2011 · action · superhero
X-Men: First Class
Directed by Matthew Vaughn2h 12m2011
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
Our read: X-Men: First Class (2011) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded action · superhero entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured action / superhero, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- brisk
- intense
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