X-Men Apocalypse Review Thread

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Ahasverus said:
Stakes in Civil War were great. People don't need to die to have dramatic moments. The X-men series was going great,but yeah the sole premise looks same-y and uninspired AF. I'm also tired as fuck of Magneto and he's making the Xmen look dumb by trusting him.
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They absolutely were not.

A) No resolution to the entire premise of the movie- Do the Avengers now act with supervision, or do they not? Are Cap and his buddies just going to instill their own vigilante justice? Or, are they just going to hide in the shadows until a common enemy appears, and they team up to fight it... Which is exactly what is going to happen, and we all know it.
B) Rhodes, with the use of whatever technology Stark can make for him, will for all intents and purposes not be paralyzed anymore. He'll be able to do anything he was able to prior to the accident
C) The current members of the crew that are incarcerated will only be so until they're needed (see point A) and be released when they need help. So... Who gives a shit?

But whatever, this criticism is just coming from the mind of a Fox/DCU fan and thus should be completely ignored. Or something like that.
 
kswiston said:
I wonder what this will mean for the film's box office run. It's not 2006 anymore where perhaps an majority of the audience goes into a film blind to its critical/early reception. If you don't personally use sites like metacritic or rotten tomatoes, then people on your social media streams are posting about them.

I don't think that the X-Men brand carries all that much loyalty compared to something like Batman v Superman either.
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Its OW will be alright but I'm seeing yet another 2nd week collapse.
 
Discotheque said:
It takes a great measure of delusion to think Chris Evans is one of the most talented actors out there
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Yup. As much as Chris Evans excels at Cap, he's an above-average actor at best.

RDJ is the star of the movie in terms of performance. MCU should be thanking their lucky stars for having landed such a golden goose.
 
I need to know whether Zip-Zap has a better scene than he did in DOFP. And whether they wrote him out again because they didn't know what to do with him.
 
kswiston said:
I wonder what this will mean for the film's box office run. It's not 2006 anymore where perhaps an majority of the audience goes into a film blind to its critical/early reception. If you don't personally use sites like metacritic or rotten tomatoes, then people on your social media streams are posting about them.
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I think Fox was expecting better reviews than today's blitz, but then again, this is three weeks out and I'm not entirely sure why people are dropping reviews now anyway.

If the reviews had been better, they'd probably be building a last-second campaign around them. But if the critical consensus doesn't start creeping northward here pretty soon (and I guess that's already starting to happen?) the distance between these reviews dropping and the film's actually opening might be enough to minimize (somewhat) this mostly-negative response.

Glass Rebel said:
I need to know whether Zip-Zap has a better scene than he did in DOFP. And whether they wrote him out again because they didn't know what to do with him.
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I'd say it's close. It was pretty surprising the way it happened, too.
 
Yeezus H. Christ said:
Yup. As much as Chris Evans excels at Cap, he's an above-average actor at best.

RDJ is the star of the movie in terms of performance. MCU should be thanking their lucky stars for having landed such a golden goose.
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they lucked out almost just as much with Paul Bettany tbh
 
Bobby Roberts said:
There is a costume in this movie that is more accurate than Psylocke's.
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Is it in this picture?

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kswiston said:
I wonder what this will mean for the film's box office run. It's not 2006 anymore where perhaps an majority of the audience goes into a film blind to its critical/early reception. If you don't personally use sites like metacritic or rotten tomatoes, then people on your social media streams are posting about them.

I don't think that the X-Men brand carries all that much loyalty compared to something like Batman v Superman either.
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It makes the decision to lift the embargo early very weird. I have no idea what they were looking at that made them think that they were going to get positive reviews.
 
Bobby Roberts said:
I'd say it's close. It was pretty surprising the way it happened, too.
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Nice. When you say it was "surprising" I assume it's a different scene than the one in the burning mansion (?) we saw in the trailer?

Maxim726X said:
But whatever, this criticism is just coming from the mind of a Fox/DCU fan and thus should be completely ignored. Or something like that.
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I mean it's kinda hard to take it seriously when you apparently missed several things about the movie.

Slayven said:
My greatest achievement
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I will never forget that thread.

or how Whedon just killed off Quicksilver. One day, I swear. One day.
 
Really disappointed by the reviews, especially after the excellent First Class and Days of Future Past. Don't think Civil War has anything to worry about when it comes to its legs being cut off.
 
Maxim726X said:
They absolutely were not.
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Uh huh, right.

A) No resolution to the entire premise of the movie- Do the Avengers now act with supervision, or do they not? Are Cap and his buddies just going to instill their own vigilante justice? Or, are they just going to hide in the shadows until a common enemy appears, and they team up to fight it... Which is exactly what is going to happen, and we all know it.
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What? Did you watch the movie? Half the Avengers are broken up in two sides concerning the Accords, and the ones who aren't in agreement
are now international fugitives hiding from the law. For all intents and purposes, Cap's entire team are criminals. Team Iron Man have individual freedom to operate the way they want to and aren't on the lam like their cohorts.

Not really sure what you were expecting.

B) Rhodes, with the use of whatever technology Starks can make for him, will for all intents and purposes not be paralyzed anymore. He'll be able to do anything he was able to prior to the accident
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And this is based on what now?
Rhodey can barely walk as it is, dude's not operating as a superhero no longer.

C) The current members of the crew that are incarcerated will only be so until they're needed (see point A) and be released when they need help. So... Who gives a shit?
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They're on the run and are constantly being hunted by 117 countries. I don't see how that isn't significant. Wakanda is the only one that will give them amnesty.

What matters is that, in the end, the Avengers are finished. When Tony looks at the Avengers symbol in the building followed by a shot of the deserted, abandoned building, this too was set. The public does not openly trust the Avengers, much less so when half of them have refused to sign, and the team will no longer fight together as they once did.

How is that not a huge impact on future films to come?

But whatever, this criticism is just coming from the mind of a Fox/DCU fan and thus should be completely ignored. Or something like that.
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I think you're a little hurt that so many people vehemently disagree with your criticisms. Don't take it personally.
 
Dash_Riprock said:
I ain't playin' your game, Bobby! Go back to shilling for the MCU!
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Civil War is the third best Captain America movie.
It's also probably the third best Iron Man movie.
It's also more of an Iron Man movie than it is a Cap movie.
It's better than Ultron.
But then again, so was Days of Future Past.
Is this better than Civil War?
No.
 
Bobby Roberts said:
Civil War is the third best Captain America movie.
It's also probably the third best Iron Man movie.
It's also more of an Iron Man movie than it is a Cap movie.
It's better than Ultron.
But then again, so was Days of Future Past.
Is this better than Civil War?
No.
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bruh how was first avenger better than civil war

how
 
Maxim726X said:
Educate me.
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Civil War Spoilers:
A) The Accords are still in effect. There's no indication that anything has changed in that regard. In fact, the call in the end shows that Tony still has a working relationship with Ross.
C) Who exactly is incarcerated? It is pretty clear that Cap broke out Sam and co. from the Raft.
 
Yeezus H. Christ said:
I think you're a little hurt that so many people vehemently disagree with your criticisms. Don't take it personally.
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Is this the part where you ignore multiple people claiming that very sentiment in this thread to look edgy and aloof? You're just too cool.

And the Avengers are finished, huh. So Cap, the WS, Hawkeye et al won't be aiding the other heroes in the Infinity Wars? That's really the 'argument' you're going with?
 
Quicksilver/Zip Zap basically saved DoFP for me. I honestly could have walked out of the theatre after his scenes and been happy.

If his scene in this film is as good as the one in DoFP, it'll be worth it.
 
Bobby Roberts said:
Civil War is the third best Captain America movie.
It's also probably the third best Iron Man movie.
It's also more of an Iron Man movie than it is a Cap movie.
It's better than Ultron.
But then again, so was Days of Future Past.
Is this better than Civil War?
No.
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Has anyone done a dialogue/screen time diagnostic on this neo-meme, yet?

Because I'm not buying it to TBH.

Yeah, RDJ steals the show by chewing the scenery a bit - but it's still a Cap movie.
 
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