X-Men: First Ass

As a big fan of the three X-Men movies and somewhat a fan of Wolverine Origins, this movie made me cringe. Many people who are fans of the original comics and/or the tv cartoon will find glaring inaccuracies. Of course this isn't always a terrible thing. It wouldn't make any damn sense if an alien popped out of nowhere and threw a rock at professor x. I admit that at times changing the plot for the sake of making a better movie can be a good thing.

I think the real problem I had with it was how hokey everything was. In the original movies everything wasn't ridiculously dumbed down like in this one. Through X3 there was perhaps a small introduction to a character and their powers were later revealed in a not so showoffy way. Half this movie was people showing off what they could do and acting cool. I guess it can be argued that it's because they were younger and that's how younger people act, but it gets old after a while of it.

With that being said, some of the movie is pretty cool. The visual effects are really good. If you are a fan of X-Men then the fact that they act the entire time like you've never heard of X-Men shouldn't bother you too much. Just being able to see your favorite character doing what they do should make it worth it to watch it at least once. While on the subject of favorite characters, Professor X is one of mine. James McAvoy is a huge doucher in almost everything he's in so I was pretty disappointed that he had the role. He's obviously Scottish as well. Michael Fassbender is ok as Magneto except for his accent and Kevin Bacon seemed like a strange choice.

If you are a fan of X-Men and believe like me that having more movies is better than not having any more, then give it a shot and see if the discrepancies and childishness outweigh the thrills.