X-Men: First Class = love! Mostly spoiler free thoughts...

What a great flick.

I've seen the first three movies a bunch of times, but going into this I didn't know anything about it other than one trailer I saw that told me X-Men: Only Younger. So the cast, a fantastic James McAvoy among others were all a surprise to me. Course the boy's favorite part was when a Certain Cameo Someone dropped the eff bomb. "Did he just say #u*&?"

Er. Yes? And was met by a giggling giddy audience.

PG-13 movies are so inconsistent. Sometimes they are fine and other times…not so much. Anyway, aside from a couple eyes-covering-ears covering moments, we were happily getting our latest addition of X-Men on.

A definite highlight was Michael Fassbender take on Magneto's compelling-and horrific-back story, bursting his character to life in such a way I couldn't not root for the guy even as he was maybe not making the best ethical choices. Kevin Bacon was appropriately evil as overtly Nazi/Shapeshifter, and the rest of the supporting cast made good use of their time. 

A magnetic Eric/Magneto and the lovely James McAVoy as Charles Xavier/Prof X. 

I hadn't realized Jennifer Lawrence (who, since being cast as Katniss in the upcoming Hunger Games movie is Everywhere) was in it. Her ID only clicked with me halfway through. (She plays shapeshifter Mystique or, as I identified her in my head, Holy blue alien boobs, Batman!)

[image error]Fabulous cast. Emma Frost was, for me, the only questionable casting. Maybe it was because she reminded me of Kristen Wiig?

Really, Kev? Can't you shop anywhere for me besides Victoria Secret?

S eriously, though. When she delivered her lines she looked/sounded just like the fantabulous Ms. Wiig.

It wasn't her. Was it? 

At any rate, go seeeee it!

It rocks.

What fun to see a new generation of X-Philes getting into my favorite superhero story!