Days of Future Past The Rotten Tomatoes Score Prediction Thread

[JP]

Yeah, my job publishes reviews for the Friday paper. But I highly doubt our DoFP review will be in tomorrows edition. It'll be next week.

I guess I'll find out tonight. Kyle Smith hates everything, though.

 

[danoyse]

Ours just published their Godzilla review today (I saw them working on the photo layout yesterday), and those reviews started going out a week ago.

 

[Farren]

I went with 81-85%. I could see it getting higher though.

 

[EnDz0n3]

Godzilla now at 78% on RT

 

[SAUspartan]

Yep. I did not expect more than 20 total reviews till the movie is closer to release. So it's about where I thought it would be at.

 

[DocLathropBrown]

X2 is definitely the most consistent but I am not head-over-heels in love with it.

I watched it again the other night and a few very small negative things stood out to me.

Frankly, it's my least-favorite of the films. Can't stand it. The entire film is supposed to be the search for Wolverine's past, more or less, and in the end, he learns next-to-nothing. I know it's supposed to be that he preferred not to know, but it essentially makes the whole film pointless. The narrative completely focuses on Wolverine and, aside from a small peak at Bobby/Rogue's life, devotes itself entirely to Wolverine in a film where he's at his worst, performance-wise, IMO.

Lady Deathstrike gets completely bastardized and is so far from the comic book version I'm pretty stunned, she's as close as Bane is in Batman & Robin. Cyclops does literally nothing, The film is called "X-Men United" and the X-Men are anything but united in it.... I could go on-and-on, but nobody's gonna agree with me.

I just never saw what was supposed to be so great about X2. The first film is better, and The Last Stand, while imperfect, is much closer to the spirit of the comics than either of Singer's earlier films were.

 

[Malik]

Lmao

 

[First Avenger]

While I think X2 is an outstanding movie I respect his opinion.And I DO agree with him about X3.Now kill me .

 

[Iceman]

I'd argue that it is early.

Was 8am for me so I'd agree. Just being polite for the Yanks. t:

 

[danoyse]

Lmao

Settle down.

 

[Iceman]

Godzilla now at 78% on RT

Wow, big drop since I last looked (89%). Still a great rating for a film like that. I'll definitely check it out now and I wasn't planning to that after that crappy Broderick film.

 

[def28]

Lady Deathstrike gets completely bastardized and is so far from the comic book version I'm pretty stunned, she's as close as Bane is in Batman & Robin. Cyclops does literally nothing, The film is called "X-Men United" and the X-Men are anything but united in it.... I could go on-and-on, but nobody's gonna agree with me.

I agree for the most part. Always thought it was a well made flick and had some sick action sequences but never considered it a good ensemble X-Men film. Loved the Deathstrike fight but yeah, otherwise she was wasted.

 

[CyclopsWasRight]

I find it to be the most unique team superhero movie in that like the comics they break up into squads throughout the movie.

Frankly, it's my least-favorite of the films. Can't stand it. The entire film is supposed to be the search for Wolverine's past, more or less, and in the end, he learns next-to-nothing. I know it's supposed to be that he preferred not to know, but it essentially makes the whole film pointless. The narrative completely focuses on Wolverine and, aside from a small peak at Bobby/Rogue's life, devotes itself entirely to Wolverine in a film where he's at his worst, performance-wise, IMO.

I disagree and here's why...

The X-Men movies tend to have a main plot and a featured sub-plot for a main character, you ignored the main plot.


X-MEN:

The Main Plot
Magneto trying to turn the world leaders into Mutants.

Sub-Plot
Rogue being introduced to others of her kind and trying to accept what she discovers she is.

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X-Men 3: The Last Stand

The Main Plot
The Government trying to suppress mutantkind.

Sub-plot
Jean returning as Phoenix and causing Havok.

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X-Men: First Class

The Main Plot
Charles Xavier forming his First Class of Mutants to preventing Sebastian Shaw from starting World War III

Sub-Plot
Erik Lensherr hunting the Man who killed him Mother and becoming Magneto throughout

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I haven't seen it but from what I know of...

X-Men: Days of Future Past

The Main Plot
The Future x-Men struggle for survival in a dystopian world and send one of their own back in time to prevent that future from happening.

Sub-Plot
Charles Xavier coming to terms with the loss of his friend, his siter and his legs to become the crusading Charles Xavier of the future.

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And finally in reference to your post...

X2: X-Men United

The Main Plot
William Stryker attempting to use Charles Xavier to exterminate all Mutantkind with the x-Men joining forces with their Mutant enemies in a the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend situation.

Sub-Plot
Wolverine searching for his past and deciding that upon learning small tidbits from Stryker that he prefer to embrace who he is now rather than learn of who he was.

 

[Great Mind(s)]

I don't consider Wolverine's search for his past to be the main plot at all. A subplot totally, to the sort of main character. Another subplot is Jean to Phoenix, another is Nightcrawler doin his thang, Pyro turning dark, Magneto and Mystique, Stryker and his hatred of mutants. He almost wipes them out entirely.... Cyclops did get shafted and it sticks out even more now that its known how poorly he has been treated this entire time. They like deliberately go out of their way to insult the character. Though to be fair the comic its based on has him captured as well.

 

[Iceman]

Cyke hopefully starts getting his due from Apocalypse. A shame James Marsden didn't get a proper shot.

 

[Malik]

Hmm, well if fox was more confident with this franchise even after the success of X1 singer could've done a lot more, for example we would've gotten sentinels and the danger room had it not been for rothman.

 

[Sullstar]

The List's review was added to RT - 3/5

http://film.list.co.uk/article/60945-x-men-days-of-future-past/ (Mild spoilers)

 

[danistheman12]

Frankly, it's my least-favorite of the films. Can't stand it. The entire film is supposed to be the search for Wolverine's past, more or less, and in the end, he learns next-to-nothing. I know it's supposed to be that he preferred not to know, but it essentially makes the whole film pointless. The narrative completely focuses on Wolverine and, aside from a small peak at Bobby/Rogue's life, devotes itself entirely to Wolverine in a film where he's at his worst, performance-wise, IMO.

Lady Deathstrike gets completely bastardized and is so far from the comic book version I'm pretty stunned, she's as close as Bane is in Batman & Robin. Cyclops does literally nothing, The film is called "X-Men United" and the X-Men are anything but united in it.... I could go on-and-on, but nobody's gonna agree with me.

I just never saw what was supposed to be so great about X2. The first film is better, and The Last Stand, while imperfect, is much closer to the spirit of the comics than either of Singer's earlier films were.

I disagree. The main thing I was thinking when I saw X3 was how rogue chose to cure herself rather than accept the way she is. It completely destroyed any arc rogue would have had for a trilogy (from hating her powers to accepting them and becoming awesome) and sends the wrong message to the audience. It's definitely not even close to the spirit of the comics. X2 is an actual film with themes and a well written script, while X3 is just a high concept popcorn film.

 

[xrs13]

It is just harder with cyc because of trying to get the camera on his eyes. I remember seeing x3 for the first time and I hadnt even realised that I wasnt really aware of what marsden looked like without glasses, then when he took them off in front of jean I was like why do you look so weird. Purely because I hadnt seen him glassesless in the films.

 

[Samarus]

The List's review was added to RT - 3/5

http://film.list.co.uk/article/60945-x-men-days-of-future-past/ (Mild spoilers)

He liked TASM2 better, whaaat?

 

[Iceman]

It is just harder with cyc because of trying to get the camera on his eyes. I remember seeing x3 for the first time and I hadnt even realised that I wasnt really aware of what marsden looked like without glasses, then when he took them off in front of jean I was like why do you look so weird. Purely because I hadnt seen him glassesless in the films.

Maybe Prof (or better yet Forge) needs to design him some nice contact lenses for film purposes.

 

[Malik]

It also dealt with Jean and her struggle with controlling her powers, Bobby got character development, nightcrawler too etc. X1/X2 might not have been very accurate to the books but at least they had the essence of what makes the xmen great meanwhile X3 was just a quick cashgrab.

 

[Farren]

The List's review was added to RT - 3/5

http://film.list.co.uk/article/60945-x-men-days-of-future-past/ (Mild spoilers)

This is the second review I've read that says this movie is more for the fans than they GA....and I'm liking that.

 

[MarvelU]

He liked TASM2 better, whaaat?

The first guy who gave DOFP a rotten rating, also preferred TASM2 over DOFP and CAWT.

 

[Samarus]

This is the second review I've read that says this movie is more for the fans than they GA....and I'm liking that.

While I'd like a movie that really celebrates the franchise for the fans, we have to keep in mind, fans alone don't make good boxoffice numbers. We need the GA, too. But what I've seen from trailers and clips so far it looks like there'll be enough visually pleasing things for them