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    X-Men: First Class

    Movie » X-Men: First Class released on June 03, 2011.

    At a time when the world was first learning of mutants, Professor Xavier created a school where young mutants could learn to use their powers to help protect a world that hates and fears them. What adventures will the first class of X-Men face?

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    X-men: First Class Review

    I did not know how to react to this film. for me X-Men Origins: Wolverine was the last straw for how much they butchered Deadpool, which I refer to as my Bat Credit Card (see Nostalgia Critic). I saw previews for this and saw who was going to be in it, the mutants, the setting and after watching it despite continuity errors,  plot holes, and the big changes to certain characters especially with Havok, Banshee, Moira Mactaggert. and Emma Frost...I liked it 
     
    I think this  would make me happier if this film was a reboot, that way I can forgive most of it and standing alone, forgetting about most of the previous films, It is great. I love the character development of Magneto/ Erik (or is it Max now?) where we can actually understand why he does what he does, despite him being a villain eventually. I can see why he has his motives and wants the same things as Charles Xavier, but through more aggressive methods. Mystique was given so much better character development than she had in the other films. I especially loved the hilarious cameo of Wolverine/Logan.
     
    It is the best of the X-men films and X2 is second for me.  
     
    There are however some problems that I had  
     

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    The source of these problems are the previous films and these wouldn't bother me if this film was a reboot, but it doesn't seem to be. but standing alone, it is an amazing film.
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      X-Men: First Class by dark_noldor on June 05, 2011

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