X-Men: First Class (2011)

I don't claim to be a fan of comic-book movies, but I thought the first three installments were fine. This prequel, however, felt very slight. The kids' powers (exception being Raven, the blue shape shifter) were laughably weird.

Fassbender is magnetically intense (good thing he's playing Magneto, eh?), but I'll wager he thought that the movie's tone would be more serious than it ended up being. And, oh wow, January Jones canNOT act. It’s a miracle that she does so well as Betty Draper. My guess is that it's the only role she'll ever get right.

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