What's The Last Movie You Watched? VIII - Part 3

[hammerhedd11]

My Soul to Take

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

That was a very fun movie. I loved its early '60s style that intentionally reminded me of the best Bond movies, right down to Erik wearing Connery's iconic gray leisure suit from Goldfinger. A German Bond hunting Nazis with superpowers? Cool.

Beyond those early sequences the highlight was Charles and Erik's relationship. This is the bromance of comic books and they nailed just as good as Stewart and McKellan. But this was better because we see the friendship in its heyday and them working together (with legs!).

Vaughn injects his infectious, breezy style to terrific effect. It's just a joy to watch. Albeit, I'll be honest that he has to play it straighter than he did in Layer Cake, Stardust or (my personal favorite) Kick-Ass. So, it's not quite as fresh as his other films but his miles ahead of most summer movies and blows the last two X-films away.

However, the ending felt forced with as soon as Kevin Bacon (playing a great cross between Dr. Mengele and Dr. No) is dead in a satisfying revenge sequence, Magneto turns overnight. While I like how (painfully) they handled the paralysis, it felt forced for the friendship to break up so quickly. Not to mention Raven, the only other mutant worth noticing thanks to Jennifer Lawrence's sweet and subtle performance, abandoning her big brother of some 20 years overnight. It just felt rushed. They should have saved the family dissolution for the sequel and given that it's whole film, as this was about them meeting.

I'm not sure if this is better than X2 or not. It's new and exciting while I've seen X2 many, many times. However, the '60s style and Vaughn's effortless pinache for cool may make it the more enjoyable film to revisit than Singer's somber, brooding piece. At the same time I did miss Wolverine's ferocity (loved Jackman's hilarious cameo, btw) when he goes bezerk. But compared to the watered down square jaw hero he became in the last two movies, I'll take Fassbender's menacingly charismatic Magneto bromancing MacAvoy's mischievous Charles anyday.

8.5/10

My thoughts.

I disagree. Magneto's turn was seen coming, as seen in conversation between Xavier and Magneto. Xavier wanted mutants to be accepted withing society, but wanted them to blend in, aka hide who they really are. Magneto however, wanted mutants to show that they are the better race, and not have them hide. He felt the hatred of humans before, and didn't want to feel the hatred again. I felt that [BLACKOUT]Shaw's words to magneto before his death[/BLACKOUT] was a perfect tipping point as he kept reminding Magneto that [BLACKOUT]humans will do it again to mutants and betray them, which the America and Russian armies nearly did if it wasn't for Magneto.[/BLACKOUT]Also, if Mystique's turn toward Magneto seemed forced, that's because [BLACKOUT]Xavier gave her a push to Magneto. Remember, she did go to Xavier first and chose Xavier, yet he knew who she truly wanted to go to. Magneto appealed to Mystique more as Mystique didn't want to hide who she was. Yet Xavier wanted her to hide who he was, which is something I want them to touch upon in the sequels; Xavier's shallow side. [/BLACKOUT]

 

[Kane52630]

Jackass 3.5

Not as great as Jackass 3D since it includes some failed bits, but overall it's still funny as hell to watch.
9.5/10

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

< Today I be watching Star Trek: the Search for Spock's Brain. )

 

[BizarroAids]

Drive Angry - 4/10

I want that hour and forty four minutes back. The only good thing about the movie is Amber Heard.

 

[Figs]

4/5

 

[Yodaman]

9/10

 

[Punisher Rising]

8/10

 

[Dark Victory]

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[TX85]

9.5/10,Would have been a 10 IF it were much more like the comics!!(although not it's fault since it's a prequel to the trilogy,And I accept some change for movie adaptions)

 

[Marx]

X-Men: First Class

 

[Yodaman]

4/10

 

[Downhere]

10/10

Well, I saw this today and simply put, it was brilliant. As much as I love X2, I believe this one edges it out as my favorite X-Men film to date. Vaughn, Singer, and everyone involved really made an emotionally resonant and action packed film with heart. Not only is it my favorite X-Men film, but definitely my favorite film based on Marvel Comics and comics period.

 

[BLACK-SPIDEY]

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
9/10
Loved it. huge improvement over the last two x-men movies, cant wait for the sequel.

Spoiler

Wolverine´s cameo was brilliant. i was laughing my ass off

 

[nimrodson]

8/10. This movie has certainly held up over the years.

 

[thejon93]

'X-Men: First Class' - This is the best comic-book movie I've ever seen. Forget about 'The Dark Knight' which plays out as serious as a heart-attack and forget about 'Spider-Man 2' which often feels like a big-budget soap-opera with superheroes. 'First Class' is straight-to-the-point satisfying with fantastic characters, outstanding action sequences, excellent scripting and pitch-perfect direction. The movie's as sleek as a Connery-Bond flick but with even more class and intelligence. Add to that the fact that it leaves you wanting more, yet thrilled by what you get, and you've got yourself a film that is infinitely re-watchable. Perfection.

Rating: 10 out of 10

 

[Duke]

Takers

 

[DACrowe]

I disagree. Magneto's turn was seen coming, as seen in conversation between Xavier and Magneto. Xavier wanted mutants to be accepted withing society, but wanted them to blend in, aka hide who they really are. Magneto however, wanted mutants to show that they are the better race, and not have them hide. He felt the hatred of humans before, and didn't want to feel the hatred again. I felt that [BLACKOUT]Shaw's words to magneto before his death[/BLACKOUT] was a perfect tipping point as he kept reminding Magneto that [BLACKOUT]humans will do it again to mutants and betray them, which the America and Russian armies nearly did if it wasn't for Magneto.[/BLACKOUT]Also, if Mystique's turn toward Magneto seemed forced, that's because [BLACKOUT]Xavier gave her a push to Magneto. Remember, she did go to Xavier first and chose Xavier, yet he knew who she truly wanted to go to. Magneto appealed to Mystique more as Mystique didn't want to hide who she was. Yet Xavier wanted her to hide who he was, which is something I want them to touch upon in the sequels; Xavier's shallow side. [/BLACKOUT]

I just found that they did such a good job of setting up the relationship between Charles and Erik while only hinting at the formation of a relationship between Raven and Erik. While it had a nice dramatic oomph with the gunshot at the end, I feel like the destruction of that relationship as well as Raven drifting to the dark side of Erik could have filled an entire film. If the next one began with them recruiting and running the school together as old friends (if only by a few years) who face a challenge that pulls them apart would have been nice. Charles could have walked for another movie and we could see them drift apart. Also, Raven losing faith in Charles could have been better developed than really just one "kitchen table" scene before the climax. That way the break-up could have been more painful. As it is, Charles and Erik seemed like they were buddies for 3-6 months and went their separate ways.

I still liked the ending, but I think dramatically it felt rushed when they could have done a whole film exploring them reaching that point.

 

[dude stannis]

Marked For Death

Seagal's first actually good film. Wasn't that different in structure to Above the Law and Out For Justice, but it had a faster pace and gave Seagal a typically enjoyable to watch Keith David to play off of. Not to mention Seagal's single greatest overkill ever occurs in this film.

3/5

 

[TX85]

'X-Men: First Class' - This is the best comic-book movie I've ever seen. Forget about 'The Dark Knight' which plays out as serious as a heart-attack and forget about 'Spider-Man 2' which often feels like a big-budget soap-opera with superheroes. 'First Class' is straight-to-the-point satisfying with fantastic characters, outstanding action sequences, excellent scripting and pitch-perfect direction. The movie's as sleek as a Connery-Bond flick but with even more class and intelligence. Add to that the fact that it leaves you wanting more, yet thrilled by what you get, and you've got yourself a film that is infinitely re-watchable. Perfection.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Why must there always be a top#1 superhero/comic-book movie??,"Forget about..."Why forget about those films instead of just enjoying them overall?

But I agree about the rest,Way better than I expected!!(I thought it had potential But when I read about some stuff,I doubted it would deliver at all)

 

[A Necessary Evil]

Wanted

9.5/10

 

[Hellion]

X-Men: First Class

8/10

Enjoyed the film, thought I wouldn't given some of the changes

Spoiler

the Havok / Cyke issue

, but again overall I enjoyed it...

...although the only thing I personally didn't enjoy was

Spoiler

Xavier & Mystique: The College Years...

 

[kedrell]

7.0/10

 

[Ash J. Williams]

I want that hour and forty four minutes back. The only good thing about the movie is Amber Heard.

Heard what?

 

[Spider-Aziz]

8/10

This one
I like the animated feature (Tales of Asgard) more, but this one is fun too

Spoiler

Don't remember Luffy being a frost giant, from a clan of giants, but not frost

How come Loki looks nothing like the rest of the Frost Giants?