X-Men: First Class. Review.

Well, I finally saw X-Men: First Class.

As many people have already reviewed this movie in much detail, I shall be brief and to the point.

I thought it was very good, but not without flaws.



It was a very brave move, in my opinion setting it in the Sixties and having the climax of the film in as "The Cuban Missile Crisis."

By now you may be aware this was originally going to be a film about "Magneto" and the beginning of the film reflects that very powerfully. I believe the start of the film is it's post effective part, revealing Magneto's motives in the later films after witnessing the worst that humanity has got to offer. Michael Fassbender as Magneto is great, by turns full or rage,sadness and cynicism. On his mission of revenge he becomes almost Bondlike in his suaveness in dispatching his enemies.

James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier is a treat too. A person with baggage in his past like "Magneto" too the film hints at when we are introduced to him. Even though he has a very different upbringing than him.

Now I shall describe the films, pros and cons.

Pros

Excellent acting by the two actors I have mentioned above. Without them the film would be so much weaker.

 Tackling Nazism and the Cold War was a risky idea for a comic book film and it is done well here.

The character development of the main characters is excellent.

Cons

January Jones as Emma Frost. Not good at all. Not intimidating as a Henchwoman at all. I just ended up waiting until "Magneto" kicked her ass, as it was inevitable.

The fight scenes had no weight to them, similar fight scenes in X-Men:2 were much better and stylish. Compared with Nightcrawler's attack on the Secret Service, Azazel's killing of the various CIA men was unspectacular. 

Very bad CGI in places.

In all I think I prefer X-Men:2 to this film as it handles the ensemble of different characters better.