X Men: First Class

In 1962, the United States government enlists the help of mutants with superhuman abilities to stop a malicious dictator who is determinded to start world war III (IMDB)

What did I love about this film? What didn't I love, being a huge X Men fan and a fan of pretty much the entire leading cast I was so excited about this film. The film gives us as an audience an insight into the past of some of our favourite X Men characters and how they came to be as we know, introducing a few character from the X Men comics that have not previously seen screen time. (I've actually only just learned about these as reading old X Men comics for college research :).) The film intertwines with parts of history such as Eriks time at concentration camps during Nazi Germany and a big event takes place bringing into account the nuclear was when the Americans had reason to believe the Russians had planted nuclear missiles in Cuba, bringing in mutants and their powers. At The heart of the film though is the relationship between Erik and Charles.

Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy are amazing as Erik (Magneto) and Charles. Each one alone, would have made the movie amaaazing, but together? #Forgetaboutit!

 (Yes I #ed a blog post.) Every step of the way, every scene, every emotion, these two men own the movie and watching their bromance is a treat from start to finish. Make no mistake about it, even when the world is on the brink of utter destruction what really matters is how these two men relate to one another. And when you watch the movie, you will care. Charles and Erik are fascinating characters. They debate and this allows the audience to debate endlessly about them and about who is right. As you watch you desperately wish they could stay friends, but you understand why they ultimately can't and know as a fan that has already seen the previous X Men films they won’t. Even if they themselves, in these early days, don't understand it yet. The supporting cast are excellent also, including Kevin Bacon and villain Sebastian Shaw, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique and January Jones as Emma Frost, all played their roles fantastically, although rather minor roles because the film is ultimately about establishing the origins between the relationship of Charles and Erik.