Xmen: First Class

So, I had heard from various sources that this movie was
a)Primarily about the slashy love of Professor X and Magneto
b)Enjoyable
c)A rehash of old plotlines from the previous movies
c)Very, very racist and sexist

And it was all of those things. If I hadn't have prepared myself the movie probably would have majorly pissed me off, but as it was I just sat there watching each character that wasn't a white man trying to figure out what horrible direction their plot would take (which still pissed me off, but not so much it entirely ruined the film). The only one I really cared about was Mystique, and her arc wasn't too bad given that she had to end up consistent with what we saw in the other movies, though given that she only looks like a teenager(*) there was no reason for her to act so much like one.

As someone with a lot of affection for the Xmen franchise (and the Charles/Eric dynamic in particular) but a sketchy knowledge of canon I thought it did a reasonable job of exploring and setting up the backstory, though the characterisations were often paper thin.

I do not recommend this movie to anyone who finds images of the Holocaust upsetting, even if Magneto does get to beat up some Nazis later.
( Spoilery thoughts )

(*)She ages really slowly, which on the plus side makes the Magneto/Mystique relationship in the later films less squicky.