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X-Men First Class IS A First Class Film
Jun. 10th, 2011 08:30 amI am an X-Men fan from way back. I started with the Lee and Kirby comics and read my way through them and then the New X-Men. My three favorite characters in the Marvel Universe are Dr. Strange, Professor X, and Magento. So I got two out of three with this film.
My general review will be before the cut. Any spoilers will be after the cut and in the comments.
Wow. That was really good. Understand I enjoyed Thor and Pirates but this one had me at the edge of my seat at time and not just to read the subtitles. I am glad that it is not in 3-D. It didn’t need it.
The casting was spot on all the way through. James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender do an incredible job as Charles and Erik. They have to carry the movie and they do so very well and smartly dressed too. You get to watch both the construction and destruction of their friendship in the same film. Also you could see mannerism used in this film which were used in the other X-men films by Mr. Stewart and Mr. McKellen.
I heard that Kevin Bacon was going to be playing Sebastian Shaw and I thought it’s he a little small to play Shaw? Nope. He does an excellent job with this meaty villain. They did play around with the continuity a little but considering what a morass the Marvel continuity is, I’ll give them many points for keeping it as close as they did.
The rest of the cast does a really good job too. The other mutants are some interesting choices. Mystic by Jennifer Lawrence was very well done. She did a lot with not very much and made her part very believable. Nicholas Hoult is very good as Hank McCoy/Beast. His arc was right out of the comic book. There are a couple of cameos that I’ll talk about in the spoiler section but I have to say best use of the “f” word in a PG-13 film probably ever.
It looked right, it felt right, and I enjoy it. Not an intellectual film but that really doesn’t matter. It is an Epic Superhero movie done right. I do feel it needs to be seen on a large screen because there are some scenes that have a lot going on in them.
I am grateful that the film got made.
( More_thoughts )
My general review will be before the cut. Any spoilers will be after the cut and in the comments.
Wow. That was really good. Understand I enjoyed Thor and Pirates but this one had me at the edge of my seat at time and not just to read the subtitles. I am glad that it is not in 3-D. It didn’t need it.
The casting was spot on all the way through. James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender do an incredible job as Charles and Erik. They have to carry the movie and they do so very well and smartly dressed too. You get to watch both the construction and destruction of their friendship in the same film. Also you could see mannerism used in this film which were used in the other X-men films by Mr. Stewart and Mr. McKellen.
I heard that Kevin Bacon was going to be playing Sebastian Shaw and I thought it’s he a little small to play Shaw? Nope. He does an excellent job with this meaty villain. They did play around with the continuity a little but considering what a morass the Marvel continuity is, I’ll give them many points for keeping it as close as they did.
The rest of the cast does a really good job too. The other mutants are some interesting choices. Mystic by Jennifer Lawrence was very well done. She did a lot with not very much and made her part very believable. Nicholas Hoult is very good as Hank McCoy/Beast. His arc was right out of the comic book. There are a couple of cameos that I’ll talk about in the spoiler section but I have to say best use of the “f” word in a PG-13 film probably ever.
It looked right, it felt right, and I enjoy it. Not an intellectual film but that really doesn’t matter. It is an Epic Superhero movie done right. I do feel it needs to be seen on a large screen because there are some scenes that have a lot going on in them.
I am grateful that the film got made.
( More_thoughts )
