X-Men... & Robin

Rating: 5/10 (10 November 2014)

I once heard that 'X-Men First Class' was supposed to be the least comic-booky movie in the franchise. If this was indeed the aim for the film, it failed miserably. I have never seen an X-movie this campy.
True, it's better than 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine', but that is the only thing I can say in its favor. The sets, the characters, the costumes, the effects and most of all the story were BAD.
I think they tried to bring in the cheerfulness from the Spider-Man trilogy and the MCU, but... no. This didn't work.
The only good stuff was the part in which Magneto hunts down his old Nazi-enemies. Probably some left overs from the 'Origins: Magneto' script, proving it a shame that they didn't go along with that movie. The Magneto movie would have been great.
In 'First Class', we see beloved characters Banshee, Emma Frost, Sebastian Shaw, Havok, Moira MacTaggert and Beast having little to do with their counterparts from the source material. Major plot points such as how Xaviers turns cripple and characters changing sides were abrupt with no build-up what so ever.
The final fight was huge. Too huge. There were so many missiles, it stopped making sense. As little sense as the bad guys plan to create a war.
After this movie, 'The Wolverine' and 'Days of Future Past' came out. Not without their flaws, but at least proving that good X- Movies can still be made. But First Class... well, it's better than 'Origins', but still no good. It's the X-version of Batman & Robin.