X-Men: First Class

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I would definitely put this in the "didn't suck" category.

It was kind of dumb that the chick with the dragonfly wings and the dragon-fire breath called herself "Angel," and her fight scene was a little lame what with all the flitting around, but the rest of it wasn't bad.

Oh also Magneto uses the telepath-blocking helmet in this movie, which takes place in 1962, but then in the first X-Men movie Charles seems surprised that Magneto can block his telepathic abilities. So whatever.
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Lots of little flaws in the plot going forward to the next film, which was actually the first of the four...

Still, it was a decent flick. I recommend it to anyone who likes the super hero genre. All others need not apply.

The chick with the fairy wings, she doesn't exist in the comics. She's a takeoff of a character named Pixie. Why they named her Angel, who already exists in the film canon, and not Pixie, I have no idea.

By the way, the sequel is going to be set in the "Days of Future Past" storyline, which should be very interesting. It's a world where most of the mutants have been hunted down and killed by Sentinels.
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I liked this one a lot. I don't follow the comic, so deviations don't affect me. And I didn't remember all the details from the previous ones, so I missed the plot mix-ups. I rated this one as the best one of the series, on my list.
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