My favorite x-men movie

Rating: 9/10 (2 December 2011)

I've have really liked the other X-Men movies, but somehow I never felt as excited as I thought I should feel. But I found this movie incredibly exciting. I love the ingenuity of the back story. I love the cool special effects, especially the way Mystique's scales ripple as she changes and the way Azazel appears and disappears (an effect that is used in some really exciting ways). I love the speed and the wit and the performances.
The movie is not perfect. One character switches sides with absolutely no insight from the script as to why, and I thought that was an unfortunate and lazy choice. But overall this is a terrific movie that is everything I wanted it to be.