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

[BestGirl]

well it's a subjective criticism.

The what 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.

I agree with all this, but especially the bolded part. Why anyone would want XFC to fail so that Marvel can get the movie rights back is beyond me.

 

[Sweet Xstacy]

You guys are taking this thread way off topic.

 

[Spideyfan93]

Whatever guys. I thought Thor was a great movie and was definitely cinematic. Do not agree with the tv thing at all.

Anyways, less than a week until FC.

 

[danoyse]

So how about that X-Men: First Class movie?

I thought Thor was great, but we have another forum for that movie, so let's stay back on topic.

 

[Marvin]

Anyway, I'm glad Vaughn got to make this away from the marvel studio lot. I can only imagine the shoehorning they would have done it. This feels like a big fresh film.

I can't see the review score dropping below 87%

 

[Sweet Xstacy]

Anyway, I'm glad Vaughn got to make this away from the marvel studio lot. I can only imagine the shoehorning they would have done it. This feels like a big fresh film.

I can't see the review score dropping below 87%

Yeah I think the gravy train of 100% is about to end. Hopefully it doesn't go down too low. Fun ride.

 

[Orb]

Any idea on whats the runtime?

 

[Lord]

I still remember those guys saying this would fail hard, oh yeah, this should be punched right into their faces.

 

[c-saw]

so how much of the story was written by who exactly? Vaughn said he did a complete re-write with jane goldman and it was singer's idea to take it to the 60s and mix it with the cuban missle crisis. The other guys (thor writers) who seem to be getting mentioned in the reviews ... how big was their contribution to the script?

 

[Marvin]

yea, they're were a lot of doubters...I wonder what they'll say now(out side of how little money it makes maybe)

I commend the producers for staging this during the civil rights age, it makes alot of sense thematically and is less over the head that the gay rights age stuff. I just wonder if King and X will be mentioned.

 

[josh8]

so how much of the story was written by who exactly? Vaughn said he did a complete re-write with jane goldman and it was singer's idea to take it to the 60s and mix it with the cuban missle crisis. The other guys (thor writers) who seem to be getting mentioned in the reviews ... how big was their contribution to the script?

It's hard to say. Vaughn said he got a script from Singer, but then he and Jane Goldman re-wrote the whole thing and then Singer approved. Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz probably wrote the script from Singer's treatment (and Singer helped fight but failed to get Jamie Moss a writing credit) and some of their lines and ideas are undoubtedly going to show up.

Here's a link with some info:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/bryan-singer-why-i-challenged-183781

 

[Spideyfan93]

Anyone attempting to stay away from CAMEO SPOILERS...don't visit ************** for a while...

I went there and there was a big, GIANT, obnoxious picture showing a PICTURE of the character with BIG BOLD lettering," _________'s CAMEO REVEALED IN X-MEN FIRST CLASS!"

 

[HighFivingMF]

Anyone attempting to stay away from CAMEO SPOILERS...don't visit ************** for a while...

I went there and there was a big, GIANT, obnoxious picture showing a PICTURE of the character with BIG BOLD lettering," _________'s CAMEO REVEALED IN X-MEN FIRST CLASS!"

I texted my friend about that telling him not to go near... He got it too late. Poor guy.

 

[Spideyfan93]

Damn...seriously though, did they really have to do that? I literally knew nothing about FC and then I saw that unavoidable bull**** and...............sigh.

 

[RichardMoore]

Any idea on whats the runtime?

131 minutes

 

[Spidey 2007]

Anyone attempting to stay away from CAMEO SPOILERS...don't visit ************** for a while...

I went there and there was a big, GIANT, obnoxious picture showing a PICTURE of the character with BIG BOLD lettering," _________'s CAMEO REVEALED IN X-MEN FIRST CLASS!"

Haha, yea I ran into the same huge problem, Nobody seemed to have a friggin problem with it over there, I emailed some people on the site, but NOTHING was done. it actually became WORSE.

 

[HighFivingMF]

Haha, yea I ran into the same huge problem, Nobody seemed to have a friggin problem with it over there, I emailed some people on the site, but NOTHING was done. it actually became WORSE.

Yeah, someone posted about it. The webmaster said "It qualifies as news. If you don't want spoilers why would you come here?" or something to that effect. Quite *****ey if I do say so myself.

 

[Spideyfan93]

Qualifies as news?! LMAO! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Might as well spoil the ending of a movie! BRUCE WILLIS REVEALED TO BE A GHOST IN SIXTH SENSE!

 

[Spidey 2007]

Yeah, someone posted about it. The webmaster said "It qualifies as news. If you don't want spoilers why would you come here?" or something to that effect. Quite *****ey if I do say so myself.

Yea the same kind of response I got. I could have been going there for something entirely different, like news on another movie or innocently looking for something else besides spoilers.

Sure a secret cameo qualifies as news, The actor in said cameo qualifies as news... It all "qualifies" as ******* news but theres NO reason to blatantly post the ACTUAL scene/character/info all over the front page FIRST thing, NO warning. Its not like that now, but it was a day or two ago. There would have been no avoiding it.

they are so hypocritical, because in numerous other articles there are Spoiler warnings abound.

 

[Sweet Xstacy]

Back on topict:

http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/view/249430/Film-review-X-Men-First-Class

4/5

"Matthew Vaughn has delivered X-Men: First Class, an accomplished blockbuster that revives the rather moribund series with panache."

 

[Marvel]

I agree with all this, but especially the bolded part. Why anyone would want XFC to fail so that Marvel can get the movie rights back is beyond me.

Fox has the rights forever and will NEVER give them up. So, reward a great film by making it do better than the last two and Fox will get the message. Lock up Singer & Vaughn and keep doing things right. If First Class doesn't make more money, Fox will hold the rights by spinning off cheap solo films. Seems like an easy call to me... go see First Class and go see it often.

 

[Loganbabe]

A really short one, but...

What we didn't like: Nothing! It exceeds all expectations!

Isn't it great when a review ends like this? t:

 

[Iceman]

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.

Yeah, agreed to most of your points but also would add that the same circumstances are in place for all comic-films & franchise sequels etc. From experience, I believe the RT average rating to be a very meaningful representation of the crictical consensus (inclluding bias) whether favourable to my preferences or not.

 

[Sweet Xstacy]

A really short one, but...



Isn't it great when a review ends like this? t:

That is a glowing review. I'm more pumped than ever.

 

[Loganbabe]

That is a glowing review. I'm more pumped than ever.

Yes!

Another great one - no rating, though:
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