Is this... the best movie ever!? | X-MEN FIRST CLASS Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- (Mostly) first time watching X-Men First Class!
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Hey pals! Trying out something new, and posting the bigger movie reactions and gaming related vids on the main channel! This year, I want to focus on this channel primarily (still with an emphasis on gaming and nerd related things), while the reaction channel remains for extras and shows :) Plus, this movie meant a lot to me, so it definitely deserves the MAIN channel honor, lol. Who was your favorite in this film?
PLEASE check out X-Men 97 when you get the chance.
Logan. To me its like he *has to be* in every X-men movie, so he made the smallest cameo possible that would make sense😆
I have to say, seeing Kevin frickin' Bacon, of all people, open this movie with a scene entirely spoken in German, gave me new respect for the man! But Fassbender takes the crown, in a cast of pure gold, and he still moves me to tears with his performance 🙌
Comics readers know tho, this movies one cardinal sin is that that energy ball would NOT have killed Darwin. Bad form, he deserved better than to tick the "black character gets killed" box 😑
Cool fact the coin kill was hinted in the beginning when Eric throw the coin at Shaw’s picture.
Also this movie makes every scene of Magneto and Professor X together more emotional for me like they are actually long friends who just disagree on very important issues. Last stand is more sad after seeing how Magneto saw Charles as his brother it just makes Charles death more depressing because it’s seeing an old man sees his best friend die then right after Charles dies he gets Jean Grey to continue the revolution that was inspired by Charles on introducing in First Class that his not alone and they need our help.
You need to watch Future days of the past it’s what cause the universe to reboot before Deadpool however Wolverine is before Future days of the past.
Charles was screaming because he was in Shaws head, restraining him and his powers. So he felt the pain of the coin Erik used.
Finally! Someone gets it!
@@sladewilson9718 You'd think their heads being in the same place during the switching shots would have conveyed that but no.
@@sladewilson9718there were people that didn't get that? It's beyond obvious
"Shut up JFK" - MegMage
Imagine belittling people for not catching something the FIRST time they watch it? Some of yall are so weird and rude
"I've been at the mercy of men 'just following orders'... never again". is the hardest quote in this entire franchise.
Nicholas Hoult saying to Jennifer Lawrence “we will never be deemed beautiful” is unintentionally funny
Charles was screaming because he was feeling Shaw's pain with the coin going through his brain.
The more you think about it, the more un-Charles it was of him. Charles holding Shaw in place the entire time and taking his pain showed me that Charles still knew & felt as Erik did that Shaw had to die, even helplessly.
This movie easily has the most fun tone in the series, fully embracing the adventurous and colorful vibe of the 1960s X-Men comics. The costumes are bright, the personalities have room to shine, and for once, it’s not just Wolverine stealing the spotlight. It does take a lot of creative liberties with the source material though.
*Comics First Class:*
In the original comics, the first X-Men lineup consisted of Cyclops, Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), Iceman, Angel, and Beast. At the time, Beast didn’t have his blue fur (originally gray) he was just a regular guy with large hands and feet. Banshee and Havok were part of the 1960s comics, but they weren’t part of the original team. Specifically, Havok is Cyclops' younger brother in the comics, whereas the movie flips that dynamic.
The team was, of course, led by Professor X, who was already paralyzed and bald before forming the X-Men. In the comics, Xavier lost his hair around the time he graduated high school, so it’s pretty unique to see him with hair in any rendition. Magneto, meanwhile, is always depicted with platinum blonde or white hair in the comics, which I wish the film had stayed true to since I totally see Michael Fassbender rocking white hair.
*Charles and Magneto’s Connection:*
In the comics, Charles Xavier met Max Eisenhardt (later known as Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, aka Magneto) while working at a psychiatric hospital, where they treated Holocaust survivors. During this time, they encountered Hydra, and while fighting against its forces, they revealed their mutant abilities to each other.
The film combines Charles Xavier’s formation of the X-Men, his first meeting with Erik, and the loss of his legs into a single storyline. Along with Magneto forming his Brotherhood of Mutants at the end.
*Mystique & Charles?*
In the comics, Mystique is not connected to Charles at all and is actually much older than him. She’s been alive since at least the Victorian era and even took on the identity of Sherlock Holmes at one point. By the time the X-Men were formed, she would be closer in age to Wolverine than to Xavier.
*Why so many changes?*
Alot of these changes make sense within the film’s timeline. If they had followed the comics exactly, characters like Scott, Jean, and Bobby would either be way too young or not even born yet. So, the filmmakers had to adjust to fit within the established continuity of the movies. The whole Mystique aspect though is... Well a creative choice I guess.
I would’ve loved to see a more comic-accurate lineup of characters, even if it meant going against the canon of the original films, a full reboot set in the '60s. A lineup that would include Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Beast, Iceman, and Angel. Ideally, it would take place within the MCU, but set decades before the Avengers, which would be a fun way to introduced the X-Men into the MCU now that Marvel has the rights.
OK, y’all heard it. White Queen cosplay
Charles and Erik are so gay for each other that even the forced romance between MacTaggert and Charles couldn't even be convincing 😂😂😂
darwin's death is one of the most ridiculous deaths in cbm, this guys power is literally adapt to ANYTHING
of all of them, he should've been the only one who shouldn't die
One major flaw with this movie that a lot of people have is Darwin's death. He's supposed to be able to evolve to survive pretty much anything, and this ability has been used in pretty insane ways in the comics. Dying to a small ball of energy was incredibly unrealistic and annoyed a lot of people lol
Only in the comics though and not being accurate to them isn't a real flaw in itself. A lot super-hero movies hardly care about comic accuracy and are precisely excellent because of that, like Blade or The Dark Knight.
@maniac7452 If you're gonna completely ignore a character's abilities, don't put them in the movie 💀
@@Noah-xd5fh Writers didn't ignore his powers, they just nerfed him. Like basically every mutant in these movies and this from the start...
Besides as I've already said, ignoring comics isn't an objective flaw in itself.
The major flaw I noticed was with Emma Frost. They made her "diamond form" a "glass form" lol. That brass bed post would not have harmed her at all. Held her maybe. But that would be all it would have done.
@@absolutezero6423 Yep, and also the fact that Eric and Charles could push her to the bed while she was in her diamond form. They don't have super strengh.
Since this movie came out the same year as Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Marvel had actually planned cameos of a young Erik Lehnsherr and a POW Logan. There’s no official info beyond this, but I personally think Captain America could’ve rescued Logan from Hydra. As for Erik, maybe there was supposed to be a scene where Captain America frees the concentration camp Erik was held in, only for Erik to use his mutant powers to help Cap. Afterward, Cap casually asks the kid’s name, revealing him to be Erik Lehnsherr.
Unfortunately, due to legal rights issues, these cameos never came to be :(
That same thing happened in a episode of X Men Evolution.
@@adamvialpando106 100% the inspiration behind my idea. Since I loved that epiosde and how it connected Captain America, Logan, and Erik Lehnsherr together.
I never understood why was this movie taken so coldly back in 2011. I absolutely love it and I think it's the second best X-Men movie after Logan (2017).
4:40 is honestly one of the wildest instant mood shifts I have seen in any movie like HOLY
Really glad you enjoyed this one! It’s got so much to love.
4:40
"Aw, what a cute wholesome scene!"
MEANWHILE, IN AUSCHWITZ
Love to watch Magneto bash the fash. The scene with Erik's memory of his mother really is incredible.
There's a cool easter egg when Mystique is in Erik's bed: the first form she takes is Rebecca Romijn, who played Mystique in the original X-Men movies.
When you said in the intro that Nicholas Hoult and Jennifer Lawrence gave you some bi panic - but that you didn't remember anything else - I immediately thought "Oh honey, there's gonna be a WHOLE LOT MORE bi panic for you while rewatching this movie!" :)
Hank's DNA: " King Kong Has got sht on us " But still couldnt fix his eyesight lol
^^
Yay! I'm glad you liked this. I worked on it, and I remember thinking that it just might save the franchise after essentially two turkeys in a row, and apparently it did just that. The one-two punch of X3 and XMO:W was like Batman Forever and B&R, they still made money but nowhere near as much as hoped, and fans weren't happy, and the next one had to "course correct" or it would be time to kill it or reboot it. This *was* a soft reboot of sorts, it introduced the new cast but managed to save all the established canon (although this series has the messiest timeline of any serialized franchise, they violate continuity and retcon with nearly every movie)
Around 5000 Nazis fled to Argentina. Further ~2000 escaped to Brazil and ~1000 to Chile. South America took in a LOT of them.
Yeah but the US got the cream of the crop (Operation Paperclip)
40:13 Very poor choice of words by Charles there. I think it's to show that if younger James McAvoy Charles can't read someone's mind he doesn't know what to say to them where older wiser Patrick Stewart Charles knows what to say whether he's reading your mind or not.
Love this reaction! The X-Men comics and movies/tv series are there to make sure people who feel secluded or uninvolved to have a place where people always feel included ❤️
Precisely. Lots of people miss this. Stan Lee himself noted that the X-Men were born on the idea of prejudice and discrimination. A lot of the mid 60's through to 70's X-Men comics commented on the US Civil Rights movement, for example.
Highly recommend X-Men the Animated Series! Just as good as BTAS & STAS
I woudn't say just as good as it didn't age as well as the other two, but if she wants to watch it just to have context for X-men 97, then I'll be there watching it ofc.
@@mariebourgot4949 I think it holds up great. The animation is inconsistent, but especially around season 3 it looks fantastic.
This is my person favourite of the X-Men movies. I think it does a great job of balancing all of the characters, giving them all little moments to shine. My one complaint would be Darwin, and how he was mistreated. I’m glad the actor is getting another chance as Mr Terrific in James Gunn’s Superman!
Magneto always chooses violence. The young Eric is sympathetic but his methods become increasingly sociopathic. And he constantly attacks mutants to protect mutants
Charles Xavier (Professor X) and Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) are basically the male version of Poison Ivy and Harlequin if one of the gals went legit (Harley did, married a billionaire with enough issues to keep her interested for centuries). The older actors for the characters are together, as I understand it. That is a Thesbian Powercouple.
Would love to see you react to the X-Men 97 show from last year at some point!! Get a feel for some more comic accurate goodness
PLEASE!!
7:16, The minute Erik won her over 😏🤣.
Lmao
@@MegMage Michael Fassbender, am I right 😆?
The saddest tragedy in most of the X-Men content in comic books, video games, TV shows and cartoons: Magneto claims to fight for the mutants, but he usually ends up hurting the mutants he claims to protect. Both indirectly through his actions, or directly because of his actions.
I'm glad that you liked this movie. Personally, I liked Charles and Eric's relationship as much as you do. The actors are excellent, the action scenes have reached a new level in terms of quality. The only thing that seems to me to confuse someone is the first third of the film, which sometimes does not understand where the main plot is. But personally, I don't think it's a big problem. I'll be honest, this is one of my favorite X-Men team movies, but it's not the best, it's still to come) Well, good luck and I hope that you will enjoy further films no less.
P.S.
23:57 - wait a minute, what kind of reaction is that?
To the SOVIET TANK PARADE?!?!
I hope you have a chance to react to the X-Men 97 series. It's honestly the best X-Men adaptation that's been done yet.
Recently made my friend watch this and now they're obsessed with xmen lol
X-Men debuted 60+ years ago.
Without a doubt, it's among the most legendary of Marvel Comics.
But to tell the backstory of these characters within in the film franchise was a great idea.
Because in this universe, they've been around just as long.
Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake, Kick-A**, The Kingsman franchise) helmed this one.
Casting of the characters was great especially with McAvoy as Xavier and Fassbender as Lernsherr.
The building of the past for Children of the Atom with history we already know in the 20th century.
Putting the Hellfiire Club on screen had been in early drafts of the first X-Men film in the 90s.
Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw (cold and calculating) and January Jones aa Emma Frost (superhot) were perfect too.
Part of a summer full of multiple Marvel movies along with Marvel Studios' Thor and Captain America:The First Avenger.
Even with the newer MCU at the time, the X-Universe on film could stand toe to toe.
Your gonna love the follow up to X-Men First Class.
Believe me, it will be a union and reunion to remember.
I too initially disliked them making Mistique the sister of Prof X, but then I realized they never crossed paths at all in the original trilogy. Also in X-men 1, she seemed to know her way around the mansion, so it almost makes sense, even if it was a retcon.
It's good but Days of future past and Logan are superior
I'd recommend the Rogue Cut for DOFP. Every other reactor who does enjoyed it
The prequels are why I've always held that Fassbender was a superior Magneto to McKellen. Magneto, at least when he was a villain, was always defined by his rage which IMO McKellen never really captured, much less as well as Fassbender did.
That’s a good enough point to convince me.
Best of the main x-men films
This is still my fave of the X-men series. DOFP is absolutely amazing but it didn’t hit me the way this one did once the credits started rolling.
Magneto is easily the best character in this film. glad you love this film
Hi Meg hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤
I have such mixed feelings about the X-Men franchise. On the one hand, I hate the way the "good" mutants are the ones that cooperate with their would-be oppressors and hope that one day they'll change hearts and minds. On the other hand, I hate that the "bad" mutants are the ones with all the valid points but they're also hardened eugenicists. I either have to root for the side that wants to eradicate their genetic "inferiors", or the pick-me side trying to change the bad system from within. Making it worse is the way that the "bad" mutants are shown to be these broken people with dark pasts, as if they'd obviously be on the "good" pick-me side if they weren't damaged.
As a species we’ve cultivated a mental connection between being peaceful and being good. In that kind of a world, not rocking the boat is seen as good. Not making problems for those with more power is good. Acting in everyone’s best interests is bad, because that isn’t peaceful. We’ve made ourselves exceptionally easy to control that way. Those who cannot be easily controlled are violently broken as hard as possible until they stop resisting. Letting things stay broken the way they want would ironically be the most intense form of retaliation I can imagine; it’s rare and kind of satisfying for peace to be the most direct path to revenge. Feels good.
X Men 97 is gonna turn her into a puddle lol. Great reaction as always meg!
1:17 Its pretty sad that we live in a world where that isn't a given, though I am happy it seems they've been pleasant. We need you to watch the 90's X-men cartoon!
You have to watch future days of the past before Deadpool because Deadpool is in the reboot timeline. Wolverine movie in Japan is before Future Days of the past.
This film has a 60s bond influence
Glad you liked Beast’s design. Lotta people hated it
I love the lion face
I think the reason charles screamed is because he can feel what people feel when he controls them
I could be wrong though im not an xmen expert quite like i am on dc stuff
i don't know if you watched x-men 97 (the cartoon) but i think you'd love it
it's continuing from the 80s one but it's a new series so you don't need to go through the whole 80s show unless you want to but i'd say it's better
magneto is my favorite on it there too and it has a lot of good charles and magneto stuff which is gold
Main channel reactions, I'm about it. X-Men First Class I kinda forgot about LOL but it's actually one of the better X-Men movies to date, right up there with Days of Future Past.
Emma Frost is ridiculously OP lol
Since you loved this I hope you watch X-men 97
Can't wait for you to watch Deadpool 2 *for no particular reason* 😂
We need director Matthew Vaughn to come back to comic book movies.
This movie is the reason why i have a crush on Zoe Kravitz my first time seeing her
I suppose you were happy she was Catwoman in the Batman then? ^^
@mariebourgot4949 yes
Wait until you see The Wolverine
Cant wait for you to react to Days of Future Past and X-Men 97'
Gold is a metal
if I was a character in this movie I would join Magneto
My personal favorite X-Men movie.
Can't wait for your reaction on Days of Future Past.
I really hope she does Future Past and Phoenix. I get the vibes that she’ll be stoked for Jean Grey, plus she’ll like the Jean Grey actress given her background and experience with media.
I will still never forgive this movie for what they did to Darwin. They straight up took an OMEGA LEVEL MUTANT WHO'S POWERS ARE THAT HE CANT DIE AND KILL HIM!!!! WHY?!!!
I’d say it is the best x-men movie aside from the Deadpool’s or at least until the mcu x-men comes out
Hi Meg , I recommend you watch Society of the Snow if you're ready. I assure you that you've never seen a true story like this.
Hey meg first loved the video, I watched this movie in theaters on a school field trip. Second the movie that comes after The Wolverine is X-Men days of future past (one of my favorites) just in case you didn't know😊
24:22 You just know that when the X-Men are brought into the MCU the filmmakers won't have the guts to do things like Magneto's backstory as a victim of the Holocaust. Every MCU X-Men film will just be "insert bad joke about a mutant's power here" and nothing else.
My favorite X-Men movie ❤
YES, that is the best scene 😢! So beautiful. Still tears me up and I’ve seen it so many times. 🔊 🧲
Excited for what this year brings. I’ll be honest, I’m not very interested in game stuff so it kinda stinks that it seems like we’ll get less reactions. Idk maybe I understood it wrong.
I think I prefer Days of Future Past, but it's really close. Definitely watch the Rogue Cut, it has some vital scenes that were cut from the theatrical release!
If you think this movie is the best, just wait for X-Men Days of Future Past and Logan
Where did all this energy that Kevin Bacon absorbed go to?... Major plot hole
Oh, since there's a good chance you watch X-Men 97, just some comments on whether you should watch the 90's cartoon first or not. There's a number of things that are plot twist or big moments in the original cartoon that are rather casually given away in 97. And while 97 is I believe totally watchable for folks who never saw the original cartoon or read the comics, you'll have a lot more context. On the other hand, the original X-Men cartoon has plenty of moments, but it isn't the timeless masterpiece that it's contemporary Batman TAS is. So I could see it feeling more like homework.
The reason Darwin didn’t survive had to be racially motivated. The most powerful member of the team, someone who whole power is to survive no matter what…dies. Once the Goddess of death touched him, and he became a God of death…there’s no way anything shown in these movies could kill him.
Crazy take
First class is goated
oh man such a great reaction, love how invested you were emotionally, amazing, cant wait to see you do more! As a gay boy thou, I too had a crush on Nicholas lol subbed for sure
Days of Future is the best X-men movie
Best for now.... wait till you meet the kid.... lol
Villa Gesell has sea not mountains. This is one of the mayor mistakes of the movie. Also, the bartender doesn't sound like an Argentinian at all.
Requesting RvB marathon
Best movie ever? Maybe at this point. But you've yet to see Days of Future Past...
Xmen 97 when?
10:52 Muita gente viu a coisa azedar quando os julgamentos começaram, e as vezes a desculpa de "só estava seguindo ordens" não acalma os covardes.
@5:43 The thing is, coins are made of non-ferrous materials, so they're not magnetic. You don't make coins out of iron. So unless I'm misunderstanding Magneto's powers, he couldn't have moved to that coin.
It's not just iron that is subject to magnetism. German coins of that period were made with silver, bronze and nickel. Both bronze and nickel are affected by magnetic force...
@@steved1135 That explains that coin, but his powers can be very very iffy.
@@UberNoodle True enough. Admittedly, even in the comics it's vague. Take for example, his ability to 'levitate'. In the books, it's not so much material he affects, so much as a general ability to manipulate magnetic fields themselves...
Halley Berry is still the best storm actress
19:01 This cameo was always forced to me. Wolverine didn't need to be in almost every film. He should have only been in the original trilogy, his 3 solo films and Deadpool 3.
Even his three solo movies were too much. If they only did Logan out of the three, it would've been perfect. I think they overused Wolvie way too much, even "stealing" the role of Kitty Pryde in DOFP. I mean I love Wolverine and the work of Hugh Jackman, but he's not the only x-men. I prefer when they are a team and everyone get the spotlight in turn like in '97!
It’s a 3 second joke who cares
@@mariebourgot4949 Yep. The 90's cartoon and 97 understood it was about the whole team and each individual member of it. The Fox films were more like "Wolverine featuring the X-Men."
It's a universe.
Lucky Jim has lived a long time.
These newer movies weren't happening without not seeing Hugh.
It’s not a cameo that over extended itself too long. One quick line for him, and might I say the best and most accurate Wolverine line they could’ve given him.
X-men origins isn't canon with any of the films
First class ignores that film
Movies on the channel now? Big W