But please proceed to your nearest emergency exit (which is located for your convenience at the front and back of the plane) if you think I have any other negative thoughts on this film.
Rose Byrne is a perfect human being with her consistently worried facial expressions, and whomever cast January Jones as Emma Frost should be given all of the awards. Go home, other casting directors. Your work here is done.
The Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Romijn cameos were simultaneously delightful and saucy. Kevin Bacon's portrayal of Sebastian Shaw as the highly unlikable former Nazi was perfection, upstaged only by Michael Fassbender's hellbent Magneto.
Overall, X-Men: First Class was an intense and fun prequel to the X-Men series. And, uh, Michael Fassbender? Feel free to call me anytime you want to join the Mile High Club.
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Article comments
1 - Samwise
I understand your point about continuity, but I would strongly urge you not to use Brett Ratner's abysmal "Last Stand" as any kind of measuring stick. I've been trying to forget that movie ever since I had the misfortune of seeing it. Ratner took Singer's well-crafted franchise and just obliterated it.
By contrast, Vaughn's prequel elevates the X-Men franchise back to a place of respectability. I loved the first two X-Men, but "First Class" surpasses even those!