Apocalypse Which Quicksilver Sequence was Better?

[kguillou]

Quicksilver is undoubtedly one of the standout characters from this new X-Men saga. He silenced naysayers of his silly looking costume in DoFP with his outstanding kitchen sequence. X-Men Apocalypse upped the ante with an even more elaborate X Mansion rescue scene (with an awesome song choice to boot).

Which one was better or your favorite and why? I'm still debating myself.

 

[elementalrage]

They were both awesome but I'm going with "Time in a bottle". Everything about it was flawless without killing the tone of the scene. "Sweet Dreams" was great and all but it took away from the urgency of the mansion blowing up.

I think it would be fun if someone would plug in "Sweet Dreams" to the DOFP scene (even though the song wouldn't have been released.)

 

[Drizzle]

"Time in a Bottle" easily. I liked the "Sweet Dreams" scene, but it was an obvious cash-in on the DOFP scene.

 

[2kt09]

Yeah, it's really not like Singer to have such a serious point in the movie be projected through such an upbeat sequence.

QS's second sequence with Apocalypse was a tad more reasonable, but I gotta hand to "Time in a Bottle".

 

[Bo Dallas]

Both scenes are classic. I gave the nod to the most recent scene due to personal preferences regarding the song choice and the stakes.

 

[Superhero 101]

Time In bottle but the intro to sweet dreams was pretty sweet

 

[RLAAMJR.]

Sweet dreams absolutely. better song and funnier things done by Quicksilver.

 

[CyclopsSummers]

I dont really like his scene in DOFP
the one in Apocalypse is mush better

 

[psylockolussus]

Not even a contest, the kitchen scene definitely! it was just amazing. In the theater, it had way more laughs than the one in Apocalypse and it was just a crowd pleaser!!!

While for Apocalypse, meh, its cool at first but they ruined the rescue scene by making it comedic which was inappropriate for the situation. Like Quicksilver wetting the kid's hair, smiling when the X-Mansion is about to explode... geez.

 

[kevork89]

The DoFP scene was amazing. Unique and different. I loved the Apocalypse one but the timing was just awkward.

 

[RLAAMJR.]

The DoFP scene was amazing. Unique and different. I loved the Apocalypse one but the timing was just awkward.

No it wasn't. It was the perfect timing. From the car where the young x-men suddenly slowed down up to saving everybody. It was awesome.

 

[psylockolussus]

Yes it was awkward.... would you be making faces and goofing around when you just arrived at a building that is about to explode in seconds and you are also rescuing people at the same time. Yeah okay.

 

[Bo Dallas]

While for Apocalypse, meh, its cool at first but they ruined the rescue scene by making it comedic which was inappropriate for the situation. Like Quicksilver wetting the kid's hair, smiling when the X-Mansion is about to explode... geez.

This is such an odd critique that's held by a lot of people on here. The way he behaves during that rescue fits the character of Quicksilver that we've been given to this point in these films. It's no different then him stopping to taste the soup while bullets are heading in the direction of three people.

To me; critiquing the tone of that scene is akin to critiquing a Joker murder scene because the music is too happy and he's laughing while he's slitting the person's throat.

Quicksilver is an oddball in these movies. I thought the scene was fun and was an entertaining expansion on an aspect of the character that worked well in the past.

 

[Logan0327]

for some reason i'm expecting the next film which is in the 90's to feature a quicksilver scene set to this

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[JoeyConQueso]

Sweet Dreams could have won me over but by making what could have been a really badass heroic scene too overly comedic, especially at the same moment that another character is dying during what could have been a badass heroic moment, it just diminishes it for me. I think it would have helped show that he's matured a little too in the 10 years since the last movie, which I do think he's done. The way that it is here, it just feels like they copied a scene everybody loved but they just added more of it. I'll stick with Time In A Bottle.

 

[psylockolussus]

This is such an odd critique that's held by a lot of people on here. The way he behaves during that rescue fits the character of Quicksilver that we've been given to this point in these films. It's no different then him stopping to taste the soup while bullets are heading in the direction of three people.

To me; critiquing the tone of that scene is akin to critiquing a Joker murder scene because the music is too happy and he's laughing while he's slitting the person's throat.

Quicksilver is an oddball in these movies. I thought the scene was fun and was an entertaining expansion on an aspect of the character that worked well in the past.

Different scenario

In DOFP, he was in a kitchen, a very small room, trying to escape from the guards, its understandable that he played a bit, unlike in this one where he had to save people in a freaking mansion and I imagined he kept going back and forth and the mansion was about to explode and not to mention, there was a casualty before the scene started. Even if he wasn't aware of it, it just didn't seem the right timing to goof around.

 

[GuestStar2004]

Havoks Death was poor to begin with, he tried to be heroic and killed himself off screen and no one even realised till after what must have happened to him

The quicksilver sequence could have been played more serious and worked also but I think it worked comedic also, I dunno which one would have had the same excitement factor but I prefer the ramped up apocalypse version to DOFP, the desk riding visually is fun as hell

 

[Logan0327]

^thats if he is even dead they had no problem showing angel in the rubble

mister sinister in the comics is obsessed with the summers blood line just saying

 

[RLAAMJR.]

Yes it was awkward.... would you be making faces and goofing around when you just arrived at a building that is about to explode in seconds and you are also rescuing people at the same time. Yeah okay.

If you're fast enough, then yes. And besides, didn't Quicksilver also goffed around in his scene in XDoFP?

 

[kevork89]

It's awkward. Not because of him goofing around for me. My issue wasn't the sequence. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was awkward because it completely overshadowed a moment that could have been extremely emotional when it comes to Havok. And the moment that QS gets there for me is too typical of a movie. He comes just in time to save the people in a building that's going to explode. The placement and motivation for it was weak, but it worked so well in DoFP because it was a prison break. There was comedy in it and it worked overall. I think the sequence was amazing but to me it should've been a sequence in Egypt and him rescuing people from some destruction Apocalypse was doing. It would've worked so much better.

 

[Mystique's Leg]

Both scenes are great and I don't get why people call the XA scene a DOFP rip-off or cash-in. It's a different context and different setting. It's just how they visualize his powers elaborately. It's like saying Nightcrawler can only teleport someone once, otherwise it would be repetititve.

I like 'Sweet Dreams' but it is a bit overused in movies.

 

[RLAAMJR.]

It's awkward. Not because of him goofing around for me. My issue wasn't the sequence. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was awkward because it completely overshadowed a moment that could have been extremely emotional when it comes to Havok. And the moment that QS gets there for me is too typical of a movie. He comes just in time to save the people in a building that's going to explode. The placement and motivation for it was weak, but it worked so well in DoFP because it was a prison break. There was comedy in it and it worked overall. I think the sequence was amazing but to me it should've been a sequence in Egypt and him rescuing people from some destruction Apocalypse was doing. It would've worked so much better.

Everybody is going to die if Quicksilver didn't come to rescue. That was the perfect timing for me because we didn't know it was going to happen soon. It would have been predictable if it happened anywhere else in the movie.

I believe that the reason that Havok's dying moment wasn't emphasized well is because we didn't even see his body so that Cyclops could have cried over him.

And another reason is Stryker came in soon.

 

[Saitou Hajime]

The one from DOFP was better because it was fairly original at the time and wasn't a gimmick yet, it wasn't awkwardly placed in the midst of a pivotal tension scene, and it wasn't ridiculously drawn out. The Apocalypse version is if you took the "puny god" scene from the Avengers, made it longer and more elaborate, and dropped it smack dab in the middle of Ultron and Vision's final talk.

 

[Iceman]

If they didn't mix up the recent one with what is supposed to be a sad moment then it would probably be harder to choose.

 

[The Infernal]

I prefer the one in Apocalypse. It upped the ante in a good way. Sure it's more tone deaf regarding the overall movie and what else was going on, but it still ended up being more enjoyable. Quicksilver showed pretty much the same disregard for the high stakes at risk in either film. It's just a bit more jarring at the beginning and end of that scene in Apocalypse given what happens to Havok and how they handled that aspect poorly. The sequence itself was great.