Review: X-Men First Class

I wanted to like this movie. I really did. In preparation for it I watched all 3 of the previous films (excluding the Wolverine Movie), which was probably a mistake. There was such a lack of realism in First Class that the first two (X-Men and X2) had in rich abundance. Also, I found Magneto's 'out-of-nowhere' change of heart at the end to be completely unbelievable and disingenuous. So, I give it a 2.5/5 stars. It could have been great, but it just didn't deliver.