X-Men: First Class

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2011)

Many of you have heard them all; sequels, prequels, spin-offs, remakes, and reboots, but "X-Men: First Class" is something different: a refresh.
The best description of a refresh I can make is where the film makers take a film series, make a prequel type movie, but make a new continuity while putting in elements audiences can recognize from the original films. Producer Bryan Singer and company did a smart move with "X-Men: First Class," similar but different to what Christopher Nolan did with his Batman films. Even if you haven't seen any to all of the previous films, you won't be left in the dark.
Many people would say that 20th Century Fox and Marvel Comics refreshed the film series because the previous 2 films did not meet expectations (even though I like them), but I would agree that this film helped put the franchise back on course. Now I get why they meant when they said that "The Wolverine" won't really be a sequel to the 2009 film. I'm hoping the planned sequel in this new series will continue to give us the mutated goods.
Marvel has been pretty successful with their 2011 films so far. "Thor" was awesome, "X-Men: First Class" was genius, and I'm crossing my fingers for "Captain America: The First Avenger" I give "X-Men: First Class" a solid Roman numeral 10 (if you know what I mean).