One that nails the characters motivations and mindsets in a refreshing but respectful and realistic way. Matthew Vaughn transitioned what was originally planned as a Magneto origin story into a wonderfully balanced comic-book adaptation. Overall, First Class makes good with its new cast and setting. In fact, my favorite part of the film involves Charles & Erik recruiting, and subsequently training everyone. Everyone has their own arc and moment to shine. But even as much as these characters could have felt like throwaway characters, Vaughn managed to build them into the story in a creative way. No one was really asking for characters like Azazel, Riptide, Angel Salvadore, Havoc, Darwin, Banshee, or even more Mystique. Going back to the fun stuff though, the rest of the mutants are made up of mostly throw away heroes and villains. This film and Days of Future Past nail the relationship between those two more so than any X-Men film to date. But it uses it in a way that doesn't exploit that event, instead, gives a reason for there to be tension between Charles & Erik. It was directed by Matthew Vaughn and produced by Bryan Singer, and. It is the fourth mainline installment in the X-Men film series and the fifth installment overall. First Class is set in the 60's, and uses the Cuban Missile Crisis as the film's climatic sequence. 353.6 million 6 X-Men: First Class (stylized on-screen as X: First Class) is a 2011 American superhero film based on the X-Men characters appearing in Marvel Comics. Something the new trilogy of X-Men films does incredibly well is use the decade the films are set in to enhance the overall story they were going for. Much like the film itself, McAvoy and Fassbender put their own spin on the characters, but bring enough similarity in their performance to understand the connective tissue between the pairs. Perhaps, some would say that the two of them have outdone their counterparts, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan (I, myself being one of those people). I don't think we could have dreamed of a better pairing to take over the roles of Professor X and Magneto than James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender. Luckily, casting was something 20th Century Fox had no problem with. Setting an X-Men film in the 1960's meant having to recast all of the recurring characters. Vaughn does a wonderful job balancing the two. But there's something to be said for a mutant story that poses similar thought provoking questions and themes like before, while also making a fun adventure out of it. The original X-Men trilogy took itself very seriously and rightfully so.
Up to this point, I liked most of the X-Men films, but even the people who have loved the series would say that there wasn't much "fun" to be had. In large part, the strengths of the film lie with Matthew Vaughn's direction. Even though the continuity has since been mingled with even more, this film did such a great job of resetting the universe without tarnishing what came before. There are a lot of great things about First Class, but I think the one that sticks out to me the most (even after years and tons of viewings) is that it works as both a reboot and prequel.
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