Big Dick McGee
If you don't know, now ya know
I'll be honest, I really wasn't up on the buzz for this movie; I knew January Jones was playing Emma Frost, but that was it. So this wasn't a must-see for me. A couple of weeks ago I found out that James McAvoy was playing Charles Xavier, and that intruiged me. Plus, my older son wanted to see it, because on Nick they're marketing it all about the young mutants.
So we went to an early matinee this morning, and I was blown away. Man, was it good! Aside from a terribly miscast Jones, everyone gives a crackling performance. Especially McAvoy, and the stellar Michael Fassbender. I'm not giving anything away, but if you ever imagined Magneto as an ass-kicking Nazi hunter, well this is your movie. Seriously, Fassbender is amazing.
Setting the movie in the 60's was a stroke of genius. It allows us to see Charles and Erik in an entirely different light, back when they were swingin' dudes, and the best of friends.
There are also a ccouple of cameos that are great, and one "OH MY GOD!" moment at the climax of the film.
I am verly close to calling this the best X-Men movie. I give a slight edge to X2, but this movie is damned close. Anyone else see it?
So we went to an early matinee this morning, and I was blown away. Man, was it good! Aside from a terribly miscast Jones, everyone gives a crackling performance. Especially McAvoy, and the stellar Michael Fassbender. I'm not giving anything away, but if you ever imagined Magneto as an ass-kicking Nazi hunter, well this is your movie. Seriously, Fassbender is amazing.
Setting the movie in the 60's was a stroke of genius. It allows us to see Charles and Erik in an entirely different light, back when they were swingin' dudes, and the best of friends.
There are also a ccouple of cameos that are great, and one "OH MY GOD!" moment at the climax of the film.
I am verly close to calling this the best X-Men movie. I give a slight edge to X2, but this movie is damned close. Anyone else see it?