X Men First Class

Honestly, the title says pretty much everything you need to know. This is, quite simply, a first class X Men movie.

It was the best X I’ve ever had. It rocks. (It’s still cool to say “rocks” right? Good, good)

The original idea of the film was to be “X-Men Origins: Magneto,” and the final product didn’t stray too far from that. Sure, there’s a little bit on Prof X and the creation of the X-Men concept, but Magneto is pure class and easily steals the limelight.

We open with the scene from the first X movie, with Magneto in the concentration camp, ripping apart a metal gate to get to his mum. Only this time we get to see what happens next...
...Magneto is taken into a room and introduced to the villain of the film: Sebastian Shaw!

...yeah, I had no idea who he was either, don’t feel bad.

Anyway, Sebastian is very interested in seeing more of Magneto’s powers. Unfortunately, Mini-Mag can’t control his powers yet and Sebastian is unimpressed. To help Magneto focus, Sebastian points a gun at his mum...

...then pulls the trigger.

And so we have the setting of our tale: Magneto’s quest for vengeance.

It rocks!

Some other stuff happens to, nuclear war, end of humanity, etc. We also see a little of Prof X’s kiddiehood. Turns out he was a bit of a jerk. Same goes for Beast. But don’t worry, none of that gets in Magneto’s way.

Did I mention it rocks?