Probably the Best X-men Movie

Rating: Null/10 (2 October 2011)

I thought this was one of the better X-men movies. I think it had the misfortune of being preceded by four movies that were worse, so it was like saying, "Trust me, I'm an X-Men movie", and people had tuned out. (It barely broke even, from what I understand.) the plot is that Mutants are just emerging in the early 1960's, and a young Charles Xaiver and Eric Leshnerr must stop a plan by ex-Nazi Sebastian Shaw to start a nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Now, some points. The X-Men did first premiere in 1962, and it includes a lot of the classic characters from that period- Beast, Banshee, Havok. It also includes characters from later incarnations. If you are looking for ANY consistency with the comics, you will be disappointed. You'll probably be disappointed with the fact it doesn't seem to be consistent with the other "Prequel" starring Wolverine, but the less said about that the better.
Despite these liberties taken with the actual characters, the thing got closer to the flavor of the comic book series than anything else we've ever seen them do.