X-MEN FIRST CLASS (2011) BREAKDOWN! Easter Eggs & Details You Missed! | X-Men Rewatch

[@venomousnate7263]

One of my favorite villain quotes is from this film from Magneto, “I’ve been at the mercy of men just following orders. Never again.” That shows his entire agenda. Amazing performance by Michael Fassbender.

[@hudsonessex8515]

after seeing his performance, in good conscious I cant imagine anyone else as a young magneto and I truly hope after Ian McKellen either retires or passes away, Michael can continue into the same age as Ian when he started his time X-Men.

[@marvelswadeteamup400]

His name is so funny lmao fassbender? 🤣

[@theotakux5959]

He and Sir McKellen both made the 'concentration camp survivor' aspect of Magneto's backstory believable. The Last Stand was a bit of a mess, but the scene expressing his aversion to tattoos was not only the high point of the film, but a high point for the series as a whole.

[@paneltwin]

Fr

[@contentcorsair]

In terms of the X-men working as a team, this might be the best movie of all of them

[@ked49]

A lot better than inception in that regard.

[@Sheeptastical1935]

no “in terms” its just the best

[@commaJim]

​@@Sheeptastical1935so just "Of the X-Men working as a team, this might be the best movie of all of them"

[@dainsolurex]

Yeah especially when the team saved Xavier from getting paralyzed...

[@kyleyuen245]

I would say days of future past is definitely very close

[@ShavayD]

This movie is just amazing. I also just have to say that Magneto is by far my favourite character in this franchise. I know people like Wolverine and all but for me, it's not even close. Both Ian and Michael did a phenomenal job and were the perfect contrasts to their respective Charles'. He's had a horrific life and story that I don't even blame him for what he does

[@commaJim]

You on a first name basis with Michael Fassbender and Sir Ian McKellan??

[@Chuck_EL]

​@@commaJim I like how Michael took Ian's way he says Charles and how he speaks when he's angry

[@microscopic.caterpill]

I agree 100%. I’d like the next big trio of mcu , if X-men, to be magneto, storm, and Charles or cyclops.

[@enderostrich7507]

@@commaJimshut up

[@duaneherndon6736]

JUSTICE FOR DARWIN!!! HES A OMEGA LEVEL MUTANT IMORTAL, NOT FUCTINALY LITTERLY IMORTAL

[@Momomeeks89]

Yes! They need to bring Darwin back

[@jorgej.cruzhernandez9247]

In the comics, He turned into death, so the true Death herself wouldn't kill him. That pretty much tells you everything

[@nailinthefashion]

Cannot wait to see Darwin and Synch and adult X23 one day. Sooooooooon my mutants, your patience will be rewarded

[@tonygoodwinjr9293]

Killing him off was such obvious bs

[@disturbedmediocrity]

YES. They did him so wrong.

[@lutchdanverdinde1742]

A PREQUEL and a reboot is a tricky hand in of itself. A clean slate as a reboot, but a puzzle to propose the pre-event structures. Bravo to the writers! 👏🏼👏🏼

[@Zombiesnyder13]

And mostly Simon Kinberg for picking Matthew Vaughn

[@adityameraga5000]

@@Zombiesnyder13 The one thing I’ll accept from him.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

@@adityameraga5000 how about Deadpool and Logan?

[@WesleyGuerrero]

Maybe we'll see Darwin survived his death scene, turning into energy itself and being brought back by Deadpool and Wolverine in the next movie.

[@nathanmacrae9199]

I hope so

[@WesleyGuerrero]

Its a long shot but if they are going and righting the wrongs of the universe think this is a big one from this movie.

[@person14904]

X-Men First Class and Day of Future Past are two favorite X-Men movies in the franchise. Just seems like Fox could never stick the landing with a third movie.

[@Kevmaster2000]

Last Stand and Apocalypse are both pretty good, especially Apocalypse.

[@josephhaywood9238]

Logan landed

[@octavionateras7893]

What Joe said. First Class, DOFP, & Logan is the trilogy that best encompasses the best parts of the franchise.

[@josephhaywood9238]

@@octavionateras7893 Logan's part of a number of franchise trilogies. Origins, The Wolverine & Logan (Obviously) With 3 & The Wolverine, the grief/remorse trilogy 2, O & L, the Weapon X Trilogy There's loads

[@imsoconfused7684]

I just rewatched apocalypse and they literally said in the movie that the third one is always the worst😂( referring to the Star Wars franchise)

[@ToniBingi]

I always got the impression that Darwin DID "adapt to this" - but in so doing he had to evolve into a higher life form that no longer has a physical body. He's alive, he's just not able to interact with the physical world (for now).

[@Mystic-Midnight]

So he became akin to the Phoenix Force in this headcannon?

[@Gibbypastrami]

I just imagine he’s all those particles of dust, as the camera cuts away a gust of wind blows the dust into an unknown field, the dust slowly gathers itself and Darwin reforms Sandman-in-Spider-Man-3-style after the movie is over and he takes a long ass time to find the school again

[@Silverheart575]

24:06 i think thats actually a reference to the first X-Men comic where Charles Xavier says that he thinks the reason he was born with his powers is because his parents worked on the Manhattan project.

[@yyby_]

but charles is british how would that work

[@tomclough705]

​@@yyby_ it wasnt just americans involved despite what they might teach

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

@@yyby_While it was _mostly_ Americans who worked on the Manhattan Project, there were some non-Americans who helped here and there.

[@poovanna4284]

One of the best X men movie's actually Surprisingly it was not big hit at the Box office

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

What do you define as a "big hit"? The majority of the X-Men and Wolverine movies didn't make all that much more than this relative to their budget. The only ones I'd call truly big hits are 'Days of Future Past' and 'Logan'.

[@LordMegatron84]

The wolverine scene in the film is where I feel they should’ve sent Logan’s mind in Days of Future’s Past.

[@JR-uw8yj]

Too early

[@jacksykes4680]

HISHE did that

[@LordMegatron84]

@@jacksykes4680 Yes they did, and in my opinion, the film should’ve done that. Days of Future’s Past was good though.

[@toniorr9735]

They needed to send him to the 70s to stop the sentinel program which wasn't approved in the 60s.

[@supermanfan3113]

That would have been too early by a decade

[@tiago9977]

I like when characters hv a secondary ability to help them stand out from other characters w/ similar abilities lol, i.e.: * Emma Frost - diamond form & telepathy * Tempest (AKA Angel in this) - insect wings & acid spit * Jean Grey - telepathy & telekinesis * Wolverine - claws & regenerative healing * Psylocke - telekinetic constructs & telepathy * Callisto - superspeed & X-factor detection * Sue Storm - invisibility & force field generation, etc. 6:16 I also like when they hv a unique physical appearance (i.e. Beast, Mystique, Nightcrawler, Storm, Blink, etc)

[@elywahl9520]

I got so confused when you mentioned psylocke calisto and Sue then I had to reread 😂😂😂

[@tiago9977]

2:37 I loved how the reboot changed Mystique's relationship with Professor X & Beast.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

Simon Kinberg proved that he can do a better job as a producer than as a writer In fact, he was the one who pitched Matthew Vaughn to direct this movie, after seeing his work in KICK-ASS

[@redgenerall28]

Watched it in the theater and was genuinely surprised by how good it was

[@afishynado6812]

"Adapt to this" sounds like a reference to The Matrix where Trinity says "Dodge this" before shooting Agent Brown.

[@WhiskerDooz]

"Grow those back"

[@Akuroxradio]

36:00 Imagine this: (Deadpool 3 multiverse) Kevin Bacon is hagning with the Gardians of the Galaxy and then one X-Men sees him and says: OMG It's Sebastian Shaw !

[@RED115]

Picture this (Deadpool 3 universe). Captain America some how gets lost putting the infinity stones back an finds wolverine an they fight

[@tylercochrane7715]

You know, just because someone is drinking something in an X-Men film, it isn't necessarily ALWAYS a callback to the people drinking champagne during the Weapon X flashback in X2.

[@brianvarley6478]

Ya. Is Hanks syringe a callback to the adamantium injections.

[@cheekbonestrenchcoat]

Darwin isn't dead. He teleported elsewhere (as has happened in the comics) whilst appearing to die so they'd leave him alone....

[@nicktroisi6347]

Magneto was easily my favourite character and best part of this film. Micheal Fassbender definitely was a perfect successor to Ian McKellen. My favourite parts are the bar scene, absolutely badass, where Charles helps him remember a memory of his mother he thought he had lost and after he kills Shaw, he sheds a single tear. Brilliant acting

[@TheYoungDoctor]

11:22 Nighcrawler's parentage has been recently retconned. 'He was the secret child of the mutant precog Destiny and the shapeshifting terrorist Mystique, who used the Neyaphem leader Azazel as a genetic template.'

[@Tuaron]

Funny enough, that was also evidently the original plan, but had to be changed for...reasons.

[@Chuck_EL]

Mystique is male and female

[@jamesallenyz431]

Such a dumb recon, but it is what it is.

[@Tuaron]

@@jamesallenyz431 On the scale of dumb X-Men retcons, it's far from the worst. Not like "Quicksilver and Wanda aren't actually Magneto's kids or even mutants". At least subsequent writers have still given them something of a family dynamic.

[@JackedUpEntertainment]

​@@Tuaron actually his original plan was for Nightmare to be his father, but the current writer said hell no

[@ActiveSufi]

Can’t believe people actually dislike this movie, including a friend of mine. This movie was fantastic!!

[@trevorhensley3185]

Nice to see a director without baggage directing an X-Men movie.

[@NicholasPhillips713]

So excited to watch this. This is my personal favorite X-Men movie!

[@roocleary7655]

This is the best/ and comfort movie of all time I loved how we get to see the team be a team and actually have fun outside of mission and actually be humanised

[@J.O.R.D]

9:30 the impressions, especially of accents, kill me everyyyytime 🤣they sometimes catch me off guard which make them even funnier😂

[@munkduane]

I really love First Class! I remember being slightly irritated that they continued to screw with the established first team canon but once I got over it, this one stood out and still does.

[@bunnybean77]

Unapologetically my favorite X-Men movie and maybe my favorite Marvel movie overall. I feel like it captures comic books on film so perfectly.

[@robertbarnes1828]

I would never expect anyone to call this their favorite Marvel movie...but that's pretty cool! It is a good movie!

[@daniyelmclovin7751]

9:04 we are, days of future past changed the course of M&M history lol

[@barney7822]

The MCU will never make a Magneto of their own that is this tragic and badass

[@Rockhead84]

Not sure if anyone commented but, alongside X Men Origins: Wolverine, this movie was supposed to be an X Men Origins: Magneto movie, but the Hollywood strike around that time made them change course

[@directorscarlett1932]

29:59 That's not a duck, that's a goose

[@darklink8802]

Oliver platt will forever be porthos from the three muskateers. He was just legendary in that movie

[@yungfella666]

Its funny cause in the flashbacks of xaviers life he's always bald from what ive seen in the comics so he really didnt need hair in this movie lol

[@nailinthefashion]

8:32 That costume is to die for though. It's giving Hellfire Gala

[@robertpajulehto]

First Class is a fantastic movie. I love Fassbender's Magneto and the score of this film. I actually listened to it on Spotify earlier today. 😲😃😐👍

[@MEDUSAvsSHOE]

This is probably my favorite superhero film.

[@DodiStark]

I saw in the theater. I was high off two blunts and I couldn't help but think Azazel was going to teleport into the theater. Thought First Class was my Last Movie lol

[@groge511]

8:06 "CEO of Lockheed". Lockheed is the name of Kitty Pryde's dragon companion

[@Myke1992]

Lockheed was an aerospace manufacturer for the U.S. that merged with Martin Marietta in 1995 to form Lockheed Martin that’s known today. That’s where the name for the dragon came from more than likely.

[@groge511]

@@Myke1992 Cool I didn't know that. Still worth mentioning that connection I'd say

[@sourabhkarmakar8040]

​@@groge511isn't Lockheed Illyana Rastputin aka Magik's dragon ❓

[@mr.iiconic]

@@sourabhkarmakar8040 no. Where on earth did you get that idea? Lockheed has always been Shadowcat's dragon.

[@cieje]

in hindsight, the slight differences are consistent with it being an alternate universe.

[@CRTNY09]

Interesting Charles said he couldn’t control animals but he was able to control the horses in Logan…

[@kramermariav]

Maybe he learned how? Those movies are set decades apart

[@MysterySteve]

I love more of the X-Men movies than most fans, but this one is *easily* my favourite, DOFP a close second

[@dustyfedora]

Darwin’s death is just a classic example of the Worf Effect. Darwin is supposed to be able to adapt and survive anything, so Shaw being able to kill him so effortlessly just serves to make him look a lot stronger.

[@alexorozco6120]

What the hell was that dig at January Jones for? 8:40

[@Power_trip397]

Got my popcorn ready for this x-men rewatch 💯🙌🏽

[@Tantorsaurus]

I'm getting so much joy out of these rewatchs! Keep it up New Rockstars! The unsong heros behind these videos deserve so much praise as well

[@thisisrhys1781]

it was "non, je ne regrette rien" in inception not "la vie en rose"

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

Was it? Or were you incepted into believing that?

[@imbtyler]

at 33:50 !! I just noticed that Robin Scherbatsky's Dad (Robin Sr.) is siting two seats right of William Stryker... This changes EVERYTHING about the How I Met Your Mother-verse...

[@Rosepapi]

Michael Fassbender is the best Magneto argue with someone else.

[@tqt13rocks]

@ 8:03, "The CEO of Lockheed." Could that be a reference to the purple alien-dragon the used to hang with Shadowcat?

[@Myke1992]

Lockheed was an aerospace manufacturer for the U.S. it merged with Martin Marietta in 1995 to form Lockheed Martin that’s known today.

[@spookykouki8970]

This is my favorite X-Men movie. Days of Future Past is my second favorite😁

[@Zombiesnyder13]

I loved Henry Jackman's score so much that I made a video of the first AVENGERS with the theme "Rage and Serenity"

[@thetotaldramaking5427]

I absolutely adore this film it’s a really good entry for a preboot

[@l.clairevisto8210]

The X-MEN in Deadpool that appears is a tribute in the end credits for the past movies of fox R. I. P. The good times.

[@n3u3rotica]

If the scenes we've seen in photos and clips take place in The Void, as some have suggested, then it's natural to assume that filmmakers intend to use FX to make what appears to be a desert in these shots look the way The Void looks in Loki.

[@johnsolo1439]

12:29 my favorite scene

[@AshMCM]

Why was raven looking like raven from teen titans? 7:00

[@Momomeeks89]

Yes! I couldn’t wait for you to review this one ! It’s one of my favs 😊

[@rodrigun001]

Villa Gesell is a beach town. The place shown in the movie is Bariloche.

[@supasolobolo8208]

Fun fact Glenn Morshower also plays General Shepard in the mw reboots so he really does love his military roles

[@Javier.M.]

Wait a minute!!!!! They celebrate with champagne in The Great Gatsby too. Is Leonardo Decaprio a Mutant too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤨😱😱😱

[@marcaddow7326]

BEST X - MEN movie EVER 2nd to Logan and X-Men days of future Past.

[@NebulasLife]

So not the best 😂

[@redgenerall28]

Better than Logan Easy

[@caolanmcflynn2412]

Josef mengele does exist in 616 him and magneto had history

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Glenn Morshower was great in Transformers

[@brianvarley6478]

We see in Logan that Charles is eventually able to control animals. Just not seizures.

[@erikagholston6610]

This is one of my favorite X Men movies.

[@Zero2HeroX]

Perfect, i was just about to eat lunch

[@fleapitflicks5212]

There is a real bar in Las Vegas called Atomic that’s been open since 1952.

[@Rubii5]

36:04 Azazel

[@neemahbethea9328]

My dream vid. Best X-Men film in my opinion.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Mathew Vaughan makes very stylish Bond type movies- sometimes at the expense of content. Even the Kingsmen movies have a similar tone

[@carmenmele9352]

35:14 they probably intentionally made it reminiscent of Dr. No as it came out in 1962, the year this movie takes place in

[@E2RA]

8:26 is also the cod mw2 (2009) announcer and is also general shepherd in cod mw2 (2022) and mw3 (2023)

[@divinedelaware7541]

Platt was pretty good on Chicago ED to

[@zerokool2575]

Not a fan of Jan Jones?

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Enjoyed Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw

[@dashingdreww1185]

Why’d you do January Jones like that 😂😂

[@andilea6018]

AGREED! Unnecessary JJ shade was 100% unnecessary

[@LuyandaSontashe-bb4ig]

X men first class is the best x men movie ever

[@Luke101]

McAvoy actually shaved his head for Days of Future Past, not this one. He thought “now this is the one where I’m gonna be bald” only learning later that Charles would still have hair

[@snack_bar2474]

This still continues to be my favorite X-Men film.

[@jesusrules0707]

I’ll always agree… we didn’t get to see enough of Darwin and his abilities

[@michaelgolden7694]

When Charles helps Magneto access his childhood memories, I'm pretty sure those aren't Hanukkah candles. I think it's a Shabbat menorah with only seven candles, so it's actually their weekly celebration of the Sabbath.

[@yc5391]

January jones, is a perfect frost!

[@cursedvhstape2443]

Nightcrawler's parentage was recently retconned

[@santhegemini]

why does no one ever acknowledge that magneto transitions to a british accent in the second movie when he doesn’t in this movie

[@lethalprotector2078]

This is one of my favorites

[@marvelswadeteamup400]

Charles & Havock Funny af 😭💀🤣

[@MrThisissuchahassle]

"Frienship"😂

[@STKMRProductions]

Charles said his telepathy doesn’t work on animals because they’re “too stupid to think” but in Logan he was able to use it on horses

[@krisztianunpronounceable]

I just watched the Rogue Cut of DoFP

[@ked49]

21:03 it worked perfectly, in the scene you can tell he was trying to save both himself and his friends, he couldn’t so he decided to save them instead

[@szatan9717]

The point is that due to his power he could and would survive it

[@ked49]

@@szatan9717 but at the cost of his friends and the mutant race. And he chose to save them.

[@szatan9717]

@@ked49 no??? I'm not talking about him choosing to fight shaw. I'm talking about the fact that the ball of energy shouldn't have killed him due to his powers. Which is why people are saying he was done dirty by the filmmakers, he got killed off very quickly in a very dissatisfying way for the people who know the character.

[@ked49]

@@szatan9717 as I said, he could have saved himself or his friends. He chose to control his power in that moment to save his friends. There wasn’t time for both

[@szatan9717]

@@ked49 and as i said, that's not really how it works. He had zero guarantee that after his death the enemies wouldn't just murder the rest of his friends and no way to influence that afterwards. Fighting on would be the only way to save anyone (either his friends or the people Shaw wanted to murder in his plan for global domination). He didn't sacrifice himself, he was killed in a fight when judging by his powers he really shouldn't have died from that.

[@SirsasthNigam.]

26:02 i only got that on rewatching the scene

[@Thunderflare99]

I absolutely loved this movie. I had no idea where it was going to end up, but as a stand-alone movie it was very effective and showed there was a lot of potential for the future. Well, you know the too many cooks saying.

[@CamdenZeiler-np2ih]

How is he not going to acknowledge the parallel between the rose colored glasses, and Cyclop's ruby glasses

[@M0RGAT0RY]

That song ( by Edith Piaf) was played in Saving Private Ryan

[@Silverheart575]

11:19 They recently "retconned" this to be that Nightcrawlers parents are Mystique and Destiny. I say retcon but it was always intended to be that way, and they only changed it last year.

[@MotivationalGrindForLife]

X-men is great!!

[@Marianojoey]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, "In Argentina".... oh boy, how much did we laugh when that scene came in the theaters.... Villa Gesel is in the coast, it has sand and sea. That scene tries to look like "Villa General Belgrano" in Córdoba, where we have lakes and mountains (not as tall as the ones in this scene). Let's say it's more green and less sandy. :D Also, many germans escaped to Córdoba (where they actually founded a couple of towns), so in that regard, the scene is partially correct. :) It would be awesome if the guys in charge of fact checking did a good job BEFORE the movie. :)

[@jar768jake]

Shoot! I can't believe it never crossed my mind that they Back to the Future Part 2'd the beginning of this film.

[@coldfire22]

Honestly the only part of this movie I liked was Hugh Jackman's cameo. lol