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

[Widowmaker]

Just got back from the midnight showing in NYC & I cannot say how much I enjoyed this movie. Complex, funny, and just...wow
The character development, The capturing of the sprit of each character, the dialouge, it's like they focused on what made the X-Men, the X-Men. It's about mutants, tolerance/intolerance, and us vs. them...That's the X-Men. The trailer for GL did really move me because I knew that First Class was the better movie, but it turned out to be really great.

*I have one tiny compliant, Emma needed more screentime JJ was great at capturing Emma's sprit, but it seemed like after she was captured, the Hellfire Club forgot she existed.

 

[Sweet Xstacy]

At my viewing the audience was really attentive, gasping at the various Magneto scenes, laughing at the jokes and one liners, hell at one point my girlfriend was actually crying.

Thanks!
How many people in the audience?

 

[J.Howlett]

roach,

I would even say that the creation of Magneto could happen at the end of the second film. Because, for argument's sake, what if this film doesn't get a sequel? If it doesn't, the way the ending is shaped leads you with one big damn question; what the hell have Magneto and Raven been doing for the last 38 years before the events of the first film?

 

[Hush]

One word, Amazing. Also best Superhero Cameo ever, right up there with Hawkeye.

 

[dru-zod2501]

Saw it at a midnight screening. Of Course this is far and away, the BEST X-Men film of all; the other films don't compare, don't even register by comparison. Hell, for me, I'll say this is one of the best comic book movies to date!!

Stellar performances by everyone involved, though Fassbender's Erik was the star of the show IMO. My showing had the biggest pop during the Logan cameo, was it the same for others?

 

[J.Howlett]

JP,

Oh, their friendship is well defined. It's just that, the previous films gave you the impression that they were friends for YEARS. It was barely two weeks, according to this film's timeline....

...and that's my other big flaw of the film. Even at 2 hours, it's almost too fast. It doesn't really breathe, for me. X2 breathes for you to contemplate themes and character. This one doesn't really do that until the night before the blockade incident.

We needed more breathable moments, for my taste.

 

[RKO]

Saw it at a midnight screening. Of Course this is far and away, the BEST X-Men film of all; the other films don't compare, don't even register by comparison. Hell, for me, I'll say this is one of the best comic book movies to date!!

Stellar performances by everyone involved, though Fassbender's Erik was the star of the show IMO. My showing had the biggest pop during the Logan cameo, was it the same for others?

I'll go with one of the quotes from a reviewer and say this is the best Super hero film since TDK.

Surely one of the best ever.

 

[Widowmaker]

Can you guys post your crowd reports i.e. how many people were in the audience? I'd like to see if we can get a read on this opening weekend at the box office.

At the AMC at 42nd street IT. WAS. PACKED! but there was still open seats in the first two rows. A the audience was really energized for it.

 

[Nirvana]

Good God, did not expect this movie to rock as hard as it did. I loved it,

10/10

 

[MadVillainy]

JP,

Oh, their friendship is well defined. It's just that, the previous films gave you the impression that they were friends for YEARS. It was barely two weeks, according to this film's timeline....

...and that's my other big flaw of the film. Even at 2 hours, it's almost too fast. It doesn't really breathe, for me. X2 breathes for you to contemplate themes and character. This one doesn't really do that until the night before the blockade incident.

We needed more breathable moments, for my taste.

Yes, I totally agree with that.

 

[chaseter]

Great movie!

The beginning feels a little cheesy with the switch over to Charles and Raven but the beginning with young Erik is exactly like X1. That right there tells you that this is in the same universe as X1 and X2. The effects are just a tad dodgy in the beginning scene with young Erik making that operating room go crazy.

However, after the beginning the movie gets going and in my opinion it's perfect apart from the Beast makeup. Yes I said it. After the introduction, the rest of the movie is pure perfection! Great cast, great action, great affects, great writing, great dialogue, great everything...except of course for Beast's makeup. It felt a little constricting and so his facial and mouth movements looked wooden.

Vaughn perfectly utilized the background characters like Riptide, Azazel, Banshee, Havok, etc. Some say Emma was underused but this movie isn't about her. I also loved January Jones' portrayal of her. She was sexy yet subdued because after all, this is the 60s. She isn't a speak up and do what she wants character because she was under Shaw's finger so it worked. I also loved Lawrence's Mystique. My only complaint with her is that she did not have a single fight scene so I hope in the sequel with her naked we see some of her moves.

The cameos were great! This is the best X-Men movie to date.

9.5/10

Would have been a 10/10 in my opinion if Vaughn had a couple more months to fix a little bit of the cgi and make Beast's makeup better.

 

[Sweet Xstacy]

At the AMC at 42nd street IT. WAS. PACKED! but there was still open seats in the first two rows. A the audience was really energized for it.

Great thanks!

 

[chaseter]

Yes the movie flew by and at 2 hours that means that Vaughn is an amazing director...which he is. It felt like one hour! Seriously amazing how well paced this movie was.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Thanks!
How many people in the audience?

It was pretty packed, when we first got there there was like 10 people, but as the trailers played the theater filled up, so quite a few.

 

[chaseter]

This movie had the worst trailers ever in front of it! I was getting worried with Spy Kids, that dumb Kevin James movie, and some other crap that this movie was going to be childish.

Will be seeing this again tomorrow!

 

[roach]

roach,

I would even say that the creation of Magneto could happen at the end of the second film. Because, for argument's sake, what if this film doesn't get a sequel? If it doesn't, the way the ending is shaped leads you with one big damn question; what the hell have Magneto and Raven been doing for the last 38 years before the events of the first film?

building the mutant-maker machine...getting old

 

[JP]

I had Captain America, Green Lantern, Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Rise of the Apes, and Penguins.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

Yes the movie flew by and at 2 hours that means that Vaughn is an amazing director...which he is. It felt like one hour! Seriously amazing how well paced this movie was.

I know right? At the end of the war sequence I checked my clock, thinking "seriously....its supposed to be 2h20...wait...It's...2 a.m?"

 

[J.Howlett]

roach,

With Fassbender's portrayal of Magneto, no way that cat was chillin' for 38 years on the sidelines. At the end of this film, Magneto wants to reek havoc.

By the way, January Jones was awesome as the 60's femme fatale. She's essentially playing the role that Mystique becomes in the original films. But, she's cool as hell.

 

[UltimateJustin]

I have nothing negative to say. I'm surprised a prequel can be this competent.

 

[Marginal Man]

I went in to this excited by the positive reviews and enjoyable character clips but I wasn't impressed by this movie at all. From the beginning I knew something was wrong when young Erik delivered a Darth Vader Revenge of the Sith style "NEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIN!" and the young Charles lets a mutant stray cat in like the whole thing was no big deal. From there we got like 20 location jumps for the first half of the movie instead of real character development. Havok was unmemorable aside from his power struggles, Darwin and Angel II had some surprisingly good acting talent wasted on D-list characters no one cares about, and the actress that played Mystique annoyed the hell out of me. All of the villains were pathetic and reminded me of Wolverine Origins at best and Austin Powers at worst. Azazel and Riptide are not even likable throwaway characters in the comics but Sebastian Shaw and Emma Frost overall seemed too different from their comic book counterparts. I hated the way the code-names were created although I think it may have just been my biased against anything said by Mystique. Now that isn't to say this movie was all bad. I truly enjoyed Professor X and Magneto. Sure they had some clunky dialogue here and there but they said so much more with their eyes and facial expressions. The scene where Charles is crippled actually did hit me emotionally and it did seem truly tragic. Moira, Beast, Banshee, and the MIB all did a great job with the little they were given and I also enjoyed every government agent actor. I feel like overall this left me with the same feeling X3 and Wolverine did...cheated.

 

[chaseter]

Yup...no character development from Charles or Erik at all in the first half of the movie

How was Shaw or Frost pathetic?

 

[roach]

well I heard that

Spoiler

Vaughn wants to open the sequel up with Magneto killing Kennedy...which is why the bullet has a weird trajectory...because he took credit for the Cuba crisis being over

 

[Crockett]

It had an amazing pace, Lee Smith is the man.

 

[jmc]

Some more thoughts on the film a day after seeing it, the main issues I'm having is with Mystique. It seems like an odd criticism but given the character that appears in the later stories Jennifer Lawrence brings a level of depth and emotion that is too good. Maybe I was just surprised by the level of her involvement, for 3 movies the character was a cardboard cutout pretty much there to look hot and do some action. But here she's a grounded, well rounded character who just wants to be accepted for who she is, she is strong yet vulnerable, she's such an engaging character that you end up caring for her, and it bugs me! It shouldn't, but it does. I just can't look at this endearing girl and see the same character present in X1, X2 and X3, I can for Charles and for Eric, but not Mystique, it's like day and night. It's so strange loving a performance and a character yet having it bug the crap out of you. Kudos to Jennifer Lawrence, that girl has a big future.