X-Men: The First Class

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Not to be the disagreeable contribution, but anyone disappointed in X-Men First Class besides me? Saw it today. I've seen all five X-Men movies. The first two were excellent, the third was ok. The Wolverine Origins movie was splendid reviving the series, but I can't help wonder what happened in this case. I've said all along that I've never been happy with the story liberties taken with the X-Men movies, but setting that aside, I've always thought the movies were excellent alternate realities until now. Without going into spoiler territory I'll stop here. It sucked!

This and Pirates of the Caribbean are two strikes. Now I'm still hoping Super 8 will be good. :) :(

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I liked Mcavoy but I agree totally on Beast. I didn't much like the actor and hated the way he looked like a blue house cat.
 

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I loved this movie and I agree with the people that said it was the best out of all the X-Men films so far. I also think that James McAvoy was brilliant. :D
 

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I am getting more and more excited to go and watch this. I've heard good ratings esp from comic nerds :p
So ......it must be truly awesome!!
 

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I enjoyed this movie. The story line was good. There were some excellent parts to it. I was hesitant about the casting of Professor X but it worked.
 

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If you want to know my explicit feelings, :) the movie did not do anything for me. I recognize that opinions will vary, possibly drastically and no one is right other than by majority opinion. Therefore I know I'll lose, but no matter, my feelings are the correct ones. Kidding to some degree. :p

My knowledge of the original stories colors my views somewhat, but my intent to keep the focus of this discussion on the merits of these movies as good entertainment, not a condemnation of how far they deviate from the original comics. If that was the criteria, I'd have to trash all of them. ;)

After the disappointment of X-Men Last Stand and how they short changed the Dark Phoenix Saga, I was muttering, but I still bought the DVD, which is the ultimate expression of a movie that meets my approval. :) And then the joy of watching the Wolverine Origins movie! Every single character in that movie was alive and full of character. Fantastic, I thought X-Men is back! Then this movie arrives having miscast several characters, who almost all come off flat, and a director who just can't pull off a story that tries to place the X-Men in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis. So sad.

Xavier- miscast.
Mystique- compared to the original portrayal by Rebecca Romijn, this character was SUCH a disappointment and they mentioned something in passing of her being Xavier's sister? (I may not have caught that correctly).
Hank McCoy (Beast)- as compared to the original portrayal by Kelsey Grammer, no comparison and the young Beast looked like a big fuzzy kitty whose personality was not the Beast I know from the comics.
Sebastian Shaw- I don't know, Kevin Bacon just did not carry this character.
Emma Frost- Completely two dimensional.
Magneto- Of all the characters Magneto was pretty good. :)

How I can go from loving every mutant in 3 X-Men movies (X-Men 1,2, and Wolverine Origins) and loath every character in XMFC except for a 1 min cameo by Wolverine? Every single character in the good movies, light up the screen. In comparison, the 5th movie in the series, is like week old cola. Don't even try to compare these XMFC characters to Sabertooth, Gambit, or Dead Pool. They breathed more life into their characters in 1 min, then the young X-Men could manage in an entire movie. (This is not prejudice against young talent) ;)

Something has to be said for the Director's vision, Brian Singer for the first two and Gavin Hood for the Wolverine movie. In comparison, Matthew Vaughn, director of Kick Ass (an ok movie), dropped the ball so badly, please keep him away from any future X-Men installments! :p

X-Men: First Class

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Something has to be said for the Director's vision, Brian Singer for the first two and Gavin Hood for the Wolverine movie. In comparison, Matthew Vaughn, director of Kick Ass (an ok movie), dropped the ball so badly, please keep him away from any future X-Men installments!


Singer wrote and produced the movie so he had plenty of input and worked closely with Vaughn.
 

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Not to be the disagreeable contribution, but anyone disappointed in X-Men First Class besides me? Saw it today. I've seen all five X-Men movies. The first two were excellent, the third was ok. The Wolverine Origins movie was splendid reviving the series, but I can't help wonder what happened in this case. I've said all along that I've never been happy with the story liberties taken with the X-Men movies, but setting that aside, I've always thought the movies were excellent alternate realities until now. Without going into spoiler territory I'll stop here. It sucked!

This and Pirates of the Caribbean are two strikes. Now I'm still hoping Super 8 will be good. :) :(

I was disappointed as well. But I have been with the whole series in general. :thumbdown

I wouldn't say it was terrible... but a couple of times I caught myself wanting to take a nap.
 
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