X-Men: First Class - First Reactions

By Mark Clark /

OWF had the opportunity to watch a preview of X-Men: First Class yesterday and although full reviews are embargoed until the 25th first reactions have been gramted... Simply put I loved it. It's a superior, exciting, and intelligent comic book movie. James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender are brilliant (Fassbender in particular - he is if you'll excuse the pun, magnetic), and beyond the movie's expected grand action Matthew Vaughn has managed to instill X-Men: First Class with a real emotional core, complexity and a huge amount of style. Taking the X-universe back to its 60's roots was a stroke of Bryan Singer inspired genius. There's a classic cameo, and plenty of new faces. Basically I pretty much stopped taking notes after the first 15 minutes as I just wanted to sit back and enjoy... Read the full official review on May 25th.