We have seen these types of movies before: Batman Begins, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but this one was different - you will not be disappointed. I liked it a lot. Now, I don't know a lick about the original X-Men comic book series, except for what I learned about the characters from the previous X-Men movies, so perhaps I may be alone.
I'm not going to go into detail about the whole story since the movie was 2 hours and 12 minutes, but I want to point out the outstanding job the writers did with this film. The first scene of this movie is almost identical to the first X-Men film, where Erik Lehnsherr is a young boy at a Nazi concentration camp where we see him bend the gates with his mind as he is separated from his parents. The great thing about this movie is that this film expands on this where the first film did not. We are introduced to Sebastian Shaw, played by none other than Kevin Bacon, who is a Nazi collaborator that experiments on mutants. He is the bad guy in this movie...for a while. We learn what makes Erik the human-hating person that he is as Magneto, while the story unfolds.
This film is a true "origins story" about how Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr meet and why they decide to work together, but then their interests change and they separate to create warring mutant factions (as we've seen in the later films.) The acting and casting were outstanding, as was the superb character introduction and backstory development. As an added bonus, the movie takes place in 1962, so there is plenty of short skirts, cleavage, and a lingerie party that was well...very enjoyable.
There are a plethora of superhero movies coming out this summer and, after the Thor debacle, this one definitely does not disappoint. If you are a fan of all the X-men movies, this one is definitely worth seeing. I give this one a solid B+.
From Sledge:
Hammer and I saw this movie together and I loved it as well. Might be the best of the series so far. I especially liked the flying, mutant stripper - nice touch. It was obvious that the writers spent a boat-load of time working the backstory for each of the main characters. They explained everything including how X was doomed to spend his life in the wheelchair (much like my Linkage novel's main character Drew), and how Erik ended up with his thought-protecting helmet. Even the origin of the cool X plane was written into a scene. One interesting note... They covered up a deep plot hole I spotted about Raven's age in this flick, which shows the writers put in the time to get it right. Well done. Go see it. Skip Thor. Skip Hangover 2.
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