[Stu]

uk.movies.ign.com/articles/105/1055999p1.html
Now, will he bring back the excitement of X2, or the boredom of Superman Returns?

[Stu]

Now it's Matthew Vaughn.
www.heatvisionblog.com/2010/05/-first-class-signs-vaugh-gets-date.html

[Stu]

www.sfx.co.uk/2011/01/20/x-men-first-class-teaser-poster-and-new-images/

I'm cautiously optimistic. Sure, at this point, there's probably going to be a bunch of things that conflict with the other movies, and so many characters might lead to some being underserved, but I've got faith in Vaughn and I like things like the 60s setting and the casting of Mags and Xavier, and looking forward to seeing them acting as friends.

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I like the Hellfire Club angle. But those stills make things look a bit like X-Men meets Austin Powers.

[Stu]

Meanwhile, director Matthew Vaughn was shocked to see that group image hit the internet earlier this week. “I freaked out on them yesterday,” he says. “I don’t know where the hell that came from. I don’t think it’s a Fox image. It’s not a pre-approved image. When I found out, I said, ‘What the f*ck is this sh*t?’ and Fox is running around trying to figure out what happened as well. I agree. It’s like a bad Photoshop, which maybe it was by someone. It didn’t reflect the movie. I was shocked when I saw it. I was like ‘Jesus Christ’…”

[Stu]

First Trailer!

[DevSop]

GREAT, great movie. Top 5 at least, pushing top 3 of comic book movies for me. Almost a flawless movie from my end. The one issue I have is that they're forcing it to be a prequel to the original X trilogy and Wolverine when it doesn't need to be and shouldn't be. It stands too well on its own merits to be forced to have to end with the bullshit that was X3.

[Stu]

Saw it this week too and thought it was really good. A great fresh start, with lots of excitement, a bit of humour (GREAT cameo) and characterisation. If there's one problem really, I'd say they maybe tried to cram too much story into it, and some aspects/characters are given short shrift because of it(for instance, did that tornado guy have any lines, or even get referred to by name at all?), but overall a nice surprise.

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Aside from Fassenbender and McAvoy slipping into indiscriminate accents toward the end of the movie, I really have no complaints about the movie. None. Great story. Great acting. Great pacing. Great score (thought it REALLY added to the movie). Just a great, great movie all around. Easily my new favorite of the X-movies, and I really really loved X2.