This is not the X-Men.There were once plans to do a series of X-Men Origins movies. Wolverine and Magneto were to be the first. Wolverine's got made, while Magneto's ended up becoming this film. Much of the film focuses on Magneto's journey and the events that shaped him into the villain we know, but it's mashed together with a "First Class" story which is really more of a New Mutants story masquerading as X-Men. A Magneto Origins movie could have been interesting. A New Mutants spinoff movie would have been acceptable. But to take that and call it the founding origins of the X-Men? Blasphemy, and all-around disrepectful of its source material. On top of the fact that these are not the founding members, Moira MacTaggert and Banshee are suddenly not scottish and irish (respectively), Mystique suddenly has a history with Xavier, Alex Summers has been turned into Scott Summers'...what... Dad? and the rest of the characters are lame and forgettable rehashes - a red Nightcrawler, a female Angel...But let's ignore for a moment that they've completely pissed on the X-Men mythology from the comics, and even the continuity of their own films. Let's just look at this movie as its own entity. Still a mess. James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender are sufficient in their roles, even if McAvoy just spends 90% of the film with his hand on his temple, and Fassbender spends it slipping in and out of his accent. Jennifer Lawrence is horribly miscast - not to mention bland and boring - as Mystique (Rebecca Romijn she's not), and January Jones continues her reign as the WORST ACTRESS in the history of film. How did she get this job? It certainly isn't her acting ability, and she's not even attractive!Top all this off with a lame 60's period setting and you have the least interesting entry in the X-Men movie series so far. Is it all bad? No, there's some decent action sequences, and a great (very brief) cameo that provides a big laugh. It's just not the X-Men.Let's hope this is a one-off movie, and they come back to the present for future films, because really... who wants to see the further adventures of Banshee, Havoc, and Beast? Give us back our Wolverine, Colossus, Kitty Pride, etc...
October 26, 2010
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