X-Men: First Class

9.2/10 stinky bananas

X-Men: First Class is an exceptional reboot to a beloved franchise. It's better than any of the X-Men movies that came before it.

They fucking nailed the recasting of the original characters. James McAvoy and Jennifer Lawrence are both great as Professor X and Mystique. The best of them all is Michael Fassbender. He is unbelievable as Magneto. I would've never guessed someone could come close to touching Ian McKellen's performance, but Fassbender may have him beat.

Kevin Bacon is excellent as the antagonist. I don't know why, but Kevin Bacon is great at being a smug asshole. Maybe it's his face.

There are so many awesome scenes in this movie, and I'm going to list my favourites in point form because I want to and I can:

• Magneto hunting down Nazi's fucking rules, the bar scene in particular is incredible.

• Assembling the mutants is great (Wolverine cameo is iconic).

• The Hellfire Club invading the CIA compound is an excellent piece of superpowered action.

• Training montage is fun.

• The final act is fucking fantastic, Magneto goes on a tear:

  • Magneto lifts the sub out of the water

  • Magneto kills Kevin Bacon with a Nazi coin

  • Magneto reverses the missiles on the Americans and Soviets

X-Men: First Class is an excellent movie. Don't be dumb, just go watch it.