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Saw X-Men: First Class last night. Quite good. Had the same feel as the first X-Men movie which is weird because the triumph of that movie was that it showed that it was possible to make really good superhero movies, particularly superhero team movies. I guess after X3 and Wolverine, we needed to feel that way again.
The story was good. The characters were good. Liked the Xavier-Mystique angle and liked that Magneto was pretty consistent throughout. They didn't go for a good guy turning evil angle. He had his philosophy and agenda and stuck with it. Fassbender played the hell out of that part. Shame I haven't seen any of the recent movies he's been in. Kevin Bacon was fantastic. It's easy to forget how good he really is. McAvoy's take on Xavier was quite good. Loved the mutation pick up line. They did well not to get into why a telepath needs a pick up line.
The decision to do a historical fiction piece worked very well. By placing the story in a different time and context, it separated itself from the earlier trilogy and the Wolverine movie and other unconnected Marvel work. I'm concerned how much of a prequel it will be because it shouldn't be and I think it will probably steer clear of comics lore in some ways which is good as well.
Is it going to be a trilogy?
My revised list of Marvel first movies in the series:
Iron Man
Spiderman
X-Men
X-Men: First Class
Thor
Blade
[big gap]
Hulk (either "first movie")
Fantastic Four
Daredevil
I only put it below the first X-men due to the groundbreaking significance of the first one. Seeing First Class and Thor reasonably close to each other, I definitely think First Class has more staying power and rewatchability and potential to laugh sequels.
A few additional thoughts:
I agree that the Rise of the Planet of the Apes trailer looks awesome.
I'm convinced Green Lantern will suck balls. No reviews on RT less than 48 hours from release.
The most random trailer I've seen in awhile has to be that Hugh Jackman and Kate from Lost flick that looks like Mattel sold the movie rights to Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots and some guy who was a teenager in the 70s wrote the screenplay based on his love for that game and Rocky.
The story was good. The characters were good. Liked the Xavier-Mystique angle and liked that Magneto was pretty consistent throughout. They didn't go for a good guy turning evil angle. He had his philosophy and agenda and stuck with it. Fassbender played the hell out of that part. Shame I haven't seen any of the recent movies he's been in. Kevin Bacon was fantastic. It's easy to forget how good he really is. McAvoy's take on Xavier was quite good. Loved the mutation pick up line. They did well not to get into why a telepath needs a pick up line.
The decision to do a historical fiction piece worked very well. By placing the story in a different time and context, it separated itself from the earlier trilogy and the Wolverine movie and other unconnected Marvel work. I'm concerned how much of a prequel it will be because it shouldn't be and I think it will probably steer clear of comics lore in some ways which is good as well.
Is it going to be a trilogy?
My revised list of Marvel first movies in the series:
Iron Man
Spiderman
X-Men
X-Men: First Class
Thor
Blade
[big gap]
Hulk (either "first movie")
Fantastic Four
Daredevil
I only put it below the first X-men due to the groundbreaking significance of the first one. Seeing First Class and Thor reasonably close to each other, I definitely think First Class has more staying power and rewatchability and potential to laugh sequels.
A few additional thoughts:
I agree that the Rise of the Planet of the Apes trailer looks awesome.
I'm convinced Green Lantern will suck balls. No reviews on RT less than 48 hours from release.
The most random trailer I've seen in awhile has to be that Hugh Jackman and Kate from Lost flick that looks like Mattel sold the movie rights to Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots and some guy who was a teenager in the 70s wrote the screenplay based on his love for that game and Rocky.
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