The best X-Men movie so far...

Rating: 7/10 (9 July 2011)

Now, I am writing this review as a person who is not overly fan over superheroes in general and not a fan of the x-men movies as per se. Sure the first four x-men movies were entertain, even for a casual non-fan as myself, but this "X-Men: First Class" was a step up from the previous movies.
Not being super familiar with the story and origins of the characters portrayed in "X-Men: First Class", then I am not sure how accurate the movie is to the comic books. But for someone who have read only a handful of the comics, then this movie proved to be rather interesting and exciting. And I do believe that you were given a fair and meaningful enough background story as to whom these mutants are and what drives them.
The effects in the movie were quite cool and nice to look at. And the movie is carried by a good solid story and lots of action. Plus you have a bunch of character building going on as well, so this really worked well for the movie. But of course a movie is nothing without a good ensemble of cast. And they had managed to put together quite a good selection of people for "X-Men: First Class". Kevin Bacon really did a good job in portraying Sebastian Shaw, the villain of the movie. But he was not alone to carry the movie, actually I think that James McAvoy (playing Charles Xavier), Michael Fassbender (playing Magneto), Nicholas Hoult (playing Beast) and Jason Flemyng (playing Azazel) also helped the movie along quite nicely.
"X-Men: First Class" is, in my opinion, a good supplement to the X-Men movies series. And it is filled with action from start till end. And for a non-fan of X-Men, the movie provides good entertainment and also provides you with lots of background story for the X-Men universe. Which, in my case, really made me want to sit down and watch the previous X-Men movies again, just for the sheer fun of it.
One thing did puzzle me though, the advanced level of technology that was available in the 1960s. Come on. It was a bit too much. That was the only thing about the movie the was a downer.
Thumbs up, way up, for "X-Men: First Class".