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[Solidus]

Just got back, next to X2, and Spidey 2, I would say this is one of my favorite Marvel films.

Pro's: Superb acting all around. Michael of course stole the show for me. Every Magneto scene was just awesome, and the action was superb. They balanced it well for having so many characters and events going on at once. The music as well was superb. Just all around good acting.

Cons: Some parts felt, just cheesy and out of place to me, and sometimes I wish we could have spent more time with each of the characters (I know they could not) but still it may of had more of an emotional impact with certain characters with me if they would have focused on them more.

Bottom Line: Great film, brought back class (no pun intended) to the X-Series. I want more. And so far its the best movie I've seen this year. Kuddos to Vaughn and team!

8.9/10

 

[Slushy]

I'm not going to see or support this movie. You know why? Fox are a bunch of schemers. This is going to make a lot of money, but we're not going to get a well-deserved X-Men 4. No. Instead, Fox is going to go the Star Trek route and make a bunch of movies about the young version of the characters (mainly its because its cheaper for them to pay these actors). And for that, they can piss off!

With that said, GO AND SAVE THE CITY!

 

[batman11]

Awesome, awesome movie. Great summer fun, great film experience, just pretty great all around.

I was never a huge, huge fan of the X-Films, nor the X-Men in general (in which case, my opinion of the film is even more telling I think), but all the recent buzz surrounding this, as well as the great trailers, talent, and period setting, really peaked my interest. And I'm so freakin happy I saw it. The acting was top notch, the score was very sweet, it was really fun yet had some great emotional heart, and all around, it was just a great production.

And despite not being a huge X-Fan, I (BIG SPOILER SO DON'T HIGHLIGHT IF WORRIED) [BLACKOUT]flipped the f out when Logan showed up. Seriously, I had no idea it was coming (was it leaked prior?) and I loved every second of it. The Rebecca Romijn cameo was great too. While I'm in blackout mode, I figure I should also note that I was so immersed in the film, I completely forgot about Charles lacking a wheelchair until BOOM! Great moment, great editing (Lee Smith did yet another fab job). Really sent a shiver down my spine, no pun intended.[/BLACKOUT]

All in all, GO SEE THIS MOVIE! Although declaring that on the X-Boards is probably a fairly useless act.

 

[Stringer]

This was actually fantastically subtle piece of storyteling tbh, Mystique like alot of young girls with self esteem issues was looking for attention, People with acceptance issues usually cling to those people who will accept them and this was shown right throughout this film.

She'd never been made to feel good before and when these men we're suddenly telling her how fantastic she was, you can see why she would be attracted to this becasue it's what she needed.

I totally understand why she fell for him. But no matter how low her self esteem it still makes her look like a hoe by bouncing from crush to crush, especially when her crush on Magneto wasn't displayed in any way until she threw herself at him. His words could've had the same impact of the teacher to student with no sexual tension in that case.

All it would've taken is her to give an interested glance at Magneto when he walked into the room for the first time.

 

[ciscostudent561]

Well some girls are hoes bro

 

[bullets]

I'm not going to see or support this movie. You know why? Fox are a bunch of schemers. This is going to make a lot of money, but we're not going to get a well-deserved X-Men 4. No. Instead, Fox is going to go the Star Trek route and make a bunch of movies about the young version of the characters (mainly its because its cheaper for them to pay these actors). And for that, they can piss off!

With that said, GO AND SAVE THE CITY!

The are working on X4 and X5. Also the Star Trek route saved that franchise.

 

[storyteller]

Yeah that first cameo really made me want an X-men 4. I love the look of that cameo too. Short and under control.

This movie did so many things right. If there is a sequel.........honestly just do a time travel story so we can have the modern X-men in there as well. The bad guys and heroes got a lot of character development to give.

 

[danoyse]

I'm not going to see or support this movie. You know why? Fox are a bunch of schemers. This is going to make a lot of money, but we're not going to get a well-deserved X-Men 4. No. Instead, Fox is going to go the Star Trek route and make a bunch of movies about the young version of the characters (mainly its because its cheaper for them to pay these actors). And for that, they can piss off!

With that said, GO AND SAVE THE CITY!

Well...your loss.

 

[danoyse]

Well some girls are hoes bro

But...she wasn't. And I recommend you don't continue with that kind of talk here.

 

[SuperSoldier985]

Saw the movie a second time and I enjoyed it a lot more!

The first time I saw it, I wanted to give it a 7.5/10. After the second viewing, I've bumped it up to a 8.5/10. Some of the performances were so good the second time around, I almost teared up.. It's weird, but for some reason, the second time, I was watching the movie for what it was. The first time, I was brimming with too many expectations and anticipation that I was over-analyzing every little thing.

Trailers shown on second viewing:
-The Three Musketeers
-Green Lantern (#3)
-Mr. Popper's Penguins (#2)
-The Change-Up (#2)
-Transformers: Dark of the Moon (#2)
-Rise of the Planet of the Apes (#2)

 

[Nightmare]

Loved it, 8/10 for me

 

[Psykoelf]

watched First Class yesterday. At first I was a bit hestitant about it all and really unsure whether to go and watch it, but now after seeing I'm so glad I did. It was marvellous! It even had some of the go-go dancing that I really wished was going to be in it (though Emma go-go dancing in diamond form would of been awesome).

Whilst it had its superficial flaws (eg. the kids were far to modern, some continuity errors to X1 and 2 only, and Fassbender's slip into Irish), overall, i have no real qualms. I loved the visual layout of the film, right down to the sliding boxes screens. It just screamed old school. The costumes were fantastic. Cameos I'm disregarding as just being Easter eggs for fan boys.

For me personally, what got me was Fassbender's Magneto. His anger was so raw, his opinions and stance on the mutant situation so firm - you could not help but be drawn towards him from the get go. That and I think Fassbender is very shagadelic baby yeah.

Gonna see this again sometime real soon.

 

[conan69]

IMHO the only thing keeping this from being X-Men film #1, the X-Men movie Ive always wanted was a few of the uninteresting mutants.

Pretty pleased with this film.

 

[Yurka]

Just got back. Great, great film. Fassbender absolutely stole the show in my opinion, incredible job on his part. Honestly the only let down of the entire film for me was Magneto's final suit.

 

[SuperSoldier985]

What was the point of having Tony Curran and Bendan Fehr in the movie ? They were extra in the movie basically !

Why not?

I think it's like a Matthew Vaughn thing too. He likes putting in a bunch of character actors in his movies, even for a 30 second scene. I was surprised by the number of character actors that I forgot had brief roles in this, like Ray Wise, James Remar, Rade Serbedjia, and Olek Krupa..http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0784884/

 

[hippie_hunter]

Just got back. Great, great film. Fassbender absolutely stole the show in my opinion, incredible job on his part. Honestly the only let down of the entire film for me was Magneto's final suit.

Magneto's final suit was awesome. A cool combination of his comic book and movie designs.

 

[danoyse]

Magneto's final suit was awesome. A cool combination of his comic book and movie designs.

The audience at my show started applauding when he walked in with the suit.

Dammit, I need to see this again.

 

[SuperSoldier985]

Here is how I rate the previous X-films:

X1 - 3/5
X2 - 3.5/5
X3 - 2.5/5
Wolverine - 1.5/5

So naturally, going into First Class, skepticism for me was high. I have not been that high on any of the X-films that much (I feel X2 overrated), but reviews got me curious for this.

Results for me after seeing First Class: Best X-Men film to date BY FAR! I would give this a 4.5/5. The script is solid. We don't learn much about many of the students and the villains are a bit thin (plus a few very bad CGI shots), but the Magneto material, Xavier material, and Mystique stuff is all great. I love the themes. I do feel the dialogue was a bit too modern and not 60's enough in spots, but I actually felt like this film had the chance to be well rounded (while the previous X-films were all Wolverine and friends).

I am not bothered by the continuity issues, really. There are MANY of them if you look at them, but I can look past those as this film was very strong.

Matthew Vaughn deserves major props. I liked it as much as I did Thor, and I never expected that

I'm glad you liked it.

 

[Still Wynning]

Just got back not too long ago from seeing it. Loved it. Just to list off some things:

-Poor little Erik. Having a good relationship with my mother, I felt for the kid. If that happened to me, it would destroy me.

-"My parents didn't have a name. It was taken from them...by pig farmers...and tailors." The tension in this scene was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Having the 'Frankenstein's Monster' track really helped, too.

-"Go f**k yourselves."

-The confrontation between Erik and Shaw at the end was awesome. It really showed that after crossing that line, there was no turning back.

-I love Mystique's character arc in this film. She goes from being frustrated with her appearance, to wanting to be rid of her "appearance", to finally embracing it (I liked that it was Erik who gave her that little nudge). I really felt for her at the end, having to choose between siding with Magneto and leaving Charles. It was kind of sad, actually.

-"Call me...Magneto." *cue 'Magneto' track*

I only mention just some things, but I really loved this film as a whole. Despite having a rushed schedule and few dodgy effects here and there, the character development and story for this film more than made up for any flaws that this film had.

Most of all, I really loved how fun, lighthearted, colorful and free-spirited this film was. The first two were really good, but they felt somewhat restrained, like they were kind of holding something back. In this film, you could really sense that everyone involved with this movie was having a really good time. This really felt like an X-Men film. Not a mark against those other two. I still love them.

Really hope they keep Vaughn and Singer for a sequel. 9/10

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to listen to the X-Men: First Class soundtrack again.

*starts humming 'Magneto' theme*

 

[Yurka]

Magneto's final suit was awesome. A cool combination of his comic book and movie designs.

I thought the helmet was perfect, I was just let down by the actual suit, I guess they tried to make it as similar as possible to his first appearance though.

 

[BillPardy]

Some of the continuity errors drive me nuts. It bugs the hell out of me that there is that scene in X3 where Prof. X (walking) and Magneto go and enroll Jean. Its just a huge glaring error... That being said I strike that as a fault in X3 since I loved First Class so much...

 

[JTStarkiller]

I saw it earlier tonight, was pretty excited after all of the rave reviews, and was pretty let down. McAvoy was great and Fassbender was stellar, as well as the actor who played Beast, but I unfortunately thought there were SO many weak elements: the young mutant scenes were terribly awkward to watch (the one in particular is where they are all showing each other their powers), and most of them looked like they lived in the 1960s (Alex in particular).

I'd say my biggest beef was that Emma Frost was a complete and utter waste of a character. I swear, January Jones looks like she has nothing going on in her head. Poor writing and her poor acting drove me nuts.

I really, REALLY wanted to love this film, and halfway through just found myself becoming very bored at times. Perhaps another viewing will change my mind. I'd put it well above The Last Stand and Wolverine, but nowhere near as good as X1 and X2.

 

[Figs]

Just got back from seeing this and I'm not sure what to rate it. The hype definitely got to me a little bit though.

I think I'll see it one more time before I give it a rating, I'm mixed on it.

 

[Gunga Diner]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t73/pig_****/1291934183893.jpg

That is the only response I can deliver at this time.

Golden ****ing standard.

 

[Russell Nash]

Although this movie is extremely entertaining, it's highly flawed on multiple levels. The high points of the movie are undoubtedly Kevin Bacon and Michael Fassbender. But they weren't good as as Sebastian Shaw and Magneto; instead they were perfect for Le Chiffre and James Bond respectfully.

This movie doesn't succeed in being an X-men movie on its own merits, but as a nostalgic homage to the 1960's James Bond films. It's an odd combination to see in a period piece film circa 1962. In fact, this is also where the film falters as well. The clothing, sayings and styles are all representative of the mid to late 1960's, not 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I think more than anything else, this film is being received well because of the similarities to the early Bond films.

The plot (wouldn't mutual hatred of mutants end the cold war?), secondary character interaction, search for mutant montage, and rushed pacing hurt the movie on many levels. This movie will earn Fox a lot of money in the next few weeks. The real question is where do they go from here? Ignore the past X-films? Or yet again walk the line between prequel and reboot?