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

[Vilya]

Yeah, i was thinking the same thing

 

[By your Command]

7. It's weird how a lot of people here were comparing this movie to "The Dark Knight", I think of it more as "Batman Begins", which I must admit I really didn't care for back then (or now), but the second I walked out I thought that a sequel for it would be really good, which is in some ways what I wish for the sequel to "First Class".

 

[The Joker]

9/10 for me.

Loved it. Solid acting all around. Particular praise for Fassbender and McEvoy who made the movie. The action was great. The story was very engaging. I loved the humor, particularly the cameo from a certain someone which just brought the house down with laughter.

X-Men badly needed this movie after the duds that X-3 and Wolverine were.

 

[RetroNaz]

You gotta wonder why Erik didn't just yank Shaw's helmet off immediately. Why did he need to manipulate a piece of metal to yoink his helmet off his head? Isn't the helmet made of metal?

I can only guess it wasn't actually "metal" and was something else given that it can block people from reading minds.

Either that, or that's a question we're not suppose to ask

 

[kedrell]

If it was more like a ceramic or polymer or something like that, then I'd would've needed only a 5-second bit of dialogue to explain it and whalla! no more questions.

 

[Deaths Head II]

There are a few inconsistencies in the movie. Like why Azazel didn't teleport everyone off the island when the missiles were coming despite the fact it was shown over and over again he can teleport groups of people over great distances. At the very least he should have saved his own group and left the X-Men to die.

 

[By your Command]

Or why Emma didn't escape from captivity.

 

[kedrell]

I chalk a lot of that stuff up to the rushed script & production. Had they had more time, they would have been addressed.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

yea if ur a comic fan of X men...just ignore everything you have ever read cause this aint the X Men movie for us die hard comic book fans. its for the fans of the singerverse Xmen that butchered the mythos...

I am a hardcore fan of the X-Men comics, and I love Singer's 2 films, the sequel and prequel that followed, and First Class.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

I still can't get over how was this film was. Defenitely the best since X2, IMO.

 

[Sweet Xstacy]

That scene was actually from X-men...it was used in the trailer to illustrate wher Magneto ends up, just like the bit of Xavier in Cerebro. You just can't see McKellen's face in the Magneto clip. (it's just as they're taking Rogue from the train station.





The cut-away of Raven's reaction

Spoiler

to Xavier's concern for moira

was very well done--far better than an on-the-nose piece of dialog would have been. a fantastic example of show-don't-tell, right there.

Oh snap!

 

[Figs]

i personally am pissed off the contnuity is messed up period as the mythos i grew up reading has still yet to be brought to film. this is some alternate universe ****

So you're one of those fans that won't be happy until you see a movie where it's frame for frame like the comic panels...ok.

Having it be exactly like the comics does not guarantee it being a good movie. Also, it's funny when people ***** about continuity with the films, yet don't realize how messed up the continuity can be in the comics at times.

I get that people wanted to see the original five members in this movie, but that's just fanboy wishes. Honestly, answer this. How would that have made the movie better, not in terms of accuracy, but in terms of being a great movie?

 

[Nemi]

7. It's weird how a lot of people here were comparing this movie to "The Dark Knight", I think of it more as "Batman Begins", which I must admit I really didn't care for back then (or now), but the second I walked out I thought that a sequel for it would be really good, which is in some ways what I wish for the sequel to "First Class".

I think Vaughn said something similar himself. That this film was about setting the characters up and their origins then in the sequel he can just go all out like in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.

 

[Gianakin_]

Actually, having the original members would've been worse for them, since the focus of the movie was on 3 characters more or less. It's better that they got lesser known mutants for this.

 

[Figs]

Anyone else just a tad bit disappointed that they took out the scene from the trailer, where he makes the Russian soldier take out his knife and stab himself? That scene looked so badass in the trailer, and I was surprised it didn't make it in the final film.

Honestly, as long as this film was, it didn't feel like it. The pacing was pretty damn good.

 

[chamber-music]

the biggest for me being in X-men its mentioned that Magneto knew what to do to sabotage cerebro because he helped Xavier build it....where as in FC Hank builds it by himself

Hank builds the orginal version which is destroyed by Riptide. Nothing to say he won't help build future versions we see like the bigger version in the other X-Men movies

 

[Gianakin_]

Anyone else just a tad bit disappointed that they took out the scene from the trailer, where he makes the Russian soldier take out his knife and stab himself? That scene looked so badass in the trailer, and I was surprised it didn't make it in the final film.

Agreed. And as much as I love the SW Prequels, this is how Anakin should've been in action.

 

[By your Command]

Speaking of SW prequels - Moira/Padme choking.

 

[By your Command]

I think Vaughn said something similar himself. That this film was about setting the characters up and their origins then in the sequel he can just go all out like in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.

I'm cool with that.

 

[Gianakin_]

Speaking of SW prequels - Moira/Padme choking.

Heh, I thought so as well!

 

[Doctor Jones]

Actually, having the original members would've been worse for them, since the focus of the movie was on 3 characters more or less. It's better that they got lesser known mutants for this.

And the ironic thing is that if they kept the original five, people would ***** about continuity from the other films.

You can't win. This is why you need to pick the right people at the get go who know what they're doing and can make the right decisions. Because no matter what with comic book fans, you can't win with them. So there's no point in listening to one opinion.

Just focus on making a great film. And Figs raises a great point, if they had kept the original five, would that make it a better movie? I don't think so at all. It depends on how a story is told. And that goes for comic book films. Yes, they're based on comics, but it is a film at the end of the day. You do what works for the medium.

 

[co2]

X-men Begins is Redemption for X-fans for sure. One of the best Marvel films. I'd rank it right behind X2 as far as the X-films go.

 

[Schlosser85]

Just got back from seeing this.

Full review pending but some initial impressions:

- Better than X3, better than X1, as good as or possibly better than X2, ranking very highly for me in the series

- really liked McAvoy, Fassbender whipped all kinds of ass, really enjoyed Bacon as Shaw, Jennifer Lawrence and Rose Byrne were the other standouts to me

- loved the almost Western-style standoff and intensity of Argentina scene

- the whole build-up to the climax was epic

- was not expecting [BLACKOUT]the coin through Shaw's head[/BLACKOUT]. That was kind of a "whoa" moment.

- Magneto raising sub = epic

- teared up when [BLACKOUT]Charles unlocked Erik's memory of his mother[/BLACKOUT] and when [BLACKOUT]Erik accidentally crippled Charles[/BLACKOUT]

- loved the whole international epic blending history and fantasy scope of it

Minor nitpicks:

- Havok, Banshee, Darwin, and Angel really undeveloped, [BLACKOUT]Angel's switching sides[/BLACKOUT] felt really random

- Beast's makeup looked a little rubbery and like Hoult could barely move his face

- [BLACKOUT]Magneto's full costume at the end was too bright and gaudy[/BLACKOUT]

 

[storyteller]

Angel - [BLACKOUT]Only knew these folks for a few hours. She was not their team mate and not their friend. I don't give a whole lot of loyalty to people I just met. But if 3 powerful people just destroyed a cia facility........I may go with them.[/BLACKOUT]

Magnetos helmet? Did they ever say it was ever metal? No you simply assumed it was.


Why did frost [BLACKOUT] never escape?[/BLACKOUT]
[BLACKOUT]Well she was captured in the first place. She probably didn't think she would win round 3 with Magneto and X. Hell maybe she just knew patience because she didn't seem the least bit flustered. Shaw beat the CIA to hell in mere minutes. She probably thought he would come for her.[/BLACKOUT]


I think less rushed script and more like some folks really need everything spelled out for them.

 

[By your Command]

I think less rushed script and more like some folks really need everything spelled out for them.

I can somewhat agree with what you're saying about Angel, but the Emma Frost situation was just about not knowing how to get her out of Cuba, or keeping her for a potential sequel.