I really enjoyed it, looking back at the first 3 movies, they're kind of crap in comparison: what First Class, DoFP and the two Wolverine movies did was present a comic book universe in a way which seemed weighty and much more powerful than the other Marvel films, which are all cutesy and fluffy in comparison (even when they're a bit darker like Capt. America 2).
I guess its partly because unlike pretty much all the other superhero movies X-Men is stacked with legitimately great actors - I mean Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender is a ridiculous line up when you think about it which no similar films can really compete with. I mean even when Hugh Jackman is on his own in the Wolverine movies they still have a plot which has some substance to it and characters you can take seriously and empathise with whilst still being entertained.
Slightly miffed McKellen didn't get much screen time (I missed his voice :/), but yeah, really great. Touch and go whether it beat First Class - FC hangs together better pacing wise over its entire length but the teen superhero school/training bits got on my nerves a little, and DoFP brings a bit more drama to the table somehow, I guess because its the climax of the 6 films before it.
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