Overview: Puberty does funny things to all of us. For boys, their voices start squeaking in awkward ways, and they start thinking about girls more, as opposed to when they were a part of the he-man-women-hater-club; I don't have the right to speak on behalf of the girls. Now with the people in "X-Men", they hit puberty with a vengeance. Some are able to read minds, control metal, fly like satanic fairies, and some just hit puberty really heavily (I'm speaking to you Beast, you old lug). Working with the government, all these different mutants get to know one another over Facebook (cerebro), and band together in order to stop the "Footloose" guy from taking over the world.
The Good: I love all the "X-Men" movies, and yes that even includes the one about Wolverine growing up. Like many of the other nerds out there who claim to be fans of the comic books but never actually read any of them, I fantasize often about being admitted into the bald man's school of the gifted. I envision me running, skipping, and using my mutation powers for mischief, and only for mischief. Much like "Star Wars Episode III" I loved "First class" because I got to see all the little "tie-ins" and explanations about why things happened the way they did in the other movies. James McAvoy, what a man he is! Even as the young bald nerd on wheels, C and I have come to love him just as much as his older self, and the same goes for the young Magneto, I would love to hang out with him where we can throw cars off bridges together.
The Bad: I thought Mystique was supposed to be the hot blue girl that took no crap from anyone, but in this movie she looks for like one of the Gossip Girls drenched in blue paint, and she wines more than Nancy Drew after she couldn't crack a case. Besides the obvious main characters, there wasn't much character development with the other mutated/puberty stricken people. One last beef I had with this was how ANGRY I was when Magneto turned evil, and although I knew it was going to happen, it still made me want to beat him with a plastic baseball bat.
The Ugly: This definitely ranks up there as one of the better "X-Men" movies right next to "X2: X-Men United". There may not be as much character development, but what would you expect from another "X-Men" movie? they can't very well tell everybody's story now can they? This was an awesome film that reminds us why superhero movies are so awesome!! It also reminds us of how necessary puberty is!
4 1/2 out of 5
I loved this X-Men movie too! Being one the fans that has read the X-Men comic for years now, I was very happy with the movie. I would say it was up there with X:2 too. It gave me everything I ever wanted from an X-men film.
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