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Sunday Trending Topics: X-Men First Class And Getting It

Published Mon, 23 May 2011 00:32:13 -0500

Last updated Mon, 23 May 2011 00:32:24 -0500

The thing that jumps out at me the most about Brendon Connelly's embargo-induced non-review of X-Men First Class is the reference to X2. Because I've always thought of X2 as a level-up in the recent history of the comic book movie, in the same way that Tim Burton's Batman was for the generation before, and Superman The Movie was for the generation before that. It's not a big-picture thing, it's in the details. From the smooth polish of the action sequences to the depth of understanding of the characters. 10 minutes into X2 I was nodding and thinking to myself, "yeah, they're getting it." So now I'm looking forward to seeing if X-Men First Class gets it in the same way.

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