Really Good X-Men Movie

Rating: 8/10 (20 February 2019)

I am a massive comic book geek and the X-Men were always my favourites. I loved the first 3 movies including The Last Stand. Will review that another time. Even so, the franchise was waning a bit and I felt First Class totally reinvented it. The issue with the previous movies was that the actors were aging a bit especially McKellan and Stewart. New blood was needed. Taking it back to the 60s was a great idea. People have been moaning about inconsistencies and timelines but hopefully by now they will have watched Days Of Future Past which explains things better and rationalises things. Big ticks in the box for the new recruits. For me Fassbender will always be the ideal Magneto. He just looks and acts the part. In the comics at times Magneto is bordering on being a tad unstable and Fassbender captures that. McAvoy was good also as a young Professor X although I did not get a real feel for him in Days Of Future Past where he is a hippie and a bit washed up. I thought the Hellfire Club were great too. The action sequences were top notch. My gripes, hmmm, Fassbenders Irish accent coming out often, the huge focus on Mystique who in the comics is not that big of a character and also the lack of screen time for Emma Frost who is a big character with strong powers. She got minimal action and seemed there for eye candy only. The visual look for Beast was poor also. Anyway, only a few gripes for what was a great movie.