Best X-Men Movie Yet?

Rating: 7/10 (4 December 2011)

X-Men: First Class serves as a prequel to the X-Men series that has spawned in the past decade. While not a groundbreaking comic book movie it still managed to be a much more laborious effort than the previous installments. The movie does a better job of bringing out enjoyment for both comic book enthusiasts and film lovers.
One of the good things that stood out to me was the excellent chemistry between Professor X and Magneto. It also manages to incorporate some of the historical story of X-men into the movie entertainingly. While the villains feel a bit underdeveloped it provides a sufficient start and fleshes out the important people who they clearly demonstrate who will be the villains in the inevitable sequel. In light of First Class' predecessor movies, First Class provides a few entertaining cameos. It also provides a fairly solid soundtrack. The action scenes are decent, but at times the powers of the X-men could have been more atmospheric to offer a more convincing environment.
Some of the major glaring issues were that the movie seemed to be in a big rush and I am not referring to fast action sequence. The plot seems to get overlooked in certain areas and some key plot points seem to be missing rather lazily, but it still manages to hold up for a decent action movie. Also in the rush character development was executed a bit poorly. The characters seem to jump sides or change their minds almost at whim sometimes. It is a good thing however that the steps forward are greater than the steps back in this latest installment of X-men.
Overall X-Men: First Class is an enjoyable movie, that I believe will appease its' fans. First Class is a step up from previous X-Men movies, but there is still room to improve. Here Vaughn has made a really good X-Men movie. Hopefully the next installment will be a great one. 7.3/10