A great beginning with lots of fun and poignant moments

Rating: 9/10 (6 June 2011)

The direction, story and acting in this movie is near perfect. Matthew Vaughn has sealed his credibility as a solid storyteller who weaves poignant character developments with fun action sequences. The set pieces, balance, pacing and cameos are well crafted.
I had reservation about the choices of mutants before watching the movie but now I understand that they were selected for the right reasons. And that is to present the audience with a prequel that not only raises the bar for the franchise but also revives my faith in the series. X-Men 3 and Wolverine were short of disasters, but here the cast and crews have managed to breath a new life into a series that was getting near to downright embarrassment.
Even though the movie is set as a prequel it never failed to deliver a mature performance unmarred by asinine silliness that often haunts action/superheroes genre when majority of the cast involves adolescents.
The movie is largely based on the New X-Men saga by Grant Morrison, but it's not considered canon because it sits between the main and the Ultimate timelines.
The stage is set, the quality is astounding so let's bring on the rest of the sequels.