Dear God, please tell me that isn't the only reason.
X-men Apocalypse Official Trailer
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Dear God, please tell me that isn't the only reason.
You knew that was a lie from the start.
She should have said: "I don't even wear my own face."
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Deadpool is the most accurate X-Men movie we've had.
Frozenprince
Banned
She sells her own kids on the regular.
Yeah, she's usually playing everybody. It's so weird to see her in these movies being what she is.
But whatever at this point.
I get the complaints about the Mystique character. People claiming Rebecca Romijn was good or better than Lawrence? Give me a fucking break.
She is a free market businesswoman
I love X-Men, which is why I'm not excited for this movie. Seeing Colossus in Deadpool shown me that Singer has no idea what he is doing with these characters. Singer is also terrified of color. Give them some color and better costumes. Look at the original X-Men.
Now Look at Negasonic Teenage Warhead from Deadpool...at least they tried.
Now Look at Negasonic Teenage Warhead from Deadpool...at least they tried.
catashtrophe
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If uniforms are that important you should have stopped watching Xmen movies a long time ago
:-|
Personally X2 and DoFP are up there in my top comic book movies of all time
TheOctodad
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It looks ok I guess. Superhero movies are starting to seem pretty cookie cutter unless they really branch out. Suicide Squad, Batman vs. Superman, even Captain America: Civil War are all starting to move beyond "OMG EVIL VILLAN WE HAVE TO UNITE!" plot lines.
Hoping it will be good, but will probably be a rental (which is honestly 90% of my movies anyway, only the killer ones get a theater viewing).
Hoping it will be good, but will probably be a rental (which is honestly 90% of my movies anyway, only the killer ones get a theater viewing).
Frozenprince
Banned
I feel like y'all should read comics more.
WanderingWind
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Most definitely. Romijn didn't even pretend to be an actress. She was simply somebody that looked good in blue paint. J-Law can act.
I don't really see what was so different about the First Class uniforms from the other Singer outfits, other than being yellow/black instead of just black. It's not like they were wearing comics costumes.
Ol No Bones
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Money.
Pai Pai Master
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But that is like, the exact premise of BvS and probably Civil War
ViewtifulJC
Banned
The X-Men must be the most wasted potential superhero movie franchise of all-time. Like its amazing to me that we live in a world where Tony Stark is more popular than Wolverine. That shit was everything back in the 90s, you couldn't escape it. Now its movies come out and there's a collective shrug. "Eh, I guess I see it :/"
Like fuck man...how did Fox let this happen
Like fuck man...how did Fox let this happen
Frozenprince
Banned
By not getting in on the ground floor with Marvel/Disney and sitting on the IP too long after the colossal turd that was X3.
First class is the best "X-Men" movie there is. It was fun and had some light hearted moments here and there. Every other X-Men movie is pure doom and gloom. I get it..they're mutants and people want to commit genocide, but in the comics there are breaks.
It is likely to end up being the plot of Suicide Squad too, even if at first it might not appear that way.
catashtrophe
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Well in the same world Fox have made Deadpool a household name and at this rate will be as popular as Iron man
Glass Rebel
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Looks alright, I guess. Marketing for these movies is super garbage so I am not surprised but there were some particularly bad shots in there and of course the costumes look cheap as fuck as usual.
Yes because arguing with you all day about why I hate these X-Men movies with their terrible writing, soulless characters( most thrown in simply to please fans but serve no actual point), and absolutely atrocious costume designs would get us somewhere. You like the movies. Good for you. I hate them and would like to see a fresh start in a new direction.
Frozenprince
Banned
Deadpool already had internet memery status though.
catashtrophe
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And now its getting general people status
And that's totally cool, but if the only reason to like it was just the costumes that just confuses me. Costumes were lame in X2 and DOFP, but it didn't stop them from being good movies as well.
That's all you had to say. Just give a reason for going against the grain instead of dropping in and leaving nothing (which really gets us nowhere).
catashtrophe
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If you hate Xmen films why come into the threads?
And when you look at what they have to work with it is almost criminal at how badly they waste it.
Mystique coming across like Poochie at this point. The character and writing just isn't compelling, let alone Lawrence's uninspiring performance. Trailers not doing much for me on this one, aside from adding Apocalypse to the mix it seems like most shots could have been pulled from any other X-Men movie.
Trailers are doing absolutely nothing to get me excited for this. Will still see it but I'm going in with low expectations. Hopefully it's just bad/boring trailers and the movie is solid. Please don't be the X3 of the new trilogy.
RagingPhoenix
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The delivery for "Everything they've built..." line keeps changing with every trailer & keeps getting worse, it was nice in the first trailer but sounds horrible in this one.
I dunno it looks ok but nothing special like the DOFP trailers. Getting the feeling that McAvoy is going to have less screentime which would be a shame.
I dunno it looks ok but nothing special like the DOFP trailers. Getting the feeling that McAvoy is going to have less screentime which would be a shame.
brandonh83
Banned
I don't really see the problem. I mean I sort of see what you're saying, but the movies aren't in a bad place either. Aside from X3 and maybe the first one (though the first is okay) I think they've been mostly better than Marvel's output; First Class and Future Past especially. Maybe they're not as "popular" as Marvel's stuff but people are still excited for them. I've seen lots of excitement for Apocalypse; most people who like X-Men/comics whatever will still go see it.
I personally only really care about the quality of the movies, I hate that everything has to be a popularity shitshow.
I'm so torn on this movie so far.
Unless they are holding a lot back, the movie seems way too focused on spectacle for me: loads of characters (with the focus on all the wrong people) and loads of crazy CG destruction. All I want is an evolving battle of ideology between Prof and Magneto, and a few new characters pushing the plot and getting their due. :|
But as others have said, DoFP subverted expectations pretty hard, so hopefully this will do the same.
oh and there better be another wolverine cameo
Unless they are holding a lot back, the movie seems way too focused on spectacle for me: loads of characters (with the focus on all the wrong people) and loads of crazy CG destruction. All I want is an evolving battle of ideology between Prof and Magneto, and a few new characters pushing the plot and getting their due. :|
But as others have said, DoFP subverted expectations pretty hard, so hopefully this will do the same.
oh and there better be another wolverine cameo
The CGI abuse in this looks more blatant than Age of Ultron. Something about it is so off-putting. Couple that with all of the contrast and it's like being force fed an entire bag of candy.
Not to mention, the Mystique they're going with is really not an engaging protagonist at all. Jennifer Lawrence looks so bored in every scene she's in. A carryover problem from DoFP, granted, but it's not improved at all and looks to be even worse here.
This movie is really going to prove whether Singer's perceived qualities that he put in DoFP to get on everyone's good side was a fluke or not.
Not to mention, the Mystique they're going with is really not an engaging protagonist at all. Jennifer Lawrence looks so bored in every scene she's in. A carryover problem from DoFP, granted, but it's not improved at all and looks to be even worse here.
This movie is really going to prove whether Singer's perceived qualities that he put in DoFP to get on everyone's good side was a fluke or not.
Frozenprince
Banned
They literally have the perfect IP to turn the superhero movie genre on it's head and to talk about serious, actual issues like the book used to do. I mean hell there's no better time than right now to make an allegory about a marginalized, segregated and castigated minority.
Instead it's become Hugh Jackman's personal hype machine.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
We're never getting the Shi'ar, the Brood, Morlocks, Mr. Sinister or any of the billion other things. I accepted that years ago.
When you've got more emotion and character depth in a Captain America or Ironman movie you know you fucked up.
Regarding colorful X-Men uniforms...I wish they would at least compromise and have maybe a fight sequence on the astral plane...there, they can explain their "comic book look" as some sort of subconscious reflection of how they view themselves...so it doesn't break Singer's in-universe hard-on for plain black leather, while still giving a wink to the audience to see the characters in their more classic appearance.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
We're talking about what used to be the biggest comic book pop culture phenomenon ever. How are these 6/10 movies the best they come up with? How did they manage to NOT tap directly into that vein of Claremont's X-Men run from the 80s? That's crazy to me.
brandonh83
Banned
I didn't have a strong reaction to the trailer, but it didn't give me cancer. I think most superhero movie trailers tend to be shitty or underwhelming though, and until Singer gives me an actual reason to doubt him, I'm going to assume that it will at least be good.
thecouncil
Banned
that remix of a coldplay song was pretty shitty too, by the way.
Frozenprince
Banned
We got like, 10 minutes tops of actual social commentary in these movies.
That's a joke.
Literally every X-Men movie has dealt with this with the exception of the Wolverine films and Deadpool
Pretty much writes itself, but nah lets have leather and boring
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