An Honest Opinion for X Men First Class

Rating: 9/10 (5 June 2011)

Firstly, this was the first X Men film I have seen. And boy, after watching it in the cinema, it sure did deliver beyond expectations. For some reason which I'm still not certain of, the X Men films never really did attract me, maybe because I thought it would just fall into the stereotype of traditional over rated Marvel releases that have you falling asleep because you feel like your watching the film for the sake of it. Back to the point, this film had me walking out of that cinema with a smile on my face so wide, the grand canyon would be put to shame. This wasn't a smile of "oh that really entertained me", no, because films are not for entertaining, but for gripping you and pulling you into that screen. This sure did that. Box ticked for sure.
Lets start with the cast, and wow, just brilliant. The relationship between each and every single member of the cast was just astonishing. This was because you could feel it, not just see it. I loved James McAvoy's performance of a dry sense of reserved humour backed up with that Oxford knowledge, which I believe gave him the edge over Michael Fassbender, who I must say should not be left in the dark. The sense of emotion was beaming from Magneto, maybe he does actually have magnetic powers, because he sure did attract me to his sense of feeling for those whose his character had lost. But of course, me being me, I do like a villain! Therefore I say, take a bow Kevin Bacon. For me, Kevin was my personal favourite from the film. His edge of darkness and sly character really carried a strong performance throughout. He really took centre stage with this and did not hold back on anything, his movement, voice and charisma just had me grinning all the way. He had everything a marvel bad guy should have. An evil background, arrogance, slyness, and of course, a really cool costume. Well, a really cool helmet which was taken from the latest NASA space shuttle.
Next, what else gripped me from this film was of course, the Directing of the cast. For this, I take my hat off to Matthew Vaughn. And from some reliable sources, "he should have done the others". And after seeing First Class, you can clearly see why. As the saying goes, he did exactly what it says on the tin, he did a first class job! This was because he did not play it out like the good guy catching the bad guy, he added levels which had the mind ticking over constantly. I found myself asking myself, what happens next, oh my gosh where will it go now, and stating I was not expecting that. And that is what a brilliant director does, he reaches out beyond that fourth wall and draws in the audience, making them feel a part of the story, getting them to look in all directions, keeping them guessing until that final scene.
Overall, I'm not a film critic. All of the above probably has no sense in it. I'm just trying to give an honest cinema going opinion of what I saw. And what I did see, was simply, amazing. It blew beyond all expectations, had me transfixed for the entire journey, had me smiling, wondering and enjoying. The choice of cast, which was strengthened by the bond of the young uniting to take down evil, lead with expert knowledge, took this film to the max. The screenplay with the thrilling and jaw dropping battle scenes in comparison to the one on one scenes which were intense yet heart felt had me feeling like this was worth the money. For a first time X Men viewer, this is a feature that is worthy of any audience and does everyone who took part proud, it is an outstanding achievement in the industry of film. Just brilliant.