Charles Xavier and his adopted sister, Raven, join the CIA in former Nazi scientist, Sebastian Shaw, where they meet one of his victims, Erik Lehnsherr. Charles and Erik join forces to recruit other mutants to help battle Shaw who is a mutant himself. Together they form the X-Men until philsophical differences split them apart. This is a second prequel to the live action X-Men movies.
Cast:
James McAvoy.......Charles Xavier (Professor X)
Michael Fassbender....Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto)
Rose Byrne........................Moira MacTaggert
Jennifer Lawrence...............Raven (Mystique)
Nicholas Hoult.................Hank McCoy (Beast)
Caleb Landry Jones.......Sean Cassidy (Banshee)
Lucas Till......................Alex Summers (Havok)
Edi Gathegi...............Armando Muñoz (Darwin)
Kevin Bacon..........................Sebastian Shaw
Álex González........................Janos (Riptide)
Jason Flemyng.................................Azazel
January Jones..........................Emma Frost
Zöe Kravitz.........................Angel Salvadore
Quotes:
Amy: First you proposition a girl and then you call her deformed. How is that seduction technique working for you?
Charles: I'll tell you in the morning.
Erik: Let's just say I'm Frankenstein's monster and I'm looking for my creator.
Erik: What an adorable lab rat you make, Charles.
Charles: Don't spoil this for me, Erik.
Erik: Excuse me, I'm Erik Lehnsherr.
Charles: Charles Xavier.
Wolverine: Go fuck yourselves.
Striker: Times like this security is more important than liberty. There's a war coming, John.
John: Yes, but a war with who?
Emma Frost: Excellent question though I wouldn't call it a war exactly. That suggests both sides stand an equal chance at winning.
Banshee: You're sure this will work?
Hank: Anything's possible. I based the design...
Charles: Hank, stop talking.
Charles: You know, I believe that true focus lies somewhere between rage and serenity.
Erik: Peace was never an option.
Charles: They're just following orders.
Erik: I've been at the mercy of men just following orders. Never again.
Comments:
So far I've only read two of the X-Men series, X-Force and Wolverine: First Class, and watched two of the animated series, The Amazing X-Men and X-Men: Evolution. I think that combined with all 5 of the movies has left me with some questions about continuity within the story lines and confused me quite a bit. I still loved X-Men: First Class though and hope they continue on with life action movies of the X-Men story. Also, as much as I like James McAvoy, I still don't like Charles Xavier. I think he's a presumptuous, pompous, controlling ass.
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