'X-Men: First Class' - A Franchise Revived
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 9:34AM 
It really has been a while since Marvel's attempt of adapting these mutants on the big screen has proved any sort of success, and I'm not talking box office success. Well after seeing this film over the weekend, I can tell you that Matthew Vaughn has hit out of the ball park with this one. X-Men:First Class has everything you want in a film, a good solid story, great acting, style, sex appeal and of course great special effects and action from a great director. Though I wouldn't go as far as to suggest that it gives The Dark Knight a run for it's money (a sentiment that has been echoed by the social media in it's first week of release), X-Men:First Class is definitely one of the top 10 superhero movies ever made already.
Where to begin with this one, well I guess the acting is something that we should take notice for. Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy were absolutely fantastic in this film, both actors gave great performances and really led a young talented cast with great poise and charming charisma. They made their roles so beleivable serving as the "father figures" for the other young mutants. Another big surprise was Kevin Bacon, I'll admit when I first heard of his casting I was a little surprised by the choice but he put any doubt I had to rest and played a pretty darn good villain in this film (even brushing up on his German for the beginning scene). His associate, January Jones (or Emma Frost) couldn't have been anymore beautiful as she was talented and really dazzled the audience whenever she braced the big screen. The other 'First Class' members such as Jennifer Lawrence, Rose Byrne, Nicolas Holt, Lucas Till, Zoe Kravitz, and Jason Flemyng were all perfect choices for their roles.
The style of the film was impeccable, to the creative sets, locations, and great costume design as well X-Men: First Class is definitely a movie with plenty of style for you fashion goers. It has a cool and classy look, with an attitude that is echoed through the characters personalities. The film takes it's own path from the previous films with it's stylish, exihalirintg, and darker tone than the previous 2000 franchise.This prequel is not one that just takes us back to origins of X-Men but also the relationship between two mutants by nature, Erik Leshner (Fassbender) and Professor Xavier (McAvoy). Both men are born into mutanity with very different perspectives on the human race. It takes us back to the original mutants to start this team and definitely makes it an interesting one to see. It's always cool to see the origins of super heroes, and Matthew Vaughn follows in Christopher Nolan's footsteps rebooting a fallen franchise back to it's glory with X-Men: First Class.
I am going to highly recommend this film as it was easily one of the better Marvel films in the past few years and definitely a film that will and should be watched more than once. I am huge fan of Matthew Vaughn's work, and he always seems to one up himself, one film after another. People should take note because this movie should make Vaughn a hot commodity for future films, especially one's in the superhero genre. This film is nothing short of spectacular and for that I'm going to give it an A in my books, besides as I said before it has everything you would want in a film, entertainment, great directing, acting as well an exhilarating look and story to go along with it. Even if you're not a huge X-Men guy (which I am not), this film is sure to entertain you for the entire 132 minutes, and have you begging for more once it's done. Get to a theatre near you!
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