*X-Men: First Class* WAS AWESOME! TOP 3 X-Men Movie! (Reaction) 

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"I've been at the mercy of men just following orders. Never again." Hot damn that line.

funfact: Micheal Fassbender spent two years in germany as a child with his grandparents so his german is actually really, really good. the other german is okay but he sounds native/very close to native. i always loved him speaking german, he has such a nice voicr

That scene in the Argentinian bar is one of my favourites in the entire X-Men franchise, if not cinema as a whole. The sheer ratcheting tension as those goddamn animals realise he's onto them, the VERY slightly unhinged cheerfulness in Erik in places that make him look the kind of angry that can put a fist through a plank, the slow beer-drinking together when they come to understand what he knew when he walked in - that there's going to be a murder in this room. And of course the rewatch bonus of the barman having a German pistol. It's just freaking masterful. The music underscores it perfectly.

I love this movie. It still holds up a decade later and might just be my favorite of the X-Men movies after Logan. Michael Fassbender and James MacAvoy were perfect as a young Magneto and Professor X. Kevin Bacon was also amazing as Sebastian Shaw. He’s honestly my favorite villain from the series and a super underrated comic book movie villain. Really looking forward to you watching the other X-Men movies.

This movie displays the best X-Men team we've seen onscreen. There was training, building relationships, so much of an emotional journey. Which is why this is my favorite X-Men movie Imagine if all of this was done with Cyclops, Jean, Storm, etc. It could've been amazing!

Vicki: " I can't believe she was wearing thigh highs and garters just, like, under her clothes" Me: Sometimes I forget how young Vicki is... That's what they were designed to do... hold the thigh-highs up under the clothes... before elastic was invented to hold them up.

That coin scene at the end was so well done. You could feel the pain that Xavier and Shaw were feeling. I love these prequel movies.

Michael Fassbender as young Magneto out for revenge was perfect. (As was his theme music) At the time, they were originally gonna do a series of X-Men Origins movies, including Magneto; but I guess after the reception of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, they decided to give up on the idea and integrate it into an X-Men movie instead. Which is ironic, because if it was like this, people would have loved an entire movie about Magneto.

After the 'origins' franchise attempt tanked, First Class was a sleeper hit that helped put the franchise back on track. Thanks a lot in part to McAvoy and Fassbender effortlessly stepping into Stewart and McKellen's younger shoes, but it was a strong cast and a strong origin story for the original squad

X-Men: First Class, hands down is one of the best in the series. Definitely up there with Logan and Days of Future Past for me.

VKunia: "The bad boys win, but they are not good people" Vkunia less than a minute later after Wolverine's bad boy line: "I love him. I love him so much!"

Hugh Jackman gets the award for perhaps the best cameo in cinematic history.

Magneto’s music theme is God tier, can’t get enough of it

This is one of my all-time favorite comicbook movies. The thing about this movie that I like best is the relationship between Charles and Erik. To me Fassbender brings so much depth and emotion to Magneto. Also in the early X-Men comics Magneto was just another villain. No big deal. Then in the 1970s Chris Claremont started writing the X-Men comic and he did wonderful things with Magneto's character.

There's an alternate scene of where Charles and Eric are recruiting Angel, where Charles shows of his powers too. Worth checking out.

I went into this film the same way. I saw that no one from the original trilogy was in it and didn’t wanna give it a chance. Then got blown away by Fassbender and McAvoy as the young Eric and Charles.

The scene with wolverine, hugh actually improvised the line, micheal and james turning and heading back so they could reshoot the scene, but the director loved it and kept it in the movie

Love this move, only thing I hate is how they killed off Darwin, but makes sense, since he's kinda a op character. In the comics he literally adapted to survive the god of death by become a god of death himself.

Magneto's arc in this movie is perfect. Well, less of an arc, more of a revealing that's just how he's been the whole time, but it's perfect regardless.

1. Wolverine's cameo was hilarious. 2. nothing unites two nuclear powers like a common enemy and that common enemy is Mutants.

Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are world class actors who turned in FLAWLESS performances as Professor X and Magneto... I remember hearing about this movie and thinking whoever they got was going to just suck in comparison..... man did they ever not. MacAvoy and Fassbender just crush these roles!

Wolverine's cameo was classic! Hugh Jackman did it just so he could curse them out.

The short scene with Wolverine "Go f*** yourself" was just pure Gold.

FYI, if you have time, watch some videos about the mutant Darwin. He is actually almost completely unkillable because he adapts instantly to whatever is trying to kill him. In this movie, Darwin should not have died, he should have just automatically inherited one of the Summers brothers immunity to that power and believe it or not, it still would probably not even be in the top 10 of the craziest things he's survived.

magneto and Xavier scene on the memories stuff is soooo good, top notch

I really do like this film but Darwin was done dirty and the whole camera cutting to him when they mention "Slave" was just pretty on the nose and not pulled off well at all. Darwin simply cannot die as his body automatically adapts to any situation or environment making it impossible to kill him without an extremally powerful source of power like infinity Stone levels. It's the fun of his character to see how his body adapts to a situation from simply teleporting away to turning into a God of Death it's just imposable for him to die like we see in this film. But I still enjoy this movie even with the weak writing in some aspects both Michael Fassbender and James MacAvoy carry the film. Love how they showcased Charles as being a dick something we don't really see in the original movies even though comic Charles is an asshole at times. Days of Future Past is much better both from a narrative and writing standpoint while The Wolverine is pretty good as well. The other movies fall apart pretty fast but thankfully Deadpool 1 & 2 along with Logan are amazing. Haven't watched The New Mutants show but heard it's pretty meh releasing at a time when Disney were buying Fox so they kind of didn't put much effort into it. This is the same case for the later X-Men movies as well. Sebastian Shaw is a cool villain but he isn't really Sebastian Shaw in this film but a mix of Marvel characters. Maybe because of film rights etc but I do believe they were going to use Mr. Sinister for this film but couldn't or decided to keep him for a future film. Shaw in this film does dive off massive Mr. Sinister vibes, also a Nazi scientist so of course big Arnim Zola vibes who showed up Captain America The First Avenger and as a computer AI in Winter Solider. The main story of this movie is pretty much the plan of the Mutant Master from 1967 who once nearly started a nuclear war between America and Russia so he could take over once they decided each other. Pretty much the plot of this film and even featured the original First Class members. Another aspect I did like is how campy this movie can be at times really pulling from the 1960s First Class comic. The original First Class members in the comic was a little different featuring Angel Marvel Girl who was Jean Grey Cyclops, Iceman and Beast who was in this movie. The characters you're more aware of like Wolverine, Storm etc they were introduced in the 1970s roster with each decade new members were introduced for example the New Mutants comics from the 1980s which were extremally popular and introduced characters like Deadpool and Cable. New Mutants are amazing and heavily inspired the 1990s Cartoon along with comic's releasing in the 1990s. Hopefully the MCU does a good job at pulling off X-Men hopefully in more comic accurate outfits rather than the Black leather we got in the original films. Do like the Yellow and Blue outfits in this film that are pulled from the comic but so far we still have to see really good X-Men outfits with Deadpool just having the best.

This is by far one of the best prequel movie ever made, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender plays a great young Professor X and Magneto

Beast was an original 1960's X-Men character. He didn't turn blue until he joined the Avengers in the 70's.

Good casting, direction, or writing will take you far, but combined, you get magic. This is easily the most competent of all the X-films. I wish they'd kept this team together for at least some of the other movies.

The character of Moira was actually in X men 3. She was the doctor attending the brain dead patient who Charles transferres his consciousness to Technically you saw a version of Emma Frost in Origins. Kayla’s sister, who _was_ named Emma and could turn to diamond, but she didn’t have the telepathy Also, Alex is Cyclops’s brother

6:21 - NOPE! You are NOT overthinking it. You heard what you heard and you saw what you saw and it immediately clicked for a second but backed away. That shot is how his character is introduced in BOTH time periods, with THAT record playing.

The dialogue of this film is too much good and acting performance of micheal fassbender is top notch ❤❤❤ and music is also brilliant

As big a fan I am of the first X men movie. I love this one just as much. James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender portraying younger versions of Professor X and Magneto nail their roles.

Best movie of the franchise, the most close to the comics, casting of young Charles and Magneto, spot on

Eric : "We will show ours if you show us yours..." Charles : little smiling Vicky : NOT SMILING AT ALL XD Logan appear Vicky : XD "I love him!"

That moment with the satellite. James and Michale..... They just killed it.

Quick Recommendations: The pretty much almost all the next X-men affiliated movies have post credits scenes. Also, when you reach "Days of Future's Past" I HIGHLY recommend watching the "Rogue Cut" version.

As much as you were surprised that Moira had stockings and a garter belt under her normal clothes, that was actually the norm at the time. This movie is set in 1962, which is only 3 years after pantyhose were even introduced. It took a long time before that became the norm and the garter belt was relegated almost exclusively to 'sexywear' rather than 'every day'.

To me, when Charles says the men on the ships are "just following orders" to a survivor of the Holocaust, it shows that despite his good intentions and principled instruction, there's a cluelessness in his idealism. He simply does not understand cruelty in the world. Erik has lived through that cruelty. But when he says "never again", he is closing off any possibility of co-existence of mutants and non-mutants, putting both sides on a course of mutual destruction. Their friendship crumbles because of their irreconcilable convictions.

Darwin dying to a pellet of kinetic energy is the single most frustrating moment in all of xmen I swear

Magneto will always be my favorite Marvel villain. Especially as someone who comes from a people who were also brutally persecuted by the Nazis, I fully understand his rage, his grief, and mistrust. I even find myself siding with him at times, because he doesn't lie. And although his means are never justified, it's so easy to think like him and he voices what persecuted people feel and think. He's so complex, multi-level and dimensional. Honestly at times you feel the urge to root for him.

Everyone think each movie got worse over time. But I enjoyed them all. But I will say the new cast of First Class and the next ones really fun to watch. I am so curious how X-Men will come to the MCU. I imagine its all new stories instead of keeping the Fox movies as canon.

Your bafflement at Moira's undergarments is so cute! They're period-appropriate - pantyhose and tights were not common everyday wear until the mid- to late-1960s and then only when miniskirts really came into vogue. Many women still wore girdles or garter belts and stockings well into the early 1970s because they found pantyhose to be uncomfortable. (And if you got a run, you had to replace the entire pair instead of just one stocking.) My own mom didn't wear pantyhose until the mid-70s because she hated them.

James McAvoy is also in IT Chapter 1&2. Also you need to watch those movies since October is coming up.

I'm all for bringing back garters and stockings for ladies everyday outfits. But seriously I love this version of Charles and Eric!

I remember seeing this movie in theaters during a culinary camp I went to the summer before I started college! I also didn't know much about it going into it and was blown away by how much I liked it. The casting really was spot on. The X-Men franchise has its ups and downs, but First Class is definitely a good one!

We love the *Magneto* theme song in this film

Bruh Charles really thought “they were just following orders” would be a good line to use on a Holocaust survivor

The only thing I regret about this movie is that they didn't use Magneto's musical theme in the next ones 😁 It was so good and so in-character, and overall this movie has got the best original soundtrack in my opinion. I don't dislike the previous theme by John Ottman (reprised in Days of Future Past and Apocalypse) but I totally prefer this by Henry Jackman.

MARVEL Studios Released Their Next Feature Film In 2011 Is "Captain America: First Avenger" After "X-Men 5: First Class" Was Now Completed Finish

Hyped for DoFP but make sure you do the Rogue Cut! Other reactors have made the mistake of watching the theatrical.

6:08 In the 60s, stockings and a garter belt were still "standard" underwear for women. Pantyhose were introduced to the world until 1959 and they didn't become truly popular until the mid- to late 60s, and even then it was mostly with younger women who wanted them to wear with mini skirts, because a mini didn't hide the garter straps. Pantyhose didn't fully replace stockings and garter belts until the late 60s/early 70s when it became more economical to buy hose, at which point stockings with garter belts became more of a "luxury buy" relegated to high-end lingerie stores.

I enjoy re-watching these movies through your lens. Keep them coming!

11:39 In the comics Beast's mutation was that he had big hands and feet and was really athletic. He turned into his blue furred form when he drank a chemical he created that some people planned to steal.

In the comics Moria is Scottish. She becomes a doctor that studies mutants because has a son that is a mutant who can temporarily shape reality and is a telapath. Riptide is making the tornadoes. Azazel is the teleporter.

That bar scene is my favorite. How has Michael Fassbender done not one but TWO super tense scenes set in a bar where he speaks German to Nazi officers, and it’s revealed he is actually on a mission to kill nazis. (The Inglorious Basterds scene was a bit more masterfully done, but comparing a Tarantino film to a superhero film isn’t a particularly fair comparison).

When Eric says "maybe in a few years" she turns into the actress/model who played the original Mystique.

I remember thinking Moria’s underwear was weird, but also remember thinking the 60s were weird so who knows what women wore back then, well I suppose a woman who lived in the sixties, but none of them were around

I was a sonar technician on a submarine in the Navy. Watching that guy scream at the sub and the sonar reactions was painful.

Moira is the one involved in the post credit scene in last stand after Charles was actually still alive. He restores her memories so she knows.

The X-Men franchise had some amazing movies, and a few that I struggled to sit through to the end, but this was definitely a good one! 😊👍

Charles could’ve let go of Shaw at any time, but even though it felt like the coin was going through HIS head, he never let go.

@6:25, in the 1960s thigh highs and a garter were considered normal foundation clothing for a proper lady to wear. Back in those days people really put on a lot of layers just to be out and about.

Even though the story and timelines really don't jive, which a lot of the MCU movies are infamous for, it fills in a lot of the back stories. Even the yellow suits are a great throw-back to the original comic books. It is really good, especially the casting. It's hard to not give away any spoilers especially for "X-Men Days of Future Past".

@6:14: thigh-highs (usually called "stockings") and a garter belt were the "pantyhose" of the 1960s. Corsets were still pretty popular too, not feshishwear the way they are now.

You'll notice going forward that the series centers mainly around Mystique. Why? Because she's Jennifer Lawrence. You'll also notice that she tends to be her human self more than her blue self. Why? Because she's Jennifer Lawrence! (And Jennifer Lawrence hates wearing the Mystique makeup). When she signed on to do these movies she wasn't famous yet but once she became a star the writers adjusted the scripts accordingly to focus more on her and therefore sell more tickets

@27:02, in a later film an older Magneto laments all of the years that were wasted b/c he and Charles couldn’t work together

You're absolutely right, Charles has always cared about other people.. one of the reasons why is because his power is to enter someone's mind and effectively BE that person.. he feels other people's emotions and shares their thoughts.. he cares about other people's well being because he's capable of BEING them.. Also, you're also right about Eric adopting some of Shaws characteristics and personality.. as Eric himself said, he's Frankensteins monster and Shaw was his creator.. Shaw made Eric the monster that he is, and he knows it..

In the comics Beast has been trying to cure himself for decades and every time he tries he ends up making his mutation worse.

Fun fact: the Cuban Missile Crisis was October 1962. X-Men #1 came out in July 1963.

This was originally X-men Origins: Magneto but Wolverine didn't perform as well as Fox had hoped so they rewrote it to incorporate an X-men story into the script.

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Not only is this my favorite X-men movie, but it is a top 10 favorite movie of mine. James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender are perfect as Charles and Eric and brilliant character stories they juxtaposing these men is amazing.

"I've been at the mercy of men just following orders."

McAvoy and Fassbender are the best parts of these first class movies whether the quality is good or not both of them always bring their A game

Fun fact😂 That Hugh Jackman part was actually improvised by Hugh and the look of surprise was real, so they just went with it. HUGH was supposed to say something totally different. ❤😂🎉🎉

I do believe that is in fact the same mansion yes, its been used in quite a few films! Couldn't tell you which but its definitely a popular filming spot.

Hank McCoy/Beast has low-end super strength, super agility, super senses, multitasking, genus IQ. After he turned into his enhanced beast form, he got claws, berserk rage, and environmental adaptability.

Michael fessbender is awesome 😎 as magneto i want him back in MCU playing magneto

I am also a submechanophobe - I struggle with movie scenes involving the juxtoposition of swimmers and submerged vehicles like this one and the plane sinking beneath Tom Hanks in Cast Away.

Bruh “would you date me like this” blue skin AND red hair? Hell yes

I highly recommend watching OSP One X-Cellent scene about this movie, it goes into so much detail about Magneto that i wouldnt have ever considered

That's how u get to enjoy almost every movie, lower ur hopes for it as much as u can before going in, then the only way is up!

I'm so glad you like this one, underrated in my opinion, and Days of Future Past is even better, the best of the main X-Men movies imo (not counting Logan or Deadpool)

(At 7:25) And THIS is the same guy who plays Dr. Jekyll from _The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen…_ Play the role of Nightcrawler's Father.

Can't believe they went from this to the phoenix movie.

Fun fact about the movie is that this movie is it has both parents of Nightcrawler. Mystique is Nightcrawler’s mother in the comics. Azazel is his father. Too bad none of these movies mention the relationship.

Oddly enough, this is similar to the actual start of the X-Men comic, except Magneto was already a villain, and Mystique wouldn't show up until the 1980s. The original X-Men were Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel, and Beast. And as in the movie Hank at first appeared fairly normal.

All the movies build until the peak, which is the next film, Days Of Future Past, and it's a great one.

Mystique disagreed with Charles from the beginning. She just made herself do what he wanted because she thought he was right and she was wrong. Magneto reassured her that the way she already felt was correct, that she doesn't have to hide from the world.

Young Raven is a thing you didn't know you could care about until you discovered her. She's a thief, and has no identity, because she can take any form. Oh my gosh. She just needs a place to call home.

Great reaction. Definitely one of the best if not the best X-Men movies.

Jennifer Lawrence is the singular reason this version of the franchise failed. She demanded the story be about her, thus making Mistique a more important character and center stage unlike in the comics. Just proof that its not always best to go after the biggest names for a character.

#VKunia Before he was Professor X....he was Charles (James McAvoy) Before he was Magneto....he was Erik (Michael Fassbender) Before they were enemies....they were allies

There are so many comments I could be making right now, but I don't feel like typing them all on my phone. lol These characters sometimes/almost feel separated a bit from their counterparts in the future for me. And I don't mean that in a bad way. It's hard to describe. Two more things I will say right now: 1) X-Men: First Class is my very favorite X-Men movie. 2) Erik Lehnsherr is in my Top Five Favorite Characters of All Time. ❤🖤

New Characters? They're just young little one

Se her talking about how erik became Shaw sets a really nice parallel with sionists and palestine situation

It’s funny that you mention that Erik adopted Shaws mentality about the state of the world. A lot of people miss that. But here’s the thing, Erik hates Shaw as a person. For what he did to him as a child and to his mother. He absolutely despised him for that reason alone. He never once said he disagreed with what he was doing

Be warned about the First Class movies.... They're good, but they're not prequels - more of a soft reboot. The timelines and event do not line up with what you know from the original X-Men trilogy.