Review – X-Men: First Class

I liked this better than I thought I would, at least in part because it wasn't as grandiose as the original three or the Wolverine backstory. Though Professor X (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) are still the stars of the show, this prequel works more on establishing character and less on Hugh Jackman being a bad boy (indeed, he's only in it for 15 seconds or so as an in-joke). The whle X-Men thing still doesn't do much for me, but this was still easier to swallow than the productions that assume I care about the characters. I think you'd probably have to have seen the rest of the movies (or at least know a bit about the story), but if this is familiar territory for you then you should have a reasonably good time with it. Mildly amusing