Not revolutionary to the superhero genre, but still a pretty amazing film!

Rating: 8/10 (1 June 2011)

"X-Men: First Class" manages to not only include some pretty awesome mutants but Matthew managed to make the main focus of the film about the story, and yet still let the film be about the origins of X-Men. At first I thought, OK, enough about the 1960's and more about the mutants but eventually I came to love how the focus was on the conflict of Russia and America and how easily the mutants fitted into it. The characters were greatly explored, especially Magneto because you understand why he is who he is and that really he is not really evil but just full of anger and grief. Xavier was pretty cool and you see how he ends up in a wheelchair. Also Mystique was a great character was was explored really well. A great movie for all to see!