tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post3775916707036506820..comments2024-03-28T10:18:52.493-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: X-Men: Days of Future PastBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-41403671343259388122014-06-01T06:57:22.239-04:002014-06-01T06:57:22.239-04:00For me, this felt like the true sequel to X-Men 2,...For me, this felt like the true sequel to X-Men 2, the sequel us fans deserved. X-Men 2 is one of my favourite films of all time, so that's a pretty huge compliment.<br /><br />I really enjoyed the film: they pulled off a monstrously complicated brief and did it with style. The future scenes didn't just feel like gimmicky add-ons to the new cast, they carried a weight and depth all of their own (plus, arguably, some of the best actions scenes ever seen). There's something wonderful about Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan playing Xavier and Magneto: they really sell the depth and importance of their relationship and there was a lovely feeling of it coming full circle from the McAvoy/Fassbender relationship in First Class.<br /><br />I'll admit I'm a bit of a Hugh Jackman fanboy but it makes sense to have him as pivotal to the story: he just has great charisma with everyone and it was cool to see him mentoring Xavier in the way Xavier helped him in X2.<br /><br />The new cast is a lot of fun too: Fassbender and McAvoy are both brilliant at selling their different visions of humanity and mutantkind. I think Magneto is one of the best characters comic book lore has created and Fassbender does him justice. I have one teeny-tiny issue with how Lawrence plays Mystique because it's too angsty: I've never read Mystique as being angsty, she normally has such a clarity of purpose and identity. Still Lawrence takes on a substantially bigger role here and does it with ease.<br /><br />As everyone else has said, I'd have loved it if Blink, Bishop, Warpath and Sunspot would have gotten more time and development but the nature of the film meant they weren't going to. Scott, I agree a TV series would be amazing but could you imagine the cost?!<br /><br />I've been looking forward to this film for years. I'm surprised and delighted it managed to meet my unreasonably high expectations :-D Iagonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-66824736757581542012014-05-25T18:43:48.157-04:002014-05-25T18:43:48.157-04:00I'm not really a comics nerd, but I have a spe...I'm not really a comics nerd, but I have a special place in my heart for the X-men. I read that book all through the Clarimont/Byrne era and the two storylines that left an imprint on me were Dark Phoenix (which was terribly mangled in the Last Stand) and Days of Future Past.<br /><br />I really loved this movie, even though much of the original story wasn't intact. My chief complaint? A story with this level of complexity and with a cast of such fascinating characters needs much more time to unfold properly. Can you imagine a 10-episode HBO version of this same material? There would've been time to explore characters and flesh out subtleties...<br /><br />I guess you could say that I've been spoiled by the increased excellence of episodic TV. Who would've thought?Scott Rigganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01711526444461565186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-90285584444371802082014-05-25T12:22:24.257-04:002014-05-25T12:22:24.257-04:00I loved the movie. And I actually think this film ...I loved the movie. And I actually think this film is better than The Avengers. It was less fun, but watching The Avengers you never felt that you have to worry about them, you know they're going to be okay. While watching this film I felt that any of them could perish. It was darker and the action sequences were amazing.<br /><br />It's not better that The Winter Soldier or Spider-Man 2, but for me it tops both The Avengers and The Dark Knight.memz_https://www.blogger.com/profile/02122480005985575190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-53396328115681740022014-05-25T00:10:41.108-04:002014-05-25T00:10:41.108-04:00This movie totally caught me off guard by how good...This movie totally caught me off guard by how good it was. I enjoyed First Class and The Wolverine but to be honest those movies weren't without their faults. So I went into this with very low expectations. I thought it was great. It was actually just a tight movie altogether, and it didn't even get that bogged down with time-travel nonsense. Actually it reminded me of The Terminator quite a bit, sculpted man-cheeks included.<br /><br />This managed to showcase a lot of characters in impressive ways, even with a pretty giant cast. Blink and Quicksilver were the two standouts in that regard. I didn't think they were gonna do right by Quicksilver but he was definitely a great part of the movie, and the way they did his powers was awesome. Also like the little mention by him about his father. The way they executed Blink's powers, especially in tandem with everyone else was fantastic. I hope we see more of her in future movies.<br /><br />The ending part had me smiling. It was great that they actually went there.Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11265555641080269765noreply@blogger.com