X-Men First Class - Movie Review

X-Men First Class
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Starring:
               James McAvoy
               Michael Fassbender
               Kevin Bacon
               Jennifer Lawrence
               Zoe Kravitz

IMDB Summary:

Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN. Written by Twentieth Century Fox.

Here's what I think:
 
Prequels are always interesting, you either love them or you hate them. They always come after several installments have already been released and devoured by the public, then they decide to tell you the back story (instead of telling you in the very first installment in the first place).  The day before I saw X-Men First Class a guy in Best Buy (Reid) said "this is the best X-Men so far, it's awesome!"  Guess what?  I believed him, unfortunately.

I won't say I was entirely disappointed, but mostly.  The plot was slow to thicken, the characters were so-so, and the climax was...well anticlimactic. While James McAvoy is adorable and he does bring the young Professor X to life, I just couldn't help thinking that the entire movie was completely unnecessary. The previous installments tell you that Professor X and Magneto were once allies, friends, buddies, compadres...you get the picture.  So did we really need an entire movie to spell it out for us??  NO!  It wasn't entirely horrible, just slow.  There were a few action scenes that were cool, but nothing to make me oooh and ahhh. It just wasn't memorable for me.

If you are just plain old curious about how the "School for Gifted Youngsters" got its start by all means check out this movie.  If you just don't really care, I suggest you wait for the video release.