x-men: first class (2011). directed by matthew vaughn.

a less successful effort from matthew vaugh if you ask me. it is cartoonish and i would have turned off the in flight movie if not for micheal fassbender's masochist panache and pained performance. i think the pairing of fassbender and mcavoy doesn't really work - it's like having a grown man acting with a kid.  i find the CGI poor too, and i can't be blamed for seeing inception (2010) that pretty much shows the audience that nothing can't be done out there. however, the story is contemporary as the whole mutant issue is framed as the don't-ask-don't-tell debacle.