Glad I gave it a chance.

Rating: 7/10 (19 December 2011)

I just watched this movie, quite a while after it's release. A friend who I thought was fairly intelligent told me not to bother. He said it was the worst X-Men film yet. I didn't bother, I didn't watch it. But recently my curiosity got the best of me. This was a really solid prequel-reboot of a series that was on a serious 2 movie skid. I'm glad to see all of the positive reviews. And the naysayers ALL seem to have problems with this movie's "continuity" with the rest of the franchise and the comic books in general. It's the same problem that my friend had with it. About halfway thru this fantastic movie it occurred to me... "that argument doesn't have a freakin leg to stand on." Hey comic book fanboy... yes, they take liberties with the established characters. You know who else does that with Marvel characters? Every freaking writer working for Marvel comics, that's who. House of M, Age of Apocalypse, The End, Ultimates; these titles sound familiar? Oh right, reboots and alternate versions, most made decades before any of the X-Men movies, and there are about a dozen others just like them. I think re-booting X-Men is the most authentic tribute to the comics made so far in the franchise. If that's the best criticism the naysayers can come up with... this movie didn't have much wrong with it. Now I'm off to punch a friend in the kidneys, not too hard, for making me miss this in theaters.