Very bad.

Rating: 3/10 (13 August 2011)

I have to say I made this account simply for reviewing this tile. I was shock to see that it had an 8/10 on this site. I can certainly see how the movie could be entertaining, but good? No. For me this ruined much of the mystery of Charles and Erik's relationship.
So these two 'friends' only knew each other for a couple days/weeks before they became enemies. I got the impression their relationship was much more extensive than this.
I enjoyed all the other x-men movies, the first being my favourite. I am not a huge x-men fan, I really only know the movies so I have no idea if they match up with the original works, but I can say for certain that first class doesn't match up with the first three films at all. This thing had more gaping plot holes then a shotgun wound. And if it wasn't supposed to connected to the other films why was there a Wolverine cameo?
The breakdown:
Acting: Decent, but nothing spectacular. I found the scenes where Charles helps the other mutants with training extremely hard to stomach.
Plot: The idea of this was something I had interest in. Seeing how it began, but after seeing the first preview I was thinking it looked very bad. But I was disappointed because it turned out to be much worse. It seems like a bad attempt to quickly show the history between Erik and Charles. And again, so many plot holes with regard to the other films.
CGI/special effects: I thought they were done well. Though beasts face was horrible, I love the way they did it in last stand.
Action: I felt myself yawning during these parts. I didn't really enjoy a single action sequence in the whole film.
Casting: Not bad actors, but I felt no one was really into it.
Final thoughts: Basically watching this movie and then thinking about it made me a little angry. If you like superhero movie you'll probably see this no matter what I say, I suppose I would too.