This is how you do a superhero movie.

Rating: 8/10 (31 July 2012)

Matthew Vaughn, who you might know as the director of "Kick-Ass", has done a wonderful job rebooting the X-Men franchise. I was incredibly captivated by the characters and the plot, and I found it perfect that it was about the Cold War. Sometimes it's hard to make a prequel because you might inadvertently create continuity errors, but with this movie, they mostly ignore the previous movies and instead focus on telling a new tale. And it works out great.
I felt this was decently cast. James McAvoy was a good Charles Xavier, but having his 'sister' be Jennifer Lawrence was a bit strange to me. (She's all sorts of perfect by the way.) Kevin Bacon was... interesting to say the least. I read that Bryan Cranston was the alternative, and now I kinda wish Cranston had been chosen. The many other mutants were fine, with Darwin being my favorite. I'm looking forward to the next installment.