X-men:First Class effects, intensity yes plot, human interest no

Rating: 1/10 (6 June 2011)

I loved the previous x-men movies very much, and went out of my way to see this one.
I was under the mistaken impression that it would have a lot of humor, human interest, heart, and involve the founding of the school, lots of different types of mutants, and well-developed characters.
Instead there's cruelty, blood, violence galore, and OK special effects.
And it LOUD. really LOUD.
I would advise parents of small children to avoid this movie like the plague, and others to stay away just to spare yourselves the money and waste of time.
It will appeal to those who only want special effects, and who don't really care about story lines much. Even the direction is poor, and the interactions between characters wooden, and the choreography of the battles lame. I suspect that they didn't have enough of a story and so extended many of the scenes.
Frankly, it gave me a headache... and I virtually never get headaches.