I was pretty late to this one, so I'm not sure how much more I can add to the conversation. I love the idea of an X-Men film that takes place in the 60's. Lots of fun - and throwing it right into the Cold War was a really strong and clever move. I thought that the re-introduction of characters were really strong. I loved the nods the films already existing in the series, and I thought some of the re-boot ideas were really well done - the strongest being the relationship between Xavier and Raven (Mystique), and also her and Hank (Beast).
January Jones is a constant surprise to me. She just feels like such an flat and un-unteresting choice for this role. She manages to become suddenly unattractive in this role. Kevin Bacon was impressive in the opening scene but then he just kind of fell into a cliche jerk role for the remainder.
For an origin story this works well and I quite enjoyed it. It'll be interesting to see how the franchise continues.
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