X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class (2011)
Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, and Jennifer Lawrence
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
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Grade: A++

I love all of the X-Men movies. It's one of my favorite trilogies of all time. This is the best one of all. Not only that, it's the best movie I've seen this year (tied with Battle: LA and Super 8). Charles Xavier (McAvoy), before he becomes Professor X, is a normal guy on the outside, but what no one sees is that he's a mutant. He can not only read other people's minds but can see what has happened to them. Raven (Lawrence), before she was Mystique, was Charles' childhood friend. They meet Erik Lehnsherr (Fassbender), before he becomes Magneto. A friendship begins to form between Charles and Erik as they search for other mutants using a device called Cerebro invented by Hank McCoy (played by Nicholas Hoult), who will later become Beast. They find Angel (played by Zoe Kravitz), Darwin (played by Edi Gathegi), Banshee (played by Caleb Jones), and, my favorite, Havok (played by Lucas Till). Together, they set out to stop Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon), who is trying to start WWIII. Kevin Bacon plays a good bad guy, as does January Jones (she's awesome.) Michael Fassbender is great. Jennifer Lawrence is wonderful, as usual. James McAvoy is the scene stealer in this movie, even outdoing Patrick Stuart.