Worth the $10 only because of the action packed visual effects!

Rating: 6/10 (12 July 2011)

Somewhat of a prequel, that included split second cameos, not so hidden conflicting racist and "love yourself or else" messages, several montages that helped keep the film under 3 hours, and not so obvious connections to what was already seen in previous movies. The movie presented a great introduction to how the X-Men became X-Men and women. There were some not so likable moments. Like the lukewarm reactions of Zoe Kravitz, or the internal struggle of "you wanna feel sorry for him but you can't" Magneto. But there were plenty of likable moments, all encompassed in the action packed visual effects. With all these imperfections you cant help but feel for the mutants, walk out the movie and hope that maybe tomorrow you'll wake up with some weird mutation. You also could walk out knowing more than you wanted to know about the Cuban Missile crises, and the CIA's "No place for a woman and/ or mutant attitude."