After 11 movies by FOX, Marvel Studios should have a pretty good idea of what not to do.
Don't overdo Wolverine and don't waste Scott and Ororo are I guess important if obvious guidelines but not much for making a good movie let alone a series.
I think the only truly good X-Men movies are Days of Future Past and Logan. The original X-Men, X2 and First Class were ok for their time but I don't think they've aged very well. There's tons of room for improvement.
X1, on the other hand, aged worse than almost any other superhero film of the era, unfortunately.
How does a movie not "age well"? I can understand that term for something like video games, but seems like an odd thing to say about movies, unless you're just talking about special effects.
I loved the first film and particularly feel its special effects were and still have been way too overlooked.
I know I'm unusual but I loved its mix of intimate and epic, a lot of people refer to it as television-ish, I think that's at least fine even in itself (probably pretty inevitable when having a big cast) and I interpret it more as being open-ended introduction.
Lots of ways. Subject matter, humor, culture, etc..
If we're specifically talking about the MCU, a movie may not age well if it's dependent on watching a bunch of other movies like say Civil War. Another way is the hype. Some movies like the 1st Avengers movie had a lot of hype going into it, to the point that people may be more forgiving of it's flaws. But over time, after the hype is gone, those flaws may be more aparent on later rewatches.
I don't think humor or even culture overall, at least as generally reflected in big movies, tends to change much in 20 years, maybe in 30 and probably definitely noticeable, but probably still not bothersome, by 40.
Totally agreed with you on X2, but I argue that X1 aged pretty well too. What’s the criticism with it?
The only wonky bit that sticks out to me is Logan spinning on the Statue of Liberty. The script is still sharp/tight—even with the infamous “do you know what happens to a toad when it’s struck by lightning“ line lol
There is a bit to that it doesn't have much action, just pretty brief parts, until the end, but I think what is there is still pretty impressive (and more recent movies usually don't have that much more, let alone that is vital or improves the film much) and I think the characterizations are still quite good.
I don't have an exhaustive list off the top of my head since it's been a few years since the last time I watched it, but just some of things I remember:
Sabretooth is awful both visually and performance wise. Toad was ok at best.
Sabretooh was disappointing, a low part, and Mystique could have been better but I thought Toad (who did and does benefit a bit from low expectations) was great.
All the stuff with Logan making fun of Cyclops just makes me cringe at this point (there was still some of that in X2 but way less).
How different is that from the jokes at Captain America's expense?
