{"id":121,"date":"2016-07-23T16:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T23:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2017-09-10T16:09:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T22:09:32","slug":"movie-x-men-first-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/23\/movie-x-men-first-class\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: X-Men – First Class (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"X-MenX-Men: First Class
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2011
\nRating: PG-13
\nLength: 132 minutes \/ 2.2 hours<\/p>\n

While prequels always hold the distinction of being the one type of movie that you know\u00a0<\/em>how it will end, seeing how they get there is certainly entertaining. Much like the Star Wars\u00a0<\/em>prequels gave us a point before the original trilogy to learn more about the background of the characters, the X-Men<\/em> prequels manage to do this, but with a much better result. My only major qualm with prequel trilogies is that, while the mainstays of the franchise were there in terms of characters, the only ones who maintained their actor from the first set of movies were relegated to cameo appearances. This is only heightened by my opinion that the original X-Men<\/em> trilogy\u2019s cast was perfect in almost every way. That being said, with the prequel trilogy now complete, the younger cast has definitely grown on me as well, James McAvoy\u2019s Xavier being my favorite of the prequel group.<\/p>\n

Because X-Men: First Class<\/em> starts well in the past, it does follow the \u201corigin story\u201d plot, not only of its main players like Professor Xavier (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender), but of the start of the X-Men themselves. What\u2019s also nice about this is, because it occurs in the historical past, a certain element of \u201caltered history\u201d is present to make the whole plot feel somewhat more anchored in reality. It was also fun to see the X-Men in the trappings of the 1960\u2019s as well.<\/p>\n

Of course, since this film came out more than a decade after X-Men<\/a><\/em> (2000), the visual effects were certainly better than they had been. I appreciate the work Matthew Vaughn<\/a> brought to this series as well. He\u2019s no Bryan Singer, but his directing was at least better than Brett Ratner.<\/p>\n

With a retro feel and some flashy effects, this prequel was an entertaining film to watch. I give X-Men: First Class <\/em>4.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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