X-Men First Class First Class

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Call Number: Blu-ray Action X-Men
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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James McAvoy, Rose Byrne, Kevin Bacon, Michael Fassbender, January Jones, Oliver Platt.
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their superhuman powers for the first time, working together in a desperate attempt to stop the Hellfire Club and a global nuclear war.
Blu-ray ; 5.1 DTS-HD master audio (English), 5.1 Dobly digital (Spanish, French) ; widescreen (2.35:1) ; requires Blu-ray player.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Awesome submitted by mysterio on August 11, 2011, 8:34am Awesome

Very Cool submitted by mingtecheng on June 17, 2012, 2:25pm Very cool movie

Discrepancies submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on August 12, 2013, 11:33am X Men fans may like, but not love "First Class," which tells the story of how Charles Xavier and Magneto met and brought together the first group of mutants.

Most of the movie is set in the 1960s and portrays the sexism of the era. However, the film makers nonetheless depict characters in a sexist way (such as one woman losing her memories due to a really good kiss, or another woman throwing herself at Magneto). One would hope for something better in a movie released in 2011. The film also has very few actors of color.

Hard core fans might wonder about the discrepancies between this film and the original X Men trilogy. For example, "First Class" has a different story like for how Charles Xavier's spinal cord became injured and when he and Magneto parted ways. One also wonders how Xavier managed to keep his school a secret if the FBI already knew that he led the mutants and housed them in his mansion (whose address the FBI already had).

In all, "First Class" is OK as mindless entertainment, but still leaves a lot to be desired.

Best Xmen Film submitted by DownesS on June 21, 2014, 10:27am I liked this film in the X-men series the best of all the films, including the most recent one in the theaters (Days of Futures Past). The acting and the action is superb. Highly recommended.

X-Men submitted by tbbrown76 on July 3, 2014, 1:52pm Comic books and movies don't always mesh. That's okay. Still good entertainment.

Decent but not great submitted by asopijw65 on July 20, 2015, 11:20pm Didn't love this film. Only watched it because I am a fan of the XMen. This movie was cheesy and felt disjointed and incomplete. Try to watch with no expectations.

Xmen submitted by tshish on August 5, 2015, 8:40pm Like the movie. Funny part was scene with wolverine.

One of the better X-Men movies. submitted by KJRULEZ on July 25, 2016, 9:45pm X-Men movies have been... disappointing in the past, but this movie gives these characters a second chance. Magneto and Charles Xavier in particular have great character development.

great submitted by yenkong on July 11, 2017, 11:19am One of my favorite X-men films.

X-Men First Class First Class submitted by lstorc on August 6, 2018, 3:11am It didn't feel like a Marvel film, but it was good

X-Men First Class First Class submitted by yufamily on August 15, 2022, 8:55pm Loved the wolverine.