Awesome!

Rating: 7/10 (5 June 2011)

First off, I'm truly glad that this franchise hasn't chickened out too the current "reboot" trend. "X-men - first class" is all the better for acting out as a prequel too the original trilogy (all 3 films off which I liked) and in being set in the 60's, still manages too stand alone and feel like a fresh take on the entire superhero thing.
Perhaps the poorly received "Wolverine" adds too the awesomeness off this one. I went in not really knowing if the film was going too be any good or not, so was so overly happy when it rocked! I had my doubts about some off the cast, and off course, the characters being used here aren't as cool as the better ones already used in the first 3 films. But the flicks crammed with great moments, is fast paced, has riveting action, and has excellent turns from Michael Fassbender and Kevin Bacon amongst others.
The best thing in the film though is Fassbender. Who'd off thought anyone could top Iain McKellon as Magneto? But here Fassbender is superb, making the character his own. Seeing the character as young as he is here makes him far more bad-ass too, which is ultimately what makes him the stand out star off the movie. I wanted too cheer at almost every scene Fassbender had as this truly awesome villain.
Still not sure about James McAvoy as Charles Xavier though. OK he pulls it off. But I can't help but feel he just doesn't suit the part, least off all because off that mass off dark he has. Also, out off all the fairly forgettable continuity errors in the movie (Spoiler alert ahead!) his character ending up in his wheelchair at the end is perhaps the only one I find hard too over look. Considering we seen Patrick Stewart standing in flashbacks presumably set after this in earlier films.
Not sure about the girl who played Mystic either too be honest, although it was cool too see who is probably one off the most interesting characters from the "x-men" in amongst this lot too.
All the ravings about this being the best one since "x-men 2" are totally true though. More "first class" x-men movies please!