Never really been a fan of the whole X-men series, but I decided to see it since my friends were going anyway. I thought it was decent. It explained the background pretty well, but randomly throughout the movie I got bored and began to think about other things. If you're an X-man fan then I'm sure you'll love it, but if you're not it's kinda a hit and miss. The cast was pretty random and I'm not a huge fan of James McAvoy, but I thought the cast did their part pretty well.