X-Men: First Class

[rosiedoes]

I've been waiting for this film, but I went into it not totally expecting it to be awesome.

The short of it: I was very pleasantly surprised. It's a much more rounded plot than Thor, and it serves well as the first film of an arc - enough exposition without being all exposition.

Plenty of slashigay for us to enjoy as well.

Planning on seeing it again, and that's all I'll say. Go see it.

Comments

[lillystars.livejournal.com]

Hey, is this the same X-Men with Wolverine and gang? There's pretty much only one X-men...just that I thought the last one where Jean died was the last one. Or maybe because it was so awful I thought it *should* have been the last one...but oh, now I may want to see this new one.

[rosiedoes.livejournal.com]

This is the prequel - set largely in the 60s. Definitely the same universe, though. :) If you like the original movies, you should definitely see these.

If you're into the boylove, you'll really like the origin of the Erik/Charles relationship.

[lillystars.livejournal.com]

Oh, you know I am. Hell, I SOB at the end of Brokeback Mountain every time. Will definitely go see this.

[edgiko.livejournal.com]

Erik/Charles? YAY! :D

[rosiedoes.livejournal.com]

It's practically canon. There's a point where it honestly appears that Charles is offering to toss Erik off to help him focus.

[purelush.livejournal.com]

I just saw it and drooled over Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence. They were both magnificently delicious. Not that everyone else sucked, but those two definitely stood out for me.