The best of the sequel!

Rating: 8/10 (10 July 2011)

The film, overall, is a really good film for its genre. The story, music, visual effects,... are all acceptable in accordance with entertaining films. But there are some mistakes that hinder the film from becoming a big success.
1. The acting is so poor, especially James McAvoy. His performance couldn't transfer the image of a pacifist professor to me; he gave me an impression as foolish, weak person. After this film, I just think that Xavier is wrong, it is Magneto who is the right one. I can't even feel his must-be-very-painful injury when he is shot. This character compared to the old Xavier, seems to have no link, no at all... a very bad performance. Lucas Till's(Havok) performance is transparently the worst. And some other young actors though not bad but obviously not as good as the actors appearing in the first 4 films. To make up for that, Michael Fassbender (Magneto)and Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique) are rather good in this film. Mystique is probably the most thought-provoking protagonist in the film. The director has done a really good job in developing Mystique's emotion, opinion and the relationship between her, Magneto and Beast, which is the most beautiful thing in the film.
2. Some scenes are not persuasive and quite ridiculous especially the one when the mutant ask each other to "show" their abilities and the training part, which are all so childish.
3. The action scene in the end of the film is obviously the highlight of the film, the most anticipated scene. But it is too short, probably only 15 minutes-long compared to the 130-minute length of the film. The scene has not been pushed to the limit, remains a bit disappointing and lack actions.
In conclusion, despite some limitations, it is still a very enthralling action-hero movie, which is surprisingly meaningful. It doesn't simply talk about the discrimination against the mutant, the film encourages the minority of the society, who are somehow unlucky, like the disabled, gay ... to break the stigma and integrate with the society. Through this film, and thanks to Michael Fassbender's standing-out good performance, I no longer feel hatred to Magneto and his partisans (especially Mystique). He, in some ways, is right; he has suffered much and now he has the right to retaliate. Human being are just too arrogant and selfish to accept the fact that some other more revolutionalized being can defeat us, the human being. We can kill the animals to extinction; put prices on land, soil; destroy the environment... so there is no reason why the mutant cannnot kill us. This fact definitely makes us think a lot, look back ourselves and you will figure out many things.
In the end, you are sure to have a really good time watching this film. You won't feel regret for the money you purchase for the ticket.
X-Men: First Class is definitely the best among the X-Men films to date!