Movie Review: X-Men "First Class"

X-Men First Class

Directed by Michael Vaughn

Produced by Gregory Goodman, Simon Kinberg,

Lauren Shuler Donner & Bryan Singer

Story by Sheldon Turner and Bryan Singer

Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, January Jones, Kevin Bacon

Jennifer Lawrence, Rose Byrne, and Oliver Platt

Run Time: 132 minutes

This year's summer superhero extravaganza continues with Matthew Vaughn's X-Men trilogy prequel.

I just happen to watch this yesterday and this is what I have to say: X-Men First Class has to be the best Marvel movie I have ever seen in years - in terms of depth.

Yes, I said it. Even better than the first Iron Man and the first Thor movie last month.

X-Men First Class mixes colorful American history, great storytelling, compelling acting, character development and simple-yet-astonishing special effects to create a fun, smart, and emotionally engaging action-drama about mutants trying to find their own niche in the world during the 1960s Cuban missile crisis of World War II. 

Four Mutants Showcase Their Powers In New "X-Men: First Class" Videos

X-Men: First Class has received a lot of good reviews lately, so it just makes sense for Marvel Studios and 20th Century Fox to put their hype/promotional machine to an even higher gear by releasing four never-before-seen clips from the movie featuring Emma Frost (January Jones), Magneto (Michael Fassbender), Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence),  Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon) and other mutants showcasing the badasserry of their mutant abilities.

My favorite clip would be the one below that shows a sexy Mystique getting physical with Magneto... well, sort of.





Damn, I can't wait to watch this movie and see Jennifer Lawrence's uber-hotness.

I would have loved to put all four videos here, but due to some kind of embedding problem, you have to go over directly to this link: http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167385-four-new-clips-from-x-men-first-class

X-Men: First Class, charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. 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.

X-Men: First Class hits the screens on June 3. 


[from ComicsAlliance via SuperHeroHype]


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New Theatrical Trailer For 'X-Men: First Class'

New trailer. More action.

Sporting new scenes featuring the young mutant team using their powers in the 60s and some great CGI effects, it looks like the movie is gonna take us to a whole new X-perience.  Get ready for some blasting mutant badassery after the jump.

Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, and January Jones and directed by Matthew Vaughn, X-Men: First Class hits theaters on June 3. 


[via Yahoo! Movies]

Class Begins: X-Men First Class Teaser Trailer

At last, I finally got to see Wesley freakin' Gibson turn into the most powerful telepath in comic book history!

I'm a little bit late on posting this, but better late than never. I have been refreshing my  xmenmovies' facebook page for the whole day to catch the first ever trailer of Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class and I my wait was rewarded. In less than 2 minutes, I was able to see some pretty sick and high-octane badassery that I screamed and screamed like a 7 year old hearing the familiar X-Men cartoon intro. I'm just overreacting, but seriously - the trailer looks pretty good!

The film is set in the 1960s, and will show us the origins of the famous mutant team before they even became the X-Men while focusing on the early friendship and irreconcilable differences between Charles (Xavier) and Erik (Magneto) that eventually led them to create their own respective mutants groups.

Film stars James McAvoy (Charles Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Rose Byrne (Moira MacTaggert), January Jones (Emma Frost), Jason Flemyng (Azazel), Nicholas Hoult (Beast), and Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique).