This is the first movie that brought us Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique. Those are big shoes to fill considering the role was previously played by Rebecca Romijn Stamos, but she fills them nicely. Sure, some people hate Jennifer Lawrence, but more people love her. I know we're not in short supply of goofy white girls, but she's a special one.
It's cool getting to see everyone as a younger version of themselves, especially Professor X and Magneto. This is back when he just went by X. He wasn't quite a professor yet. Magneto and X team up to find a group of mutants they can groom to be heroes. I wish there were some deleted scenes of the mutants who didn't make the team. Stinkbug, a mutant who just stinks. He didn't make the cut.