A MARVEL-LOUS COMIC FOR ALL AGES!

x men-first class - a comic book becomes a celluloid comic book. A number of comic books have been made into films in the recent past "Superman, Batman,Thor, X-Men and now an X-Men prequel. From A to Z, I mean A to X the film is racy, pacey and with a lot of content. 

ONELINER

In 1962, Charles Xavier starts up a school and later a team, for humans with superhuman abilities. Among them is Erik Lensherr, his best friend... and future archenemy.

BASIC PLOT

Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN. 

The director Matthew Vaughn has in my opinion bettered the previousX-Men. This is  a rare phenomenon indeed i n making prequels/sequels. It is a typical super hero film surcharged with special effects and breathtaking action scenes using all the five elements-Air,fire,wind,water and ether but the one major addition is the content. It has enough content to keep you glued to the screen. James McAvoy,Michael Fassbender,Jennifer Lawrence,Kevin Bacon, have all performed giving each other enough space therby enhancing the value of the film as a whole. The film starts in the year 1944 during the German occupation of Poland and moves on to 1962 which happens to be the present. In fact some actual footage of JFK is shown in black and white to clearly state this fact but my one major problem with this was that the entire setting of the film shown in colour appears rather futuristic in fact parts of the film resembles an era even beyond 2011. Other than this i enjoyed this film and more than anything else the director has to be complimented for creating a marvel "lous" comic for all ages.

PS. Hugh Jackman makes a guest appearance and guess what! Received a thunderous applause from the Chennai audience! Indian heroes better beware-Hollywood heroes are fast catching up!

xyz for now. Until next time,

hc