X-Men: First Class

[Altimus]

Absolutely badass. Best Marvel movie to date and just slightly below Dark Knight.

This is the Magneto I've been waiting for!

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[Scott]

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I'll agree with the rest of you guys, Best one of the series..

[thaima1shu]

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Absolutely fantastic, and I may have enjoyed this more than all the previous X-Men movies. Really liked the two lead characters and was surprised how good this was. Time flew. But I'm completely with jmood on this one: the special efffects sucked. Just like with the Wolverine movie, there were too many moments where I could easily see bad special effects. It wasn't a big deal overall, but just a minor annoyance.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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The only special effects I really took notice of was Emma Frost's diamond form. Other than that I never really paid attention to them.

[Altimus]

The only special effects I really took notice of was Emma Frost's diamond form. Other than that I never really paid attention to them.

Same here.

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[Jasong7777]

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I want me some of Angel.

#thatisall#

[Altimus]

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I want me some of Angel.

#thatisall#

White Queen for me.

Also I thought Nightcrawler's father, Azazel, was well done.

[marshallfever]

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Yeah, but its not like he didn't have 4 movies committed to him anyway. It would be interesting to see Wolverine be worked back in because I really like this story/world a lot more.



Good news for sure.

THIS, i was thinking back on the original X-men movies and it dawned on me, they ALL focused on Wolverine; not all that but then he got his own movie afterwards. It was good to see this movie center around Magento and Xavier but also add in the other X-Men as actually characters.

As much as i lover Wolverine and what Hugh Jackman has done with the character, if he is to ever come back into the franchise, i hope he isn't the star and the story isn't focused on around him anymore.

Thats how they "dawged" my boy cyclops in the first trilogy and gave him a crappy scene in The Last Stand

[Kashanova]

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THIS, i was thinking back on the original X-men movies and it dawned on me, they ALL focused on Wolverine; not all that but then he got his own movie afterwards. It was good to see this movie center around Magento and Xavier but also add in the other X-Men as actually characters.

As much as i lover Wolverine and what Hugh Jackman has done with the character, if he is to ever come back into the franchise, i hope he isn't the star and the story isn't focused on around him anymore.

Thats how they "dawged" my boy cyclops in the first trilogy and gave him a crappy scene in The Last Stand

I agree, I felt like Cyclops wasn't really tough in the trilogy... I wish he could be like the Cyclops in the 90s cartoon

[Beantown]

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Awesome movie. Doesn't come close to Batman Begins or Dark Knight, but that's probably because I'm biased towards Batman, but it might be my third favorite comic book/super-hero movie of all time behind those two.

Magneto was badass, Xavier was played/written perfectly and I agree with the above...I think Azazel was the most well-done other than those two. Havok was also done well, as was Mystique.

My only problem, as someone who never read any X-Men comics or know anything about the backstory other than the X-Men cartoon, is was Tinkerbell really the only other flying "bad" mutant they could add to the story?

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I agree, I felt like Cyclops wasn't really tough in the trilogy... I wish he could be like the Cyclops in the 90s cartoon

Oh you and your Cyclops.

[Altimus]

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Cyclops was smacked in the face in the three movie series. Especially in the 3rd one. A shame.

Hopefully we see him in a sequel of this series. One thing I didn't like about this movie is they kind of wasted his brother, Havok. Could have done more with the character. Henchmen could have also been more developed.

[OSUFan_88]

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Saw it last night, almost certainly the best Marvel movie for me.

Spoiler

Magneto should always be that bad ***. When he took out those SS guys in Austria, I seriously marked the hell out.

Kevin Bacon was undoubtedly perfect for his role. I've always liked guys who embrace the villain role and play it with such a deadly quietness to them.

Darwin deserved a better fate, thought he would be a major focus. Although, in truth, I didn't see him being much help.

Beast confused the hell out of me at first. When I heard Hank McCoy and saw some nerdy, skinny dude, I thought "well, here is another boring guy who they'll puss out on because they cannot make a realistic looking beast." Boy was I wrong. Funny thing, though, is when he was coming towards the camera, my friend leaned over and said "Teen wolf?" Almost lost it. Loved the Beast character.

Mistique...is pointless. Although, I've never been a big fan of her character, unless there was some point to it. I must say, though, that I found the dynamic with her and Charles was perfect and really an untold story. In the other trilogy, they just made her seem like a cold hearted bitch. This was different.

Havoc was probably the best character but given a huge disadvantage. When you have a guy with a power that is probably more powerful than anyone, it's hard to make him realistic. Felt like that happened to Havoc. He came off as inept and not deserving of his abilities, IMO.

Banshee was okay. Just kinda there...although the scene where Erik pushes him off the satellite was awesome.

Tinkerbell sucked. No two ways around that. Was hot, though.

Azreal or however you spell it, was a pure bad ***. Nightcrawler with swords, how can that not be cool? His attack on the CIA was friggin amazing! Kidnapping people and dropping them from up high, so awesome!

Tornado guy sucked. Didn't even bother to learn his name.

Emma Frost was cool, but...felt like she was holding back. That being said, January Jones played that role to perfection.

Last but not least, and my option for the main character and best done character, Charles Xavier. Usually, I view X as just a guy who tells the X-Men to go and is always calm, cool and unadventurous. Giving him more of a back story and showing him as more than just a really smart dude really paid off.

Overall, it's definitely behind the Dark Knight for me, probably on par with Batman Begins. I cannot wait for the next movie.

[LionsFanNJ]

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Just saw this earlier today. First off, this was an excellent movie and would be a great starting point for future Xmen movies.
Second, what they changed with the histories of Charles and Erik i thought was leagues better than the canon backstories in the comics. i mean come on

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Erik a superpowered espionage agent hunting down Nazi's and his specifically the Nazi that was his mothers killer? outstanding. Xavier using his telepathy to get some p****? hell yeah.

Loved the two cameos, Mystique and the relationship she has/had with both Erik and Xavier (Jennifer Lawrence was niiiiiice. I wanna see Hunger Games more now), and Emma, though i wish she was more snobbish as she is portrayed in the comics.

The only thing i really didn't like much was Emma's diamond form. Didn't like the segmented look though it makes sense since diamonds are like that.

Finally, IMO a worthy X-Men movie, though that's not saying 1 and 2 were bad.

[Kashanova]

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Magneto should always be like this in the movies..

by the way henry jackmen did a great job with the entire soundtrack