High marks for creating really likeable characters. Michael Fassbender was fantastic, as was James McEvoy. Equally unlikeable was Kevin Bacon - really evil, I thought he did a great job as the villain. Some of the scenes were a little hard to believe in - for instance Prof X changed his mind a little to easily when it came to keeping 'the kids' out of the fight. Nevertheless Erik's single-minded determination for revenge juxtaposed to Charles' understanding and compassionate approach to all humanity kept me in this movie to the very end. Worth seeing.
Awesome stunt sequences. Fun story. Only 2 criticisms might be that the villains weren't villanous enough and didn't meet gruesome enough ends. And the nuclear testing sequence was just silly. But I can overlook that because I was thoroughly entertained.