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JUN 15, 2011


'X-Men: First Class' FILM
'X-Men: First Class'

Rejoice, geeks: We have been given another good X-Men movie! Director Matthew Vaughn's prequel smartly ignores the heartbreak of Brett Ratner's X-Men: The Last Stand and whatever the fuck happened during X-Men Origins: Wolverine. In many ways, Vaughn even improves on Bryan Singer's X-Men and X2 by adding a stylish, 1960s-inspired James Bond flair to the superheroic angst. Nuanced performances from James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender as BFFs (with benefits?) Professor X and Magneto keep us fascinated as a creepy Kevin Bacon tries to explode the world. It's the best summer movie of 2011 so far. (See Movie Times: thestranger.com/film) by Paul Constant

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Kinison 1
The only problem I suspect will emerge from this X-Men College Years prequel, that the next two movies will crash and burn just like the original trilogy. Then we'll have to go back even further with X-Men Jr High Years.
Posted by Kinison http://www.holgatehawks.com on June 15, 2011 at 11:09 AM · Report
Danger 2
Except that, IMHO, every character is totally transparent and uninteresting. And that the movie is 5/6ths exposition. Even when Dr. X becomes paraplegic it's hard to care. Even the other characters don't really seem to care much.

Maybe the best of the year, but still pretty damn bland.
Posted by Danger on June 15, 2011 at 12:15 PM · Report

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