest. The scene is one of the best X-Men moments in the history of the comics and movies. However, there are questions that remain!! What happened to Raven?? Did she give Wolverine his metal claws as Stryker?? Does Wolverine even have metal claws when he wakes up? What has happened since 1973?? The ending, with Scott and Jean being alive, pretty much wipes out the other 3 previous X-Men movies altogether. It gives Singer a clean slate to work with if he continues with the series. Overall, this was an awesome movie and I really want to go watch it again. Don't wait to rent it: Go see it now in theaters!!