X-Men: First Class

I don’t like this poster because it’s missing Banshee and Riptide

I wanted to write this as a sort of movie review but I didn’t really know how to start it so it’s just going to be what I liked and didn’t like about the movie. I’m pretty sure my dislikes list will end up being bigger than my likes (they almost always are) but that’s because it’s easier to point out the negatives. No Spoilers

Things I didn’t like

- I don’t think there was enough character development, I wanted to get to know a bit more about the mutants

- Certain things were too rushed and seemed to sum up too well at the ending

- There wasn’t enough screen time for Charles Xavier, yes I know he was in it quite a bit but the whole film seemed to focus more on Erik/Magneto. I personally find Xavier's character more interesting

- I still have questions about certain things that happened, I don’t understand how it happened or why they didn’t do certain things

- This isn’t necessarily something I didn’t like, more something I found strange. I don’t know if it was just me but Magento’s accent seemed to change into an Irish accent at the end of the film.

- I don’t think I liked Jennifer Lawrence as Raven/Mystique

- The character Angel Salvador I don't really know why. Her mutant name was supposed to be Tempest because the mutant Angel is actually a male mutant who has angel wings so the name was fitting. I don't know why she was called Tempest in the comics, she should have been called Dragonfly or something

- The romantic pairing were completely off and seemed to come out of nowhere

- My ship didn’t work out when they clearly had the most chemistry

Things I liked

- The general plot of the film

- Charles Xavier’s personality

- The “Between rage and serenity” scene but this scene totally should have ended with a kiss

- James McAvoy

- Michael Fassbender

- Nicholas Hoult in glasses

- The scenes when Charles and Erik are recruiting

--The training scenes

- Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Romijn cameos

- Michael Fassbender’s pants

- All the Charles/Erik scenes

- Michael Fassbender in a wetsuit

- The sad scene at the end (So damn close to crying but I controlled myself)

- Everything else in the movie

Yes there were a few flaws but overall I think it was a great movie. I was reading imdb boards about it and people keep saying to consider this as a reboot instead of a prequel and that it’s been changed from the comics. I’ve been reading a bit about the comic book characters and it’s really interesting, the films have changed the characters so much but this always happens like with the Spiderman films. I hope they make a sequel to X-Men First Class. I rate it an 8 out of 10. I recommend people to watch it, I’m currently still obsessing over it.

No banshee or Riptide again

They're so perfect!

-Scissorhands