'X-Men: First Class' looks stellar in 1080p. No need to worry though, because whichever one you pick the artwork from the other cover is actually printed on the back. You can get the one with Magneto and the bad band of mutants on the front, or a slipcover with Xavier and his band of mutants. It should be noted, for slipcover fans, that there are two choices for slipcovers at the present time. 'X-Men: First Class' was an unexpected treat.Ģ0th Century Fox has released 'First Class' on a 50-GB Blu-ray Disc and packaged it together with a Digital Copy in a standard Blu-ray keepcase. That scene between him and Charles, where he's trying to move the satellite dish is moving, touching, and proof of what a good actor can accomplish in something like a superhero summer blockbuster. Fassbender, especially, is what really makes this film what it is. What could they do that we hadn't already seen? That answer lies in the performances of McAvoy and Fassbender. I'm a huge fan of 'First Class.' I didn't think that there would be much to it because we've already had so many 'X-Men' films come before. Every time she's on screen she totally removes you from the very real, very entertaining drama going on. Chief among them being the inclusion of Angel (Zoë Kravitz) who is quite possibly the lamest mutant since Kid Omega (Ken Leung) in 'Last Stand.' Angel sports dorky insect wings and spits fiery loogies at her enemies. 'First Class' isn't without its faults though. He's one of those villains who'd travel to the arctic in his submarine just for ice (which he does). He's got his plans of world domination, his minions that follow his every whim, and he's even got his very own personal submarine to cruise around the globe on. He's so deliciously over the top in a Bond-villain type of way. Kevin Bacon, as the villain, probably gives one of the most enjoyable performances I've witnessed this year. We understand his hatred, and when the time comes for him to part ways with Xavier, we don't begrudge him. It's easy to empathize with Erik, since we can only imagine the horrors of living in a concentration camp. 'First Class' works on a human level, even though we're dealing with super-humans.
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Infusing it into real world, historical events lends the movie an added layer of dramatics that's sorely lacking in many superhero movies. What's so fun about Vaughn's new 'X-Men' movie is how it so deftly tells the origin stories of our favorite X-Men, all the while telling its own unique tale. Trying to hunt down Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon), the man who killed his mother. His story began in the Nazi concentration camps and now he's out for revenge. There are others out there though, like Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender) a man who can control magnetic fields. He knows of Raven (Jennifer Lawrence), a blue woman who can transform into any other person. He knows he has the ability to read and control minds, but he doesn't know how many other mutants are out there. That's where the mutants come in.Ĭharles Xavier (James McAvoy) is only a young man now, studying genetic mutations. The United States and Russia are on the brink of nuclear annihilation. It's the 60s and the world is afraid of nuclear war. The way director Matthew Vaughn and his crew seamlessly integrate the origins of the X-Men into real history is a daring but very fun way to keep the stories fresh. It's tough to do a period piece about characters we only really know in their modern day forms. Not only is it the best "superhero" movie, but it's a damn good movie to boot, one that isn't afraid to take a modern tale like the 'X-Men' and travel back in time with it. It's my opinion that 'X-Men: First Class' eclipsed all those other superhero movies and stands atop the summer superhero heap as the best comic book movie of 2011. Like most summers, there were some that were better than others. This summer saw its fair share of superhero movies.
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