Charismagnetic

Rating: 7/10 (8 June 2011)

In comparison to all of its predecessors (successors is more relevant), X-Men First Class is the first film in this mutant saga with the power not to bore me. One of the two main reasons for this prowess is probably the absence of pretense and pure demonstration of primal machismo and showing off: that is to say the absence of Wolverine (he appears in a cameo actually). But the first of those reasons is obviously the presence of wits, class, a sense of drama credibility: German performer Michael Fassbender, already seen in Inglourious Basterds, is the great provider for all that as Magneto, real profundity, sheer rage, multilinguality This prequel purposely almost looks like a (good) James Bond film on the bases of revenge, Cold War, female manipulations and colorful credits at the end. Clichés on solidarity and the value of differences are not too heavy to swallow. Eine Schöne Überaschung.