X Men First Class, or: an X-men movie that doesn't suck

[Nique]

Reintroduce us to the universe and characters instead of assuming we already know who and what they are and how it all works. Reintroduce the whole concept that your story is based on.

Yes, good point! In fact, didn't the first X-Men film open up with a monologue about how Mutant's were coming into existence? Something like that would have been good to add, but, obviously, in a different way.

And also that scene featuring young Erik being separated from his parents in a concentration camp that was also re-filmed shot-for-shot for First Class? Like, this film is screaming that it is trying to be present withing the same continuity as the other X-Men films when all the important parts of that are missing.

I thought it was just a prequel that ignored X3 and Wolverine Origins.

And X-Men and X2.