Days of Future Past The Official X-Men: First Class Rate and Review Thread

[josh8]

oops my bad! t:

you know that extra 1/2 star feels good!!

 

[Marvel]

I'm serious when I say First Class may just be the movie of the year, not just the summer. I hope the awards people finally pay attention to a summer film that's based on a comic book. That ignorant comic book bias has to stop somewhere.

"You don't get people this rounded in your standard Oscar flick."

-quote from RT critic David Edwards

 

[pyromaniac]

that said, if armond doesn't hate it, I will eat my shorts on live tv

What, copying Bart Simpson now? Tsk tsk, come up with your own gimmick.

All the reviews really are fantastic to hear.

 

[Sweet Xstacy]

http://www.emanuellevy.com/review/x-men-first-class/

B

"Taking the “X-Men” story back to its roots, “First Class” makes a fresh start, resulting in a smooth, stylish, often thrilling and entertaining picture, which goes out of its way not to look or feel like a typical comic strip movie."

 

[Project862006]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/x_men_first_class/

still 100% with 17 reviews

 

[The Morningstar]

I always had a sneaking suspicion this movie could be a dark horse. I imagine it might be the most critically acclaimed superhero movie this year.

 

[Marvin]

I have a feeling any superhero movie Vaughn made would have been this strong...I wonder if this does better than Thor(which he was booted off/walked away from).

Or his Millar storied Superman

 

[kedrell]

If I recall, he was off of Thor for different reasons than why he left X3. With Thor, he wanted too much for an unproven character and Marvel simply wasn't willing to go that far(heard he wanted something like 200-300M to get it right) and while a great Thor movie could have come of that, it was simply too risky(a descision I agree with). Directors can go bananas with studio money all they want because at the end of the day, it's not their money they're spending. Studios must be cautious, lest another Speed Racer-type situation happen.

 

[Chewy]

Yes the Thor treatment Vaughn wanted to move forward with was budgeted at 300M. It also featured Thor killing Balder and a Loki sex scene.

And no, I'm not kidding.

 

[kedrell]

Thor's average rating was low (relative to it's very high Tomatometer at the time) from the beginning which always suggested that some negative reviews would come out at some stage.

Then look at another film - Kick-Ass. Held at 100% for quite awhile with much higher average rating and then dropped as well. Didn't hold nearly as long up in the over-all RT % score as Thor did, but Thor's kinda in a class by itself there. I can't ever remember a film staying so high for so long and then dropping that much.

The previous bar had been set by King Kong(2005), which stayed well in the high 90's or maybe even 100% until it already had 25-30 reviews in and then dropped into the low 80's%. Thor more than doubled KK in that regard. Very unusual.

Usually after 25 or so reviews in, the over-all RT% isn't likely to change much beyond a 5% swing in either direction from that point on. Critics are very suseptable to group-think, I find.

 

[kedrell]

Yes the Thor treatment Vaughn wanted to move forward with was budgeted at 300M. It also featured Thor killing Balder and a Loki sex scene.

And no, I'm not kidding.

Who was Loki supposed to be having sex with?

 

[Marvin]

Well his Thor wouldn't have been a glorified TV movie that's for sure. But 300m is unheard of.


I'm starting to understand why Fass chose this film over Spiderman.
(sequel clause lol)

 

[The Morningstar]

A horse.

 

[kedrell]

A horse.

Oh yeah, the whole shapeshifting thing. That's taking mythology a little too literally for my tastes.

 

[X-Maniac]

Who was Loki supposed to be having sex with?

Thor, probably

And who could blame him for lusting after that piece of beef lol

 

[kedrell]

Well his Thor wouldn't have been a glorified TV movie that's for sure. But 300m is unheard of.


I'm starting to understand why Fass chose this film over Spiderman.
(sequel clause lol)

I hardly thought Branagh's film was a glorified TV movie.

 

[Chewy]

Who was Loki supposed to be having sex with?

Karnilla

 

[The Morningstar]

Oh yeah, the whole shapeshifting thing. That's taking mythology a little too literally for my tastes.

lol I was joking, i'm not sure what he was supposed to shag. But he did shapeshift into a horse and have sex with another one, which gave birth to Slepneir.

I hardly thought Branagh's film was a glorified TV movie.

It was no where near being a glorified TV movie. The acting alone elevates it beyond that... and most superhero movies in general for that matter.

 

[kedrell]

Thor felt like an abridged version of a great movie. The end result? Just a good movie.

I'm happy XM:FC at least has a longer running time than the last 2 films in the series.

 

[kedrell]

Karnilla

Ah, that ain't so bad.

 

[Marvin]

well it's a subjective criticism.

The way the settings were handled
the small town, the asgard in establishing shots only with everything else being small interior shots. The sound stange Frost giants scene.

Thor vs the Destroyer seemed like was produced by the Smallville writers. Speaking of which the divine garb alone with the asgardian interior still looked the way they did in the early promotion...ie like something from the CW. With the earth stuff looking like something you'd find on TBS or TNT(I don't watch tv).

Subjectively speaking it felt like a gloried TV series. The story elevated it in places but only just so.

The fact that I can propose such a notion whereas I would be insane to say such a thing about say TDK is my point. Marvel needs to work on a few things before Avengers hits.

I don't think I would be saying the same thing about Vaughn's take on the property.

 

[pyro9vivacita]

Another review from David Bentley over at Geek Files:

"Best film so far this year and well worth the rapturous applause it earned at the preview screening I attended. I can't wait to see where the story goes next."

Rating: 5/5 t:

 

[HighFivingMF]

Yes the Thor treatment Vaughn wanted to move forward with was budgeted at 300M. It also featured Thor killing Balder and a Loki sex scene.

And no, I'm not kidding.

... Were they the same scene?

 

[Tacit Ronin]

I'm serious when I say First Class may just be the movie of the year, not just the summer. I hope the awards people finally pay attention to a summer film that's based on a comic book. That ignorant comic book bias has to stop somewhere.

"You don't get people this rounded in your standard Oscar flick."

-quote from RT critic David Edwards

I always loved your short sighted, hyperbolic posts. Never leave. Please.

You bring joy to my daily forum treading.

 

[Sweet Xstacy]

Another review from David Bentley over at Geek Files:

"Best film so far this year and well worth the rapturous applause it earned at the preview screening I attended. I can't wait to see where the story goes next."

Rating: 5/5 t:

Sweet!