The Best So Far

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2011)

It was a toss up tonight - Hangover 2, Pirates 4 or X-Men Pre-Prequel.
I wasn't particularly drawn to one over the other.
I loved Hangover, but beauty of the original was that it was so unexpected. Not sure the second can deliver on that. And as for pirates, well who doesn't love to escape to the beauty of a tropical locale every once in a while. X-men I wasn't sure about. The previews seemed to just show Charles X and Magneto chatting, which isn't too bad considering how lovely McAvoy and Fassbender are, but beyond that it did not seem very exciting.
Leave it to my husband to settle the matter. Strolling in from golf he glanced at the paper and said, "X-Men First Class is out? Let's go!"
I was hooked from the opening scene. This is the best X-Men so far. I absolutely loved every minute of it!
The movie has all the great points of the other X-Men films, excitement, action, tension of one side against the other, fascinating mutant characters, excellent fx and great story/back-story and tie-ins; but it is the interaction and dialog between McAvoy and Fassbender and acting of Kevin Bacon that seal the deal. They are simply a pleasure to watch. At 2 hours, the length is perfect. It gives you all you want from the movie and stops at the precise moment it might begin to drag.
It is not often that at the end of a movie my husband and I simultaneously turn to one another, smile, hold hands and say, I really liked that. X-Men FC was an unexpected treat, one I highly recommend.