Here is My Movie Review of X-Men First Class

 

    Here is My Movie Review of X-Men First Class 

    So basically what happened is that it showed you the origin story of Erik Lyncher and how He started to despise the human race and wanted mutants to be the dominant race And he's basically a Nazi hunter and he wants revenge on this Nazi named Klaus Schmidt later of the Hellfire Club for killing his mother and it also the origin of how Magneto and Charles became friends. and that's basically what the story is for this movie. 

    The acting in this movie is Good. But I think most of the actors really miss cast as these characters. 

    James McAvoy as Charles Xavier / Professor. I still think he does a good job as this character. I still think he is really smart. The chemistry between him and Michael Fassbender is probably the best thing about this movie.  But my problem is I think James McAvoy is too young to play Charles. I still think you need someone like Jude Law who is older to be Charles.  I don't like how in this movie they make Charles funny by making him crack jokes because Charles Is one of those  characters who is very very serious and doesn't crack any funny jokes. I would say the thing I enjoy the most in this movie is the friendship and then eventually rivalry between Charles Xavier and Magneto. 

   However the absolute big standout of the entire film is  Michael Fassbender as Erik Lyncher / Magneto. What makes Erik Lyncher / Magneto such a terrific character that you can understand what he's going through he had to watch his mother die in front of him by the hands of Sebastian Shaw and he believes that mutants should be the dominant race because humans are mistreating them by killing them and discriminating against them. Now is Michael Fassbender as good as Ian McAllen from the original X-Men movies? Well no because Ian McKellen would always be magneto to me. but I did think Michael Fassbender still does a terrific job as the character and you can tell he is having fun in the role.

 

   January Jones as Emma Frost. I don't think she did a great job as this character. I felt like she did this movie just so her character can look attractive. I just feel like January Jones is just bored in this movie. Emma Frost just feels bored with Sebastian Shaw's plans. 

    Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Dark Heart /Mystique. I still think she does a really bad job as this character. The biggest problem that I have with mystique is that they make her way too nice in the movies and that's not what Mystique is.  Mystique is supposed to be a violent/seductive villain. the original Mystique played by Rebecca Romijn was so much better because she was scary and seductive at the same time. 

    Caleb Landry Jones. Cassidy / Banshee. I still think he tries his best to give a good performance. But I think he was miscast because Banshee is not supposed to be American. He's supposed to be Irish. I think the studio should have cast Colin Farrell as Banshee in this movie because he is Irish in real life and he can use his Irish accent in the film. 

    Kevin Bacon plays Sebastian Shaw In the film. I have to say he did an okay job as the character. But The problem is they get the character of Sebastian Shaw completely wrong because in this film they make him into a Nazi which that did not happen in the original comics he was not German He was actually from Massachusetts. Also for some reason his accent kind of goes back and forth 1 minute he had the German accent and then the next minute he had like a southern accent and I'm here thinking are they trying to cast Billy Bob Thornton as Sebastian Shaw because I feel like that's what they were trying to do while making the film. Now I will say this he is not as bad as Ewan McGregor Black Mask from Birds of prey because at least Kevin Bacon was trying to give a good performance unlike Ewan McGregor who wasn't even trying with his performance. I still think they should have casted Liev Schreiber in the role because I think he looks like Sebastian Shaw in real life He would have fit the character perfectly and he probably would've given a much better performance than Kevin Bacon did in the film. Now I will admit the scene where Sebastian Shaw dies was a really great scene with Magneto sending the coin through Sebastian Shaw's head and Killian in the process that is one of the best X-Men movie villain deaths ever.  Fun fact actors like Bryan Cranston and Colin First were both considered to play Sebastian Shaw.

    The directing by Matthew Vaughn. I do have mixed feelings about his directing I still think He does a great job of expanding Magneto's origin. But I wish that he made Sebastian Shaw more accurate to the comics.  

So in conclusion I do still think this is a very overrated marvel film but at the same time there are some stuff I enjoy about it like the friendship between Charles Xavier and Magneto is the highway of the entire film. I do think the climax of this movie was really fun. But in my opinion I don't think it is as good as the final battle in X-Men or even X2 X-Men United. but again Kevin Bacon as much as he is trying as Sebastian Shaw he is still not the right choice to play him I think that should have some like Brian Cranston or Liev Schreiber. I still think if you enjoy x-Men Days of Future Past you might enjoy this one For me I think this film is decent I give this movie a 7/10.