Days of Future Past Have you seen X-Men: First Class? Post here!

[pyromaniac]

I will, I will. Just let me see it a few more times before I do so I can solidify all my thoughts on it. But I must say that I can't really refute any of the points that Blackman brought up. They were pretty solid to me.

I was just ribbing you. You really don't have to, if you're buckling under pressure.

One point I have to make about teamwork that Blackman was bringing up. To be fair, there was little strategy for such, but more so the fact the baddies messed up their chances to regroup, and scatter them, so they pretty much improvised on the fly.

Circumstantially, there was no opportunity for them to showcase that. It's likely that in the sequel we will see some brain and brawn in unison.

 

[pyromaniac]

Yeah, this movie did feel like they packed a whole helluva lot in and that they pretty much needed to go pretty quickly through it all in order to fit it all in. Kinda doesn't leave room for much breathing space so the audience can take it all in.

I didn't have a problem with that. I could follow the story well and I breathed fine.

If anything, The Dark Knight by comparison had a LOT going on, but for some reason I was more analytical of the story points upon the second viewing than the first time. Because I was just caught up in the sheer narrative of it that I didn't stoop to think.

X-Men had less than that, so it wasn't too hard for me. Plus that's why you can always go back. A number of reviews do mention the need for replay value. And X-Men at least has that.

 

[chamber-music]

Any dude who said she was pretty she seemed into

I think she was just looking for someone to like her she seemed a little lonely remember how she

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tried to mess up Charles flirting with that girl with the different coloured eyes

 

[MadVillainy]

IMO when Shaw was absorbing the energy of the nuclear reactor, they couldve had Shaw come out and had X-Men vs Shaw himself.

Any dude who said she was pretty she seemed into

And that was the main thing, she didnt feel pretty because of her skin. But when Xavier and Beast said she was pretty basically in her mask, she realized that they dont find the "real" her pretty. Magneto found her true self beautiful and that's why he got with her in the end

 

[roach]

yeah...why didnt Emma break out?

 

[Tony Stark]

Stryker was in the movie? I totally missed that. Which one was he?

 

[Troy_Parker]

Eh, Stryker was in this? o.o

 

[Tony Stark]

And that was the main thing, she didnt feel pretty because of her skin. But when Xavier and Beast said she was pretty basically in her mask, she realized that they dont find the "real" her pretty. Magneto found her true self beautiful and that's why he got with her in the end

I get that, but what I didn't get is

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Mags was responsible for nearly killing and paralyzing her brother, and she just walks off? Also it felt a little empty they left on good terms because she tries to kill him in X1

 

[Snikt]

Stryker was in the movie? I totally missed that. Which one was he?

Yes, but it was

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Stryker's father

My review:

Saw it at the midnight show last night; I'd say a 4.5/5. The acting was solid, the action sequences were really cool.

I loved the "recruiting bit." I won't say anything else other than it was a fun scene.

Plenty of laughs too. I didn't expect that. And for anyone hesitant because Vaughn metioned the word TWILIGHT in an interview when talking about X-Men; no worries. There really doesn't seem to be anything in the film that resembles that.

Of course there is some romance, but that's to be expected.

Only complaint with the film

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Beast's appearance. I really didn't care for the make-up at all. It didn't ruin the movie for me, but it looked like Nicholas Hoult couldn't move any facial muscles under the make-up. I went in with an open mind when comparing it to Beast from X3. First Class Beast may have looked better in pictures and stills, but in the films, X3 Beast looks much more real and smooth

 

[kedrell]

I was wondering how Erik was able to still harm Emma when she was in her diamond form. I thought she'd be impervious to his power in that form, or at least impervious to him harming her.

 

[pyromaniac]

I get that, but what I didn't get is

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Mags was responsible for nearly killing and paralyzing her brother, and she just walks off? Also it felt a little empty they left on good terms because she tries to kill him in X1

He wasn't directly at fault...

 

[pyromaniac]

I was wondering how Erik was able to still harm Emma when she was in her diamond form. I thought she'd be impervious to his power in that form, or at least impervious to him harming her.

What do you mean?

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He used metal to wrap the golden bedposts around her, causing her diamond form to start cracking ever so slightly...

 

[kedrell]

What do you mean?

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He used metal to wrap the golden bedposts around her, causing her diamond form to start cracking ever so slightly...

Yeah, that part.
Shouldn't he be unable to do that?

 

[Roose Bolton]

Diamonds are breakable, it's just reeeeeeaaally hard to do so

 

[Stringer]

I wouldn't think a bedpost could crack diamond.

 

[pyromaniac]

But gold cuts diamond...

 

[Roose Bolton]

Beat me to it ^

 

[kedrell]

So her diamond form in this movie is basically pointless. I think they should've just kept her classic.

 

[kedrell]

But gold cuts diamond...

Since when? And he wasn't cutting her, he was crushing the diamonds.

 

[roach]

Yeah, that part.
Shouldn't he be unable to do that?

why..diamond's are the hardest substance known to man so far but it doesnt make it invulnerable.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Edit: everyone else seems to have it covered...

 

[chamber-music]

IMO when Shaw was absorbing the energy of the nuclear reactor, they couldve had Shaw come out and had X-Men vs Shaw himself.

Shaw was more focused on

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his plan of starting a nuke war. He probably though his cronies could handle them seeing as last time they were not so great against him

I don't think Shaw versus the X-Men single handed would of been that exciting to be honest. He would basically just absorb eveything they tossed at him and release it against them.

Plus Magneto wanted the final kill I don't think he would of let Banshee, Havok and Beast help him as he was out to straight murder Shaw

 

[kedrell]

What exactly was her classic? she turned to diamonds. diamonds arent indestructable...

He classic powers are just being a telepath. The diamond form stuff is relatively new.

 

[kedrell]

why..diamond's are the hardest substance known to man so far but it doesnt make it invulnerable.

That's fine, but do you think a squeeze from a soft metal(gold is a soft metal) bed frame is enough to crush diamonds? Remember, this ain't cutting her, he was crushing her.

I think it would have been a more workable solution that since she obviously changed into that form to render her invulnerable to Charles's psychic attacks as well as Erik's physical attacks, that Erik could have used the metal bed frame to immobilize her as he did but then do something like find some nearby water(a pool or some such thing to try to use the fact that she still needed to breathe as a means of having some leverage on her to get her to talk).

Eh, it's just an idea.

 

[roach]

That's fine, but do you think a squeeze from a soft metal(gold is a soft metal) bed frame is enough to crush diamonds? Remember, this ain't cutting her, he was crushing her.

I think it would have been a more workable solution that since she obviously changed into that form to render her invulnerable to Charles's psychic attacks as well as Erik's physical attacks, that Erik could have used the metal bed frame to immobilize her as he did but then do something like find some nearby water(a pool or some such thing to try to use the fact that she still needed to breathe as a means of having some leverage on her to get her to talk).

Eh, it's just an idea.

i think if someone had the ability to manipulate metal they could potentially crush diamonds with a soft metal substance by the amount of pressure applied