This one's for you Disco
did he capitalize Stark on purpose?
X-Men Apocalypse Review Thread
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did he capitalize Stark on purpose?
Vampirolol
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So how many Jesus allegory are we expecting?
HeartlessNobody213
Member
Damn wasn't expecting this but I also didn't think it would get the acclaim DOFP got which was a film I liked but didn't love like most people. I'll still be there opening weekend on Saturday.
I've always had a weird feeling about the film. From the beginning I was never hyped about it.
I've always had a weird feeling about the film. From the beginning I was never hyped about it.
SolidChamp
Banned
Yeah, DOFP is masterful in the way it handles character development, themes, and plot mixed with just the right amount of action without overdoing it.
This always looked like it was forgoing the more concise and intimate scale of the previous films for something larger, and it seems to suffer for it.
Granted, faulting this film for going all out with the CG when most MCU films get a pass with critics in that regard (just look at Age of Ultron's absurdly off-base tomatometer) is really questionable to me.
original XMEN cast being 16 years ago and then suddenly coming back is the closest thing we can get to "omg" nostalgia with comic book films, considering it's all still under the same roof
we almost had that
fuck this movie without watching it MAN
that little shit is not james marsden
we almost had that
fuck this movie without watching it MAN
that little shit is not james marsden
Nah, still Disney paying for the reviews. DC can't afford it.
This one's for you Disco
what a tryhard.
cr0w
Old Member
That's what the MCU feels like to me. A 22-episode television season, but the episodes are a year apart. I leave the theater every time feeling like I just watched someone spinning their wheels for two and a half hours and maybe getting two inches closer to their destination.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
I think what makes it ballsy is that it just happens. There's no real buildup to it. He just starts doing it and you kinda take a sec to register what he's doing and where it's happening, and then you're like "well now."
Superhero movies: They like to get the landmarks.
Emerson's Essentia
Banned
And, yes, give X-Men back to Marvel. Pretend I'm saying this inches away from your face IRL if it makes you angry.
I was already apprehensive, now it's definitely a hard pass.
freenudemacusers
Member
brush ur teeth
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Not really,
we know the avengers will combine in infinite war the effects will simply be some more tension in a group that's always had an overbundence of tension, and the biggest problem being is that the villain seems very one and done, his "victory" iffy and his continued importance seems nonexistent
Who gives a shit, nobody died. I can't enjoy my steak like this.
This was the first review I watched cause she was bagging pretty hard on Singer and female characters and for her to love it shocked me.
I don't care how insane a year this has been for blockbusters, this will not happen
wanna bet?
I don't care how insane a year this has been for blockbusters, this will not happen
TMNT2 will have a higher RT score than BvS and X-men Apocolypse. bookmark this post
Emerson's Essentia
Banned
Hey, I can dig it.
The fact that they kept Zemo alive should make it clear that he's not a one-&-done villain. He'll be back.
Theres 26 reviews. Im going by consensus, not sure why I wouldnt. And honestly even reading some of these positive reviews, Im getting that feeling.
This is probably a good barometer. I thought DOFP was extremely middling, and not fit to stand besides films like Nolans Batmans and the best of the MCU (WS/Avengers/Ironman1 etc) but it was right around that middle tier of 'okay' stuff with MoS/X-Men 2/AoU.
This movie failing to be as good as FC and DoFP proooooobably means I'm not going to like it.
MisterHero
Super Member
The eyes weren't black.
It's amazing that that there was blue at all.
To be fair to Ultimate, MCU Cap's first combat costume borrows from it too.
I can see that. Civil War tries to break up the chain I guess and their villains have always been a very weak spot. Other than that, death as consequences in comic books has never worked for me so I can't say I'm disappointed when I leave a movie and they didn't kill someone, and heck, that isn't even exclusive to these movies. I also certainly expect protagonists to succeed in most action movies in general, and guess what? They do.
All these series have killed some of their heroes, and it never means anything.
Frozenprince
Banned
Whaaaaaaaat it was crappy?
I'm shocked, shocked I say/
JUST GIVE ME MY FANSERVICE LINE DAMMIT. 20 YEARS!
I'm shocked, shocked I say/
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JUST GIVE ME MY FANSERVICE LINE DAMMIT. 20 YEARS!
I'm assuming you meant 'there are no stakes unless someone dies'
And yes, CW was beyond safe. As awesome as the action scenes were, there was little weight to any of it.
And because the MCU has turned into this gigantic monolith of entertainment, I feel that there is very little reason to take chances anymore.
MetalGearZed
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i loooved FC and DOFP but nothing about this movie screamed quality to me. knew we were due for a weak X-Men movie. shame since Marvel is steady climbing.
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The Leader?
MisterHero
Super Member
The eyes weren't black. It's amazing that that there was blue at all.
To be fair to Ultimate, MCU Cap's first combat costume borrows from it too.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Can I pretend your my monitor? That way we can always stare at each other.
It's RT score will be way higher than BvS probably. Crazier things have happened.
I don't care how insane a year this has been for blockbusters, this will not happen
D1renegade
Member
And we're still left waiting for a great X Men movie
no I meant steaks
Bobby Roberts
Banned
You know who they should stop trying to put in X-Men movies?
Angel.
Angel.
some people like their steaks either bloody as hell or burnt to a crisp, no middle ground
marvel prefers a nice medium rare for their steaks and the movies are better for it
Glass Rebel
Member
Another thread full of MCU Steaks. Time for another poll featuring Thor 2.
word.
word.
Yautja_Warrior
Member
Hopefully it will be enjoyable but if this flops after F4, at least it brings us one step closer to Fox making that deal with Marvel / Disney (one can wish anyway)
It worked for Sony, who now have a fantastic Spider-man but also Marvel basically making their new Spider-Man movie for them and bringing RDJ (Iron-Man) with them, so it should work out very nicely for them, so who knows what will happen if X-Men flops.
It worked for Sony, who now have a fantastic Spider-man but also Marvel basically making their new Spider-Man movie for them and bringing RDJ (Iron-Man) with them, so it should work out very nicely for them, so who knows what will happen if X-Men flops.
Haloid1177
Banned
X2 already happened.
Frozenprince
Banned
But what about his Bazooka?
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Doesn't count since he was tied to a movie Marvel can't follow up on.
It's Archangel who is more popular.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Yeah the trailers gave this away
RIP Xmen
RIP Xmen
I'm going to assume he bites it and isnt much of a threat. Shame cause I do like Archangel.
Eh, I think CW and even Ultron (to an extent) weren't exactly safe films. Civil War especially backed away from the formula in pretty satisfying ways despite too many action scenes.
LucidMomentum
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Bobby.
Bobby I need you to tell me something.
Is Cable in the movie? Any references? Any hints?
ANYTHING?
with the success of Deadpool fox's grip on the X-men rights has never been tighter
This one's for you Disco
No stakes, yadda-yadda.
Frozenprince
Banned
I think at this point Fox is going to do everything in it's power to keep the Deadpool stuff and the X proper stuff as far away from one another as possible.
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