a great movie in its own right

Rating: 10/10 (25 June 2011)

I've seen all the X-Men movies and I wasn't sure if I would have liked this one, too. I didn't like James McAvoy that much and I feared that this movie could prove a letdown. I was wrong. The movie is great, well directed, CGI good to watch without being more important than the movie itself and - most of all - the acting was really good. McAvoy and Fassbender were great in depicting Xavier and Erik. Their emotions look real, not acted, their chemistry great. And the other characters work well, too, villains and good guys. I liked also the Bondesque style of the part during the 60s. Drama and humour are well mixed and they give depth to a good action movie. Just a last line: Magneto is right in distrusting humans.