10 Years of “X-Men: First Class,” Matthew Vaughn's Refreshing Prequel

On this day, 10 years ago, X-Men: First generation was released, the attempt to resurrect by Fox, a franchise that had been dead since the irregular X-Men: The Final Decision (2006). The career of its director, Mathew Vaughn was not too long when they commissioned this ambitious presentation of the origins of the classic X patrol. Organized crime, his debut film was reminiscent of his time as a producer, where the English director helped his compatriot Guy Ritchie to turn the suburbs and the London mafia into a humorous key in Lock & Stock and Snatch: Pigs and Diamonds. Later the fantastic film Stardust would arrive, and Robert De Niro’s memorable pirate in a secondary role that stole the spotlight from anyone who shared a shot with him. Once again Vaughn’s fantasy proposal would be a success that would confirm that the quality of his debut was not a shine due to the luck of the beginner. The adaptation of the comic Kick-ass was the revelation of 2010 and living proof that the director was ready for a prequel as relevant as X-Men: First Generation was. One of the most successful castings in memory The prequel of the mutants cost 160 million and ended up raising more than 350 million dollars. To the claim that the heroes already have, a casting choice was added at the peak of the careers of practically all its protagonists. Michael Fassbender came from filming Inglourious Basterds and Jane Eyre. However, its explosion and repercussion before the critics would occur with two works that would share a year with the mutant blockbuster: A dangerous method and Shame. For a change, the German-born actor would embroider his villain role. “X Men:First generation »(Disney) Jennifer Lawrence would explode internationally the following year starring in the saga of The Hunger Games, but 1 year before being Mystique, she had been nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actress for Winter’s Bone. During the following years he received awards, recognition and projects from the hands of great directors. But these were not the only media explosions of this casting. Veteran James McAvoy and Kevin Bacon also featured here Zoey Kravitz, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Nicholas Hoult, Caleb Landry. If even the very Spanish Álex González was one of the villains (although it is seen that the character was mute) Origin and continuation This origin in the first generation X-Men served to rediscover characters full of nuances and conflicts posed in a truly original way . Neither the Charles Xavier de McAvoy was perfect nor the Fassbender magneto so bad, however the plot was concerned about sowing a story of revenge that would mean the origin of the metal manipulator villain and the beginning of a disability that will mark the hallmark The leader of the X-Men. None of the following productions that played with time travel managed to reach the level of the first students of this school. In an attempt similar to what Marvel was beginning to build with its UCM, La Fox failed in an accelerated race that would end with the purchase of Disney from the production company. At the moment Marvel does not seem to have in its plans closer to the X patrol, nor to restart the saga once again.