The best one yet.

Rating: 9/10 (16 July 2011)

I have been a hardcore X-men fan since the beginning of the series, so going into X-men: First Class I had unanswered questions. Why is Xavier in a wheel chair? Why are Magneto and him enemies? Thats the premise of the latest film, and director Matthew Vaughn answers all of the questions.
James Mccavoy and Michael Fassbender are excellent choices for Xavier and Magneto. The film shows how they first met. Xavier was friends with Mystique(Jennifer Lawrence) and he believed in the greater good. Magneto wasn't a bad person. He just wanted revenge on Sebastian(the wickedly evil Kevin Bacon), a Nazi who becomes too power mad.
Magneto and Xavier team up together to make a mutant school, and with the help of a government agent(Rose Byrne), they try to take care of wrong doers, and well, The Cuban Missle Crisis believe it or not. And you are hooked.
Vaughn takes the time to study the characters. Its the longest film in the series yet, and that because Vaughn has a lot of story to tell. The acting all around is triumphant, especially from McCavoy, Fassbender, Lawrence, and Bacon. They bring depth to these characters, and you care about them deeply.
I think that X-Men: First Class is the best X-men film yet, and I was pleasantly surprised because I thought it looked cheesy. But I really liked it. It answered all of the questions i've wanted answered since the beginning, and unlike X-men: The Last Stand, it takes its time getting to know the characters.
Though I won't deny that it drags on a little, First Class is exciting and thrilling and is definitely one of the Summer's grandest films so far. X-men hasn't been better, and I liked every film so far. I hope Vaughn returns for another one, because if there's been five, there's got to be more where this came from.
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