First Class!

Rating: 8/10 (3 June 2011)

It is a clever move to bring a prequel to the successful x men series and i was skeptical if the movie would deliver a great film or a real hash of it would be made. X men first class is definitely a crowd pleaser as it is well paced with the development of Charles Xavier (Mcavoy)and Erik Lensherr (Fassbender)occurring simultaneously on screen using some clever editing. The story develops nicely and ties in together to explain all the questions; how Xavier gets wheelchair bound and how Erik becomes bitter. The action scenes are also entertaining with its use of CGI and special effects and Kevin Bacon plays well as cold, sinister Shaw.
However i thought the film would have more character development of all the x men as the recruitment of all of the characters seemed too quick paced like a heist montage scene.
I did enjoy the movie thoroughly and is up there with Nolans batman. So go watch it!