There taken a system in Bollywood for the movei X-men, in where need minimum five things for enjoy the movie at first class.When Stan Lee originally came up with the X-men, he made them mutants specifically so he wouldn't have to come up with individual origin stories beyond "They were born that way." Hollywood, which never takes for granted that audiences will just accept such things, has given us a prequel anyway, set during the Cuban Missile Crisis. This is all despite Bryan Singer's first X-Men feature being pretty clear on most of the basics.
And like so many superhero movies these days, it's loaded with enough characters, backstory and plot that you may need some notes at first. So here are a couple of pointers before you head into theaters this weekend to see the biggest mutant-starring movie of the summer:
1. Charles Xavier Really Is the Absent-Minded Professor In the first X-Men movie. Since X-Men: First Class features several shout-outs to the comic's continuity while simultaneously contradicting these events, we must assume that the mutants' bald benefactor James McAvoy in the new one either has a terrible memory, is a huge liar or exists in an alternate reality.
2. We know some mutants, like Wolverine, just don't age. But it would appear some humans don't either, while mutants can age backward. Diamond-skinned Emma Frost—here a sexy fem me fatal played by January Jones, appeared as a teenager in X-Men Origins. Now we learn he actually changed decades ago. George Lucas doesn't look so wildly inconsistent now, huh? Best to think of this as a Star Trek-style reboot, where what we've seen so far is only one possible future. After all, the World Trade Center was part of future New York in the first film. And Halle Berry's Storm lost her "African" accent damn quick.
3. Angels Have No Gender: To the casual viewer, it may seem confusing that Ben Foster played a winged mutant named Angel in The Last Stand, and Lenny Kravitz's daughter Zoe plays a winged mutant also called Angel in First Class. Here's the distinction, Foster's character was actually named Warren Worthington and got the nickname due to having feathered wings. The new Angel is actually named Angel Salvadore, has insect wings and goes by the nom de hero Tempest in the comics.
4. Stan Lee Is Now here to Be Found: Unlike in many Marvel Comics adaptations, Stan Lee does not have a cameo. Nor is there anything after the end credits. Just thought we'd save you some time there.
5. The Director Knows His Action: Matthew Vaughn originally dropped out of helming The Last Stand, but then proved he could direct kickass heroics by making, well, Kick-Ass. Fans hated The Last Stand anyway, so he dodged that adamantium bullet. Now he's back with a story co-written by original X-guy Bryan Singer, who was busy with Superman Returns back then. Vaughn sure knows how to pick his spots; he also made a pre-Bond Daniel Craig believable as a tough guy in Layer Cake.
When X-Men First Class feels overpopulated at times and marred by freshman enthusiasm, it packs enough action wallop and sassy panache to put the franchise back on the fast track and to offer entertaining hope of salvation for the secret mutants among us. This system can reduce the overcrowded at first class.
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