#127 - X-Men: First Class | Directed by Matthew Vaughn (with Sean of Review It Yourself)

Tune in as Sean (Review It Yourself) jumps into the guest chair for a review and recap of X-Men: First Class, the 2011 soft reboot (until it got retconned by 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past) of the X-Men superhero film franchise. A few of the talking points that Arthur and Sean cover are mutation flirtation, James McAvoy donning some hair extensions, the movie completely wasting Darwin and his versatile ability, and the development that goes into Charles and Erik’s character arcs and their clashing outlooks.

Directed by Matthew Vaughn, X-Men: First Class stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Lucas Till, January Jones, Jason Flemyng, Caleb Landry Jones, Zoë Kravitz, Edi Gathegi, Álex González, Oliver Platt, Matt Craven, Laurence Belcher, Bill Milner, Morgan Lily, Corey Johnson, Glenn Morshower, James Remar, Annabelle Wallis, and Michael Ironside.

Spoilers start at 24:00

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