Bes X-Men Yet

Rating: 10/10 (22 May 2014)

This is my first review for the site, and what a movie to start with. Now, as a kid I was a giant comic book nerd. Only thing was, I was only into Spiderman. Because of this I have very little experience with the X-Men comics. Because of this movie, that will soon change. My friend whom I saw this with, informed me that this was very close to the comics however. Now, this movie starts in a future (obviously) where things have gone wrong. Mutants, mutant sympathizers, and parents of future mutants, and being hunted down and killed preemptively in a cross between Minority Report and 1984. In order to stop this, the mutants decide to send Wolverine's consciousness back to 1973 in order to convince Professor X and Magneto to stop an assassination of a wealthy weapons manufacturer. This is a very deep story however, as it goes into the mind of Professor X as not only his school and best friend are ripped from him, but also the love of his life. It's almost painful to watch this wise old Obi-Wan figure turning to drug abuse just to stay sane. Wolverine does play a huge part in this movie, but don't worry. He may be the main character, but he doesn't overshadow anyone at all. In fact, the other characters almost overshadow him instead. In true X-Men movie fashion, there are deaths, and they are brutal. There were also quite a few scenes that made me flinch, and I'm saying that as someone who can gut a deer. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone under 13, but I can't speak for everyone out there. There is quite a bit of comic relief to balance out the painful parts though. One scene in particular which involves breaking into the Pentagon had everyone in the theater in tears they were laughing so hard. So it's not Dark Knight depressing I would recommend this for anyone who has enough willing suspension of disbelief that they can take comic book movies (because let's face it, they aren't even remotely possible). Anyone else would probably be better off watching something boring while we're having fun.