are they gonna do a video review for this film like they did for thor???

I like how Angel had little to no dialogue in the second half of the movie.
 
Officer: Stop or I'll shoot!
Sebastian: Yes, I know you will, but where are all the evolved people?
 
Hahaha...

"It was a good movie. Not a great one..."
 
Then you give an overall 4 out of 5 score? Colour me confused by your wavering opinion. 

X-men: First Class, now being the fifth film to be based on the X-men franchise, stands right alongside X2 as the best of it's kind. If you were worried about this film, you're fears will be washed away. It impressed me even more than Thor (which I loved).

The actor that plays Magneto is really HOT!!!!!! he is super handsome I easily understand why Mystique follows him and even asked him to have sex

@The Mast said:

I feel that with Marvel Studios making movies that are different, yet respectful to the source, there's no excuse to make movies this far removed anymore.  I do believe that it's possible to make comic movies exact to the source

This.

 i love it ! its a great movie with a good story and good performances the characters seem more realistic than they were in the other x-men films. 5 stars from me i hope x-men first class get a sequel.  

This was entertaining. It could have been better but its sooooo uncanon it's not even funny! 

Just saw the film and thought it was easily better than any of the X-men movies that came before.......yes this includes X-men and X-men 2 which were really not great movies given they focused almost entirely on one character (Wolverine) than the entire team or what was really going on in the story (okay, so they focused a bit on Rogue as well). While there were some minor issues with the story and some of the set designs and such I'd rate this film an A- easy, and as much as I didn't want to see the ending of a major character it made perfect sense in how this film was presented.
 
But what instantly sets this film apart from the rest is one distinct feature of X-men lore that was forgotten in the last films......the X-men started as a team of teenagers trying to survive in a world prejudice against them. The past films started the major characters in adulthood and as I already said focused too heavily on Wolverine and Rogue. This film captures that idea perfectly by making the team young (the scene in the CIA "secret lab" showcasing that the best), emphasizing each person on the team as well as showing the prejudice and the instant fear that comes with the discovery of mutants. Though the first film tried to play up the McCarthy-era "red scare" idea with the "list of potential mutants", I thought this film did a better job connecting the round-up of Jews and others during WWII to the CIA's expectations, fears, and later resolve to round up mutants.  
 
McAvoy and Fassenbender (think I spelled that wrong) definitely carried the show and you could clearly see each character evolve to their more recognizable features. Charles began very naive, desperate to fit in, and it was interesting to see him shy about Raven's true appearance and his insistence that she fit in. Then through the film you see him change and develop a more cautious, realistic viewpoint where he himself accepts how blind he's been to other people's difficulties while at the same time gain a paternal protectiveness towards his team and mutants in general. On the flip side we see Erik struggle with the path of peace or revolution and how his inability to show compassion is what leads him to take a different path than Charles. I also like how they are not showcased as enemies nor building team's against one another but that they are simply taking two different paths that can simply never co-exist.  
 
My only wish in this new Charles Xavier was giving him a slight bit of telekinesis like his Ultimate universe counterpart but that may have made him too powerful. However, I don't think it would be impossible to add this to his character in the next film and explain it as a further development of his mental abilities to compensate for his physical impairment. Not that this will mean seeing him in battle but it would give him a bit more presence and definitely a defensive power should he be attacked directly (in much the same way that Emma's diamond form is more defensive based).
 
If there was one other stand-out performance it was the girl playing Raven, which beat the performances of the other kids and January Jones (though I'll admit Jones played the part perfectly for how the character appeared to be written). Thought they did a good job making you understand her dilemma and frustration in needing to hide. Making her and Charles adopted siblings was a great idea because it highlighted just how blind Charles was to the plight of others and the ignorance he showed other viewpoints over his own. You could tell the two had a good sibling bond and the rift that Charles' insistence that Raven blend in formed between them. I'm interested to see how that bond affects both of their actions in later films.
 
As for the cameo appearances, I applaud Vaughn and Singer on one thing......we don't actually know who those other mutants were because all the info we got on them was latitude and longitude coordinates. Even though they did a CGI Hugh Jackman (at least that's what I read and if that's true it looks far better than the young Jeff Bridge's of Tron: Legacy) they never stated that was Wolverine. We're all just assuming that because Jackman played the character before. But the brilliant move of not giving us their names allows Vaughn and Singer to bring in any character and any point in this new timeline. I chalk the cameo's up to simple comic book fan service and giving us a little intrigue to full forum debates and such. Of course I didn't stay for the credits so I could be completely wrong. But I hope I'm not because I would like to see a new timeline of character introductions (think they can pull off having Ororo be a part of the team before Scott or Jean) and I'd especially like to see a new actor play Wolverine should they use him in successive films (would make a great addition to the team if the second or third film takes place around the Vietnam War) because they could go with someone younger (not teenage Logan but like 25 to 30-ish) to showcase his slow aging.  
 
Wrap this up before I get too long winded (to late right) and just say I had a great time at this film, loved what they did with the characters and definitely think that devote X-men fans will like this film if you're willing to given the film a chance and not come in with concrete ideas of what the team must be, but remember that its the spirit and ideology they are trying to nail down.

This was definitely the best X-men movie by far. The Hellfire Club were a great enemy, better than the Brotherhood in the First three films. I'd like to see the sequel take place a couple decades after this one with the emergence of Cyclops, Jean, Iceman and Angel. Cyclops being Havok's son in this case. I'd also like to see Toad and Sabretooth join the Brotherhood and the remaining Hellfire Club members split away from Magneto. I really liked Emma Frost in this movie and want to see her carry on in Shaw's place. In my opinion they shouldn't take the first 4 films into consideration at all and use this as a reboot.

Skimmed a few comments and I'm shocked, SHOCKED! That people aren't more excited about this. This movie was the SH!T!!!! Michael Fassbender's Magneto is easily right up there (if not ahead) of Bale's Batman, Jackmen's Wolverine, and yes uber Iron Man fanatics, Downey's Tony Stark. All the character portrayals were brilliantly pulled off. Haters and militant movie buffs will be out in full force, but arent they always? I suggest you ignore all the comments good and bad and check this film out for yourselves. I know I wasnt disappointed and will be dropping some serious coin on this damn thing until its out in a DVD Blue Ray combo pack.

It's sad when a fan cannot understand the word "adaptation."

despite being out of her time period, first class Emma is far better than Wolverine Emma, though her diamond form is quite weak in the film.

Just saw it the afternoon. 
X-Men First Class, like Thor was a solid movie but like Thor some things could have been better. And why Angel Salvadore? I had no idea who she was before this flick, not that it mattered but like G-Man said unecessary.  They would have been better off with another legit member of the Inner Circle. I would have preferred Selene but maybe 2 telepaths would have been overkill. 
 
Sage would have made a nice twist. in the comics she joined Shaw's group only to spy on them for Xavier. They could have changed it so that she was a CIA spy that hid her mutant identity. ^_^

Just got back from seeing this. I quite thoroughly enjoyed it. A fresh take on the X-franchise.

If we accept that Mystique's mutated DNA is capable of aging her at a decelerated rate, and we agree that the Mutant gene is a Germline Mutation (meaning that they are inherited, this case via fathers) then couldn't Beast have a sommatic mutation caused by exposure to Mystique's DNA?

Almost every post I seen was everyone beating around the bush. Just say it sucked.

I liked it, despite my many many complaints. And I'm the first to nit-pick a movie to death.

@Renee: I noticed her cameo.  ; )

The only way to see this movie is to completely throw out everything you know of the X-men.  They crapped on so much continuity between the comics and the other movies it was ridiculous (Darwin being killed... are you kidding me???)  Taking that approach, it was a very enjoyable movie.  If you normally don't know anything about the X-universe and are looking at this to be a jump off into the comics, look the other way and just pick up the books.  They broke continuity with the original X-trilogy and with Wolverine: Origins all over the place, and to say that this is a comic book movie is a misnomer.  It can't even be said to be based on the comics.  It just used characters that were recognizable to make a movie.  They should have stripped Marvel's involvement from it all together, changed the characters names, and made it an independent movie of people with powers (ala "Push").

With that in mind, I did enjoy it. One question that was heavily on my mind was would this movie have any ties or connections to the other X-films? Maybe it was watching it so late at night but I'm not sure I can fully answer that. Discounting the whole Emma Frost/Wolverine Origins debacle, I think it's safe to say this movie could, in fact, be in the same continuity of the other movies. But then, I haven't watched/tried to avoid the others. 
 

I'm a fan of the X-Men, and I gotta say, I liked this movie a lot. The casting for Charles and Erik were spot on. There are few continuity errors, but that didn't stop me from enjoying.  
 
Banshee was great. 
Beast was fine, but his furry form could've looked better 
Havok, Darwin, Azazel, Riptide and Angel were pretty cool 
Mystique was cute 
Emma was.... Emma, lol. 
 
Overall, great movie. I'd recommend it to anyone. 
 
Oh yeah and  SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

I knew it wouldn't be a proper "reboot" as soon as I saw the same producers from past X-men movies attached to this as well as the same group of writers.
 
They're probably preparing "X-men: Saga" DVD/Bluray boxsets at this moment containing X-men 1-3 + Wolverine Origins + X-men First Class. It's much more rentable for 20th Century Fox has a company to have the new movie be part of that established series.
(if the studio had changed, like the rights being reverted to Marvel, then I would have expected an actual reboot)

I am not sure if some one covered this yet, however, Scott and Alex are brothers. They were separated after their parents were thought to be dead. They also have another brother... Gabriel (Vulcan). Not to mention, there are a multitude of Summer's family members throughout various story arcs.

This movie is based off my favourite comic series and heroes of all time. I simply cannot watch it and be forced to constantly remind myself that it's NOT the same as the comics. The only reason I would even be interested in a movie like this is because it's based on my beloved X-men.
 
    From what I've heard it's apparently a very good movie but if you're going to have "X-men" in your title, you'd better be true to the almost 50 years of comic book lore or I'm not interested.

I withdraw my earlier skepticism on this movie. It was excellent, one of the best superhero films made period, and I don't even like the X-Men.

I know people are bit peeved by the film not abiding by continuity but theoretically, it could follow the comics more closely from here on out. 
 
I feel like this movie is a covert reboot. It's in touch with the original trilogy but it could also lead into the inclusion of a younger Scott and Jean at the very least within the next movie seeing as how Beast is already in the mix. 3 out of 5, maybe? And the Jean, Scott, Emma triangle is possible if Jean and Scott are depicted in their 20's. I'm also desperate to see Pietro and Wanda included in on at least one movie (no, I don't count Pietro's cameo in Wolverine) because the family conflict with Magneto is simply too epic and too good to pass up. 
 
Personally, though I am very much into continuity, this is one the best superhero movies I'd ever seen and I loved it.

I saw it twice so far. (Not because I liked it so much, but seeing it with two different groups of friends.) It's very good. My few quibbles were:  
 

@Ferro Vida said:

With that in mind, I did enjoy it. One question that was heavily on my mind was would this movie have any ties or connections to the other X-films? Maybe it was watching it so late at night but I'm not sure I can fully answer that. Discounting the whole Emma Frost/Wolverine Origins debacle, I think it's safe to say this movie could, in fact, be in the same continuity of the other movies. But then, I haven't watched/tried to avoid the others.

I respectfully disagree. In order for this movie to fit in with the other four, we would need to ignore that there are two Emma Frosts with the ability to turn into diamond, two Moira MacTaggarts, that Xavier and Mystique don't even acknowledge each other later in life, and that Beast is around sixty years old in X-3.

All of those can easily be explained. Emma has been cloned in comics, she could have been in the movies too. It could be first Moiras daughter also named Moira. Xavier might have given up on Mystique as she's apparently been with Magneto for many years, and Beast injected himself with Mystiques dna and they clearly stated in the movie that she ages twice as slow as normal.

Seriously do people who complain about these things not read comics? They should be used to way stupider things than this.

Duhdaym that was an awesome movie!!!!!!!  
 
☆☆☆☆☆ - Magneto, pure badass, and totally captures his charisma, pain, intensity and stubbornness. Xavier, played up his fun side, whilst not making him too much of a joke. Brilliant.  
☆☆☆☆ - Most of the movie! Some really nice sentimental moments, fun moments, funny moments, tender moments, dramatic moments, awwh moments and awesome action moments.  
☆☆☆ - Effects! Better than I though, but some parts... eh...  
☆☆ - Stars  
☆ - lol people complaining about continuity. Other X-Men movies weren't really that good, why should a movie try to stay coherent with another movies broken continuity if that movie was bad? Characterization is way more important! This movie was great! I hope they make a sequel and make it as character strong as this movie. Magneto and Xavier were the focus, but they weren't overbearing like Wolverine was in the other movies. Would love to see the same people who made this movie, actually you know, give us the Cyclops, Jean, Rogue, Kitty, Colossus we deserve, also, also having Wanda and Pietro in would be so sweet especially if they get Michael Fassbender back! So happy Magneto is done so well here! 

Skimmed a few comments and I'm shocked, SHOCKED! That people aren't more excited about this. This movie was the SH!T!!!! Michael Fassbender's Magneto is easily right up there (if not ahead) of Bale's Batman, Jackmen's Wolverine, and yes uber Iron Man fanatics, Downey's Tony Stark. All the character portrayals were brilliantly pulled off. Haters and militant movie buffs will be out in full force, but arent they always? I suggest you ignore all the comments good and bad and check this film out for yourselves. I know I wasnt disappointed and will be dropping some serious coin on this damn thing until its out in a DVD Blue Ray combo pack.

Seriously do people who complain about these things not read comics? They should be used to way stupider [retcons] than this.

I found the movie bland overall. There were a few really good scenes like Magneto's trip around the world and the CIA compound attack. But the actors aside from Fassbender, McAvoy, and Evil Bacon ranged from so so to miserable. I HATED every single x-kid they recruit and wanted Evil Bacon to waste them. The scene where they show off to each other was cringe-inducing to the max. Emma Frost definitely looked the part :D but Ms. Jones performed like cardboard. Moira was made into just some lady who's there to look worried about everything and to generally be useless. Her biggest impact on the team  SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

I thought it was good but i still dont understand why Kevin Bacon wanted their to be nuclear war. He implied that a nuclear war would kill off the humans but not the mutants. I sat there thinking... Dude Kevin Bacon is the only mutant on screen that would possible survive a nuclear blast. him making a nuclear war take place would kill all his buddies too. and the surviving mutants would have to live in a world that was drenched and nuclear radiation. lol

Its a reboom....I mean its rebuttle...rebombasquitch....GWAAAAAUGH!!!
Omigod your right G-Man! I can't do it no matter how hard I try. ):

@Ferro Vida said:

With that in mind, I did enjoy it. One question that was heavily on my mind was would this movie have any ties or connections to the other X-films? Maybe it was watching it so late at night but I'm not sure I can fully answer that. Discounting the whole Emma Frost/Wolverine Origins debacle, I think it's safe to say this movie could, in fact, be in the same continuity of the other movies. But then, I haven't watched/tried to avoid the others.

I respectfully disagree. In order for this movie to fit in with the other four, we would need to ignore that there are two Emma Frosts with the ability to turn into diamond, two Moira MacTaggarts, that Xavier and Mystique don't even acknowledge each other later in life, and that Beast is around sixty years old in X-3.

All of those can easily be explained. Emma has been cloned in comics, she could have been in the movies too. It could be first Moiras daughter also named Moira. Xavier might have given up on Mystique as she's apparently been with Magneto for many years, and Beast injected himself with Mystiques dna and they clearly stated in the movie that she ages twice as slow as normal.

Seriously do people who complain about these things not read comics? They should be used to way stupider things than this.

What is it about X-Men movies being done in a way that is almost anti-comic? 
I mean, with the first three films they had, in my opinion, ruined any chance of ever making a film about the "Original X-Men" made up of Scott Summers, Bobby Drake, Warren Worthington, Hank McCoy and Jean Grey and now we have a prequel film and only Hank McCoy appears to be an original X-Man. 
Also Charles HAS HAIR. What is that about? I know James McAvoy is young but surely his hair would have grown back pretty quickly.
Are Scott and Alex brothers? Where is Lorna? What is Angel's purpose, considering she was born in the 80's or 90's? Mystique, an X-Man? So many questions and they will probably never be answered.
All that being said I will still be making the customary trip to the cinema to see the film myself. If only I wasn't so obsessed...
But anyway, after that lovely little rant, the review is great and it did, in all honesty, make me more comfortable about going to the see the film at all. So thank-you...

I enjoyed, but I thought essentially it was a reboot seeming as the crew said theyt wanted to do a sequel and start a new x-franchise!

@Illuminarch said:

I think it's safe to say this movie could, in fact, be in the same continuity of the other movies.

Please explain. Were we supposed to think that Beast and Mystique were in their early to mid 60s in previous movies?

The commercials clearly suggested a tie between this movie and the previous three films (though not Wolverine Origins, which has the problematic Emma Frost appearance), but I don't see how the chronology can be reconciled.

@CrimsonAvenger said:

Since it has Beast in it, it's a reboot as we saw him in X-3 and that would mean he would be over 60 years old in that movie if this were in the same continuity.

Beast says in the movie that Mystique's cells age at half the normal rate of humans. So that she'd be in her mid-forties and still look like a teenager. Due to the "cure" that he manufactured that was made from her DNA, it's an apt possibility that they play it off that that's why he appeared that young in the X-Men movies. They set up a nice little loophole to utilize if they choose to do so.