X-Men: First Class (2011)

This was a much more story driven X-men movie and it was a solid movie. It managed to avoid the prequel trap of false stakes and just focused on the characters and their relationships. This also shows the divide between mutants on their views of the humans that hate and fear them. Its a great story but just felt a little slow due to minimal action and a lot of story. That is not a bad thing and it helped the movie in a lot of ways.

Story - 18%

Characters - 17%

Pacing - 14%

Spectacle - 16%

Entertainment - 16%

Total score: 81%

Grade scale:

90%-100% = must watch

80%-89% = solid, but could be better

70%-79% = Not terrible, watch if the characters or story interests you

60%-69% = only watch for completionist reasons

0%-59% = just skip it, I find the positives and they don't exist here