Superhero movies used to mercifully few and far between.
Now they’re ubiquitous along with their various sequels, prequels and spinoffs.
I understand why Hollywood studios continue to return to the same source
material. It’s guaranteed box office receipts without having to do the heavy
lifting of crafting new character. And basically the stories are ready-made
clotheslines that have basic garments that always hang on them and the hired
writers just have to decide on the occasional undergarment or accent to place alongside
the old and familiar. So it is with X-Men:
First Class, the fifth iteration of the X-Men
franchise, this time going back to the origins of Professor Charles Xavier,
Magneto née Erik Lenscherr, and the special school established by Charles to
nurture and guide other mutants to learn to control their abilities.
