Why is that?īanshee (Caleb Landry Jones), Magneto (Michael Fassbender), Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), Moira MacTaggert (Rose Byrne), Beast (Nicolas Hoult), Professor X (James McAvoy) and Havok (Lucas Till) Following the trend set by fellow Marvel movie Thor, the effects are refreshingly big, bright and colourful, although all the money in the world still can’t make flying look realistic. For instance, the characters of MacTaggert and Havok, played by the rather attractive Lucas Till, look like they walked in off the streets of 2011. X-Men: Knickers and Nazi’s period setting gives the costume and art departments a lot of fun stuff to work with, although there are times throughout X-Men: Groovy Mutants that feel far too modern. There are moments that feel like X-Men: Born This Way is a promotional tool for Lady Gaga’s latest album, so close are the characters to reciting dialogue like “you’re on the right track X-Men, you were born this way.” The film’s 1960s setting aligns its story more with the fight for racial equality, but this franchise has always felt like a parable for the LGBT movement. Director Matthew Vaughn ( Kick-Ass) and co-writers Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz and Jane Goodman have delivered an action-packed prequel to the popular franchise that recaptures that spark of the earlier instalments, but have also turned in a much more dramatic-leaning film about self-discovery and acceptance. Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon) and Emma Frost (January Jones)ĭespite its politically historic timeframe, X-Men: Back to the Future is still very much a fanciful science fiction film. Jones’ cleavage is everywhere! Sadly, the same cannot be said about Michael Fassbender. In between all the serious stuff there is a startling amount of January Jones ( Mad Men) in her underwear. Mutants and non-mutants alike – including Xavier’s shape-shifting sister Raven ( Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone) and CIA Agent Moira MacTaggert ( Rose Byrne, Damages) – must align to stop Nazi businessman Sebastian Shaw ( Kevin Bacon, Mystic River) from sending the world into WWIII amidst the Cuban Missile Crisis. James McAvoy ( Atonement) stars as Professor Xavier, telepathic defacto leader of the X-Men, who forms a bond with Michael Fassbender’s ( Fish Tank) Erik Lehnsherr, a concentration camp survivor with the ability to manipulate metal. ![]() ![]() As the changing tides of the world’s social and political landscape take hold, these so-called mutants must discover their place in the world. Set in 1962, men and women of all creeds have begun to develop super-human powers. After The Last Stand and Wolverine failed to recapture the X-Men franchise’s excellence, Marvel have decided to go back in time and show us the groovy beginnings of what would eventually become the “X-Men”.
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