So, I didn't see any pre-existing topics for this, which surprised me. Did anyone else here on A-U go see it? Was it not fantastic?

Michael Fassbender is such an epic Erik. I liked him much more than James McAvoy, who was also awesome. And Kevin Bacon looked like he just went to town and had a blast playing Shaw.

The CGI was respectable, the acting was fantastic, the dialogue was actually pretty decent in its own right, and the music was stellar. But: Surely I'm not alone in having gone to see it?

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I was impressed, especially after I learned the majority was filmed in my home state. I liked the fact that it gave a LOT of background and made things clear.

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Married Artemis Fowl on July 16, 2007
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School ate my life. *sigh*

This is imho the BEST X-Men movie ever. I've heard so many complaints about it "not being canon" and not having the original Five, I was hesitant myself but the trailers won me over and well...hello? Michael Fassbender is amazing. period. So the knowledge that he was playing young Magneto filled me to the brim with joy.

So even though there are changes, Ive accepted that it's almost like a reboot or an alternate universe story like the Ultimate stories.

I pretty much loved everything and everyone in there roles.

Fassy was amazing. Just really got to the heart of the character you never really felt in the original trilogy, which is no disrespect to Ian McKellen...he did a truly wonderful job with what he had to work with. The scene with the sattelitte dish? mind = blown

McAvoy playing a young and very different Xavier to what we're used to was also brilliant. Seeing Xavier chug on a yard of ale = WIN

Jennifer Lawrence. Did the role justice. She was sassy and intelligent.

Kevin Bacon was chewing scenery as Shaw and I enjoyed his performance immensely.

January Jones was a pleasant surprise and captured the essence of the White Queen.

I could go on and on and on praising the cast but you get the idea. lol

Azrael was better than his comic counterpart. Jason Flemyng was so much fun to watch.

THEE cameo made me and LOL
If youve seen the movie..you know who I'm talking about

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Yes, THE cameo was hysterical. *snickers*

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Married Artemis Fowl on July 16, 2007
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The Seemingly Nice But Actually Really Nasty Nazgul
School ate my life. *sigh*

Who? Michael Ironside? Oh yeah, I loved seeing him.

Back to the movie. I loved this movie. People have been saying that this may be the best X-Men movie and I'm right up there with them.

Firstly, the story was just amazing. Maybe it's due to the lack of Wolverine or maybe it was because it was grounded in historical events, but I felt the epicness it was trying to convey. I really liked how, like Batman Begins, it made an effort to introduce some of the more obscure characters into the films. The X-Men universe does exist outside Wolverine, Storm, or Gambit, after all. I also loved how it felt very 60s, the whole Cold War issue wrapped with the mutants. That was lovely.

And the cast. Good lord, McAvoy and Fassbender are pretty much my new slash ship and I hardly ever slash. They had such wonderful chemistry, I seriously wouldn't mind watching an hour and a half of them interacting. I bet Xavier wiped Moira's memory so he could keep himself free for Magneto...Spunk!! Just kidding But in all seriousness, Fassbender did an amazing job conveying the pure emotions that Lensherr goes through as he struggles to find a balance between peace and revenge.

The supporting cast was great, the highlights being Rose Byrne and Jennifer Lawrence. Both fantastic actresses in this movie. And honestly, if you were playing an egomaniac smug mutant, how else would you play him besides chewing the scenery and hamming it up?

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I was cured all right.

It was brilliant. I mostly agree with what everyone else said so there. P:

Also, the cameo was win. :'D

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VITAM AETERNO; an original creature roleplay

Loved this movie so much. I agree with the aforementioned comments: Charles and Erik were so close you could feel the emotion there; McAvoy and Fassbender were absolutely excellent in their roles.
The Hellfire Club were stunning- Sebastian Shaw was deliciously menacing but at the same time charming, and Kevin Bacon looked like he was having oodles of fun. January Jones *was* the White Queen, Azazel and Riptide, as much as I wished desperately they'd have more lines, were fun to watch.
I few of the glaring canon errors did upset both me and my fiance- actual comics fans- a little. Havok being there when he's the *younger* Summers brother, Moira McTaggert being a CIA agent instead of a Scottish geneticist ect, but they didn't impact on the quality of the movie much.

A small nitpick that I have is that the mutant Darwin died too easily. For someone who's power is to adapt to survive, he should have been able to adapt. But that was all, really.

And yes, I did love the cameo. THE cameo.

It was a very enjoyable watch, yes, I did cry, and I absolutely love the soundtrack. It's got me completely obsessed.

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''So tell me, what's become of my ship?''- Cap'n Barbossa, POTC:DMC. Anyone else think that was the best ending EVER?