A step forward in the evolution of the X-Men, this time going right back to the roots of both Professor X and Magneto. While Eric Lensherr takes his magnetic beginnings from the horrific events of the Holocaust and his powers are forced to wake by the Nazi scientist Dr. Klaus Schmidt, Charles Xavier learns he isn't the only 'Different' person in the world when befriending Raven Darkholme, a young girl who can change her appearance however she pleases. Years later in 1962 Eric sets out to find Dr. Schmidt, now calling himself Sebastian Shaw the leader of the Hellfire club, who has drawn the attention of the CIA with his shady schemes with Russia and the possibility of starting an all at nuclear war between Russia and the USA. Enlisted by the CIA, Charles tries to help capture Shaw and his mutants but there powers overwhelm him leaving him severly disadvantaged until Eric steps in and tries to stop Shaw himself though Charles manages to persuade Eric to let Shaw escape and fight another day instead of sacrificing himself. After the failed attempt Charles and Eric team up to recruit there own mutant force to combat the enemy and form the X-men, who for different reasons pull together in a last dash attempt to prevent Shaw from starting World War Three.
The cast of this film were all fantastic! Although the two stand out figures of the film were Michael Fassbender(Magneto) and James McAvoy(Professor X) both played there roles amazingly well making their characters and the differences between them just as strong if not better than the way Ian Mckellen and Patrick Stewart portrayed them. I'd say Fassbender just pushes ahead of McAvoy by showing Magneto, Instead of the Villain out to destroy the world, but showing Eric as a man tortured by past events, wanting revenge while ultimately wanting to prevent the death of mutants at the hands of a race who fear them. Even the smallest roles were played well, Nicholas Hoult as Beast and Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique both showed the difficulties of being different keeping the main idea of mutant/human existence as with all X-Men films and made it stand out more than ever. Kevin Bacon also gave a strong performance as Sebastian Shaw giving the man with a god complex a sinister motive and strong ideals to actually stand out as a decent villain.
This film is brilliant. It's the best film I've seen in a long while and it's an X-Men film! Having the swinging feel of the 60's and historical factors like the threat of a cold war really pushes the film into our world and makes it stand out from other bland and dull comic book films which seem to far fetched to ever be believable. It does everything an X-Men film should, super powers, action sequences and likable characters which actually make it stand out as, in my opinion the best X-Men film so far. However it also takes those ideals and pushes them further by adding a decent story and more emotion to make the X-Men seem more realistic than ever before. All that and i didn't even mention possibly the best cameo i have ever seen in any film which will keep the 'ferocious' X-fans happy. First Class is exactly that it's a first class comic book, dramatic action adventure chronicling the birth of the X-Men and The Brotherhood of Mutants, and also showing the fragile friendship between Professor X and Magneto as it descends into chaos.
10 / 10
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The cast of this film were all fantastic! Although the two stand out figures of the film were Michael Fassbender(Magneto) and James McAvoy(Professor X) both played there roles amazingly well making their characters and the differences between them just as strong if not better than the way Ian Mckellen and Patrick Stewart portrayed them. I'd say Fassbender just pushes ahead of McAvoy by showing Magneto, Instead of the Villain out to destroy the world, but showing Eric as a man tortured by past events, wanting revenge while ultimately wanting to prevent the death of mutants at the hands of a race who fear them. Even the smallest roles were played well, Nicholas Hoult as Beast and Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique both showed the difficulties of being different keeping the main idea of mutant/human existence as with all X-Men films and made it stand out more than ever. Kevin Bacon also gave a strong performance as Sebastian Shaw giving the man with a god complex a sinister motive and strong ideals to actually stand out as a decent villain.
This film is brilliant. It's the best film I've seen in a long while and it's an X-Men film! Having the swinging feel of the 60's and historical factors like the threat of a cold war really pushes the film into our world and makes it stand out from other bland and dull comic book films which seem to far fetched to ever be believable. It does everything an X-Men film should, super powers, action sequences and likable characters which actually make it stand out as, in my opinion the best X-Men film so far. However it also takes those ideals and pushes them further by adding a decent story and more emotion to make the X-Men seem more realistic than ever before. All that and i didn't even mention possibly the best cameo i have ever seen in any film which will keep the 'ferocious' X-fans happy. First Class is exactly that it's a first class comic book, dramatic action adventure chronicling the birth of the X-Men and The Brotherhood of Mutants, and also showing the fragile friendship between Professor X and Magneto as it descends into chaos.
10 / 10
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