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

[By your Command]

With all due respect to any posters who may be strippers...

I saw Angel's quick and instinctive heel turn as being in line with the way her character would be. I've dated a few strippers, and they tend to make impulsive, self-destructive bad decisions and due to vents of their upbringing or just constantly being around the drugs, alcohol and sex, they tend to have a negative view of people...and often an inflated view of their own importance, possibly just as a defense mechanism against depression.

Yeah but have you dated one that drinks champagne with the new manager right after he kills a guy she was dancing with minutes ago?, and that two days later throws acid at the chest of one of her mates that she met when she decided she wanted to go to computer school? (I'm sure there's a better metaphor for all of this). The movie could have done a much better explanation for Angel's motivations, that's just the truth.

 

[roach]

I think it makes more sense to have the powers carry on or be a variation of the parent's abilities. Wouldn't it make more sense if the more useful powers were to carry on to the next generation while the more useless abilities were to die out? Yes, technically the children aren't a mutant if that's the case but it's more of a label anyway for those who have these abilities.

i just prefer it to be random...i'd prefer if Scott and Emma's child not be a telepath or fire beams out of their eyes....

 

[Doctor Jones]

Did anyone else appreciate the hell out of The Usual Suspects incorporated into the Bad Hat Harry production logo?

****ing awesome. I couldn't help but say awesome out loud.

 

[roach]

I never forgot about Charles either, and I enjoyed his 'playboy' stuff A LOT, but personally I couldnt wait to watch Mag's continue his Nazi Hunt.

That being said, the film REALLY nailed their relationship well.



Sadly, it wasnt. I actually had to wait till the laughter died down to ask my buddy what Fassbender said (I missed the "Magneto" line). Then again, I was chuckling myself - it looked like a really bad Cosplay costume.

i agree I wasnt a fan of the costume...the helmet was spot on

 

[Son of Coul]

Did anyone else appreciate the hell out of The Usual Suspects incorporated into the Bad Hat Harry production logo?

****ing awesome. I couldn't help but say awesome out loud.

Yeah that was real cool and well-done.

 

[roach]

Yeah that was real cool and well-done.

yeah I liked it too

 

[BestGirl]

Yeah but have you dated one that drinks champagne with the new manager right after he kills a guy she was dancing with minutes ago?, and that two days later throws acid at the chest of one of her mates that she met when she decided she wanted to go to computer school? (I'm sure there's a better metaphor for all of this). The movie could have done a much better explanation for Angel's motivations, that's just the truth.

I believe Darwin was killed after she left the compound. Also, she just shot the chestplate off Havok, which would make it impossible to use his powers, thus removing him from the fight but not actually killing him. I don't think she was tying to truly hurt him.

 

[chamber-music]

It's possible. Everyone in my theater laughed during Spider-Man 3 when Peter started crying after MJ told them they had to break up.

People laughed at alot of stuff during Spider-Man 3 at the cinema I saw it in.

 

[Vile]

i agree I wasnt a fan of the costume...the helmet was spot on

I LOVED the helmet BEFORE the 'ending reveal'. I thought it looked fantastic, especially when Mags had it on for the island sequence.

What killed it, for me, was the silly 'prongs'/'horns' they added to it. I mean, I understand it was on the original Magneto design but...it was silly then and just looked silly now. I would rather they had just kept it the way it was - maybe play with the colors some, but nothing drastic.

 

[tedw]

I believe Darwin was killed after she left the compound. Also, she just shot the chestplate off Havok, which would make it impossible to use his powers, thus removing him from the fight but not actually killing him. I don't think she was tying to truly hurt him.

You don't think she found out that Darwin died afterwards (not to mention the CIA agents)? And nobody cared that she defected?

 

[roach]

I LOVED the helmet BEFORE the 'ending reveal'. I thought it looked fantastic, especially when Mags had it on for the island sequence.

What killed it, for me, was the silly 'prongs'/'horns' they added to it. I mean, I understand it was on the original Magneto design but...it was silly then and just looked silly now. I would rather they had just kept it the way it was - maybe play with the colors some, but nothing drastic.

i didnt mind the horns on the helmet...the helmet just didnt match with the costume

 

[BestGirl]

You don't think she found out that Darwin died afterwards (not to mention the CIA agents)?

How would she find out about Darwin unless Shaw told her? We don't know that he did. I doubt she's care about the CIA agents, either. She mentioned earlier that she didn't like how they looked at her and we saw how some of them talked to the mutants.

And nobody cared that she defected?

Yeah, I would've liked to have seen the reactions of the group to her defection and Darwin's death.

 

[SuperSoldier985]

People laughed at alot of stuff during Spider-Man 3 at the cinema I saw it in.

Ugh,...

People are such jerks.

 

[SuperSoldier985]

Yeah, I would've liked to have seen the reactions of the group to her defection and Darwin's death.

I don't think they needed to sell the devastation and emotion of it at the time. It was already a pretty tense moment and it might've turned way too melodramatic too early.

 

[ciscostudent561]

Spider man 3 was terrible. I watched horrified. The emo scenes were ridiculous.
People couldn't connect because it was executed in awful fashion

 

[tedw]

How would she find out about Darwin unless Shaw told her? We don't know that he did. I doubt she's care about the CIA agents, either. She mentioned earlier that she didn't like how they looked at her and we saw how some of them talked to the mutants.

It's just so black-and-white morality if she didn't care. I've met people who've treated me like crap, and spoken to me or looked at me like crap, but that doesn't mean I'd suddenly condone their murder.

Yes, Angel feels uncomfortable with the way the agents regard her. But she must've been getting something out of the deal to have joined up (free place to stay?), and if she didn't like it, surely she could've just gone back to the strip joint. What pushed her to choose Shaw's side so quickly? I wish they'd given that character a bit more exploration about such a big decision.

Yeah, I would've liked to have seen the reactions of the group to her defection and Darwin's death.

Agreed. She should've been called out about this - and if, for some reason, she hadn't been told that Darwin was gone, the end fight was a great place for her to either notice he was missing, or, better still, for the other kids to point this out to her.

 

[By your Command]

I believe Darwin was killed after she left the compound. Also, she just shot the chestplate off Havok, which would make it impossible to use his powers, thus removing him from the fight but not actually killing him. I don't think she was tying to truly hurt him.

The Darwin thing I can agree with you, maybe she thought he survived, but she was truly going after Havok, she really didn't knew the functionality of the plate, how could she? she just shot acid right at his chest.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

I'm pretty sure that Angel was there when Shaw put the Havok energy in Darwin's mouth. So while she may not have been present to see his body actually explode, she saw Shaw harm him first hand.

Also, the biggest thing is the fact that a few scenes later, she is sitting with Shaw, in his sub, toasting him over champagne over the idea of him destroying the entire world.

While Angel may have been a girl of questionable background, she did come off as someone who had some semblance of morality. Then all of a sudden, she throws that all away, and ventures with the guy who *murders* and wants to destroy the world because a couple of immature CIA agents made fun of her?

I really didn't get her turn. I felt her turn was extremely flawed, and forced, just for the sake of having someone turn. She suffers from the same problems that Banshee and Havok do - characters who are obviously meant to be seen as some kind of focus, but given the character development of a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo.

 

[SWAT]

Best cameo in a superhero movie... EVER. When I saw the cigar I was like "Naw, it's not him" Then he delivered the best line in a superhero movie. Other than that, great movie.

 

[By your Command]

While Angel may have been a girl of questionable background, she did come off as someone who had some semblance of morality. Then all of a sudden, she throws that all away, and ventures with the guy who *murders* and wants to destroy the world because a couple of immature CIA agents made fun of her?

This was exactly what I thought the first time I saw the movie, I'm not even kidding, my exact thoughts.

 

[roach]

interesting...watching X-men and Xavier mentions he met Erik at the age of 17

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Round 3 coming up.

 

[X-Maniac]

interesting...watching X-men and Xavier mentions he met Erik at the age of 17

We know. We knew for months. We don't care. Seriously, what is your agenda here?

 

[roach]

We know. We knew for months. We don't care. Seriously, what is your agenda here?

geezus can I post something without you getting your panties in a bunch
i have no agenda...i havent seen the movie in a while and was making a comment.

 

[X-Maniac]

But it's been mentioned on here so many times. It's a minor thing - at least to most people!

So what do you want from the X-Men franchise? A reboot with the original 5? A Singer-directed film? For Marvel to reclaim the rights? Are you generally okay with First Class, or do you dislike it intensely?