X-Men: First Class
Do I agree with people who say this is the best X-Men film up to date? Nope, I think X2 was better and X1 too in many places. That doesn't mean that the film is bad, no, it's really good but there were many moments so clichee and many moments of characterization so ridiculous, that they really took away the joy of me enjoying the film in full. LEt's face it there were points were FC was reaching to be just like X2 but it was doing it in such a clumsy way, I was facepalming.
Note: I haven't read a single review of this film yet.
Thing that made me roll my eyes:
- Angels' characterization. She goes from an exotic dancer to being ok with genocide, because of two jerks making some remarks at her. Shaw murdered her friend in front of her - it wasn't self defence, it was a MURDER, he did it after the threat had been neutralized - and she's perfectly fine with that. Later on she's fine with killing people and with nuclear holocaust. BECAUSE TWO JERKS MADE FUN OF HER!!! Thank god no one flipped her the middle finger, she would kill everyone with her own bare hands if that happened
- speaking of which, that agent's line “mutants are over there, leave us normal people alone!” just before Shaw enters the X-kids room? *slow clap* Congratulations, you've just won the award for the laziest exposition in history. I swear I thought it was Shaw pretending to be that guy to “convince” the mutants to join his cause, couldn't believe it was played straight.
- None of the action scenes were anything special, none of the fights were gripping
- the end with Mystique - just like with Angel - there was no point in the film that would justify her BEING OK WITH GENOCIDE at the end. Charles had to tell her to go with Magneto, because “that's what she wanted”. Yeah, well, I want to have sex with Mark Salling, doesn't mean I will stab someone to do so. WTF was the deal with her and Magneto having sex tho, ew.
- All the face/heel turns in this film were seriously underdeveloped, think back to X2 where you could really buy Pyro's defection, here it was a case of “I'm a bit angsty, I'm a bit angsty, GENOCIDE YAY :D”
- Nicolas Hoult was seriously miscast as Hank, I didn't buy his performance for a second.
- I wouldn't know that Riptide was Riptide if I didn't know who he is. Did he have a single line in that film? I can't recall it.
- They've seriously underused Havok, to a point I wondered why he's even there
- the only black character being the only dead mutant character... okeeeeeeeeeeeeey... pointless death to show how Serious Shaw is. We know he's serious, HE'S PLANNING A GENOCIDE!!!
- Speaking of Shaw, his plan was BEYOND IDIOTIC, no, it defined idiotic in a brand new way. What do we know about atom bombs? They kill everyone. No exception. And while I know that there are some mutants that would have survived AN ATOMIC EXPLOSION IN THEIR FACE, the vast majority wouldn't. What about a nuclear winter? What would they eat? Radioactive sand?
It's too similar to X2, except that it tries to imitate it really really hard instead of finding its own way (the face/heel turns, the bad guy who creates the main character)
- WHY. DIDN'T. ERIC. KILL. SHAW. IN. THE. CAMP?!?!
Things I liked (and people don't mention i n srs reviews):
- Banshee was cute like a bag of kittens. He was also gay. No idea if it was intended but he had an easy, flirtatious attitude I've only seen directed at the guys.
Charles/Eric forevery ammarite?
- The amount of actor cameo was crazy! Every second scene was me going OMG THAT'S THAT GUY FROM THAT FILM! We got Michael Ironside, James Remar, Oliver Platt, that other guy from Roswell...
- lol Logan's cameo and using the one allowed FUCK of the film in his scene :D
Note: I haven't read a single review of this film yet.
Thing that made me roll my eyes:
- Angels' characterization. She goes from an exotic dancer to being ok with genocide, because of two jerks making some remarks at her. Shaw murdered her friend in front of her - it wasn't self defence, it was a MURDER, he did it after the threat had been neutralized - and she's perfectly fine with that. Later on she's fine with killing people and with nuclear holocaust. BECAUSE TWO JERKS MADE FUN OF HER!!! Thank god no one flipped her the middle finger, she would kill everyone with her own bare hands if that happened
- speaking of which, that agent's line “mutants are over there, leave us normal people alone!” just before Shaw enters the X-kids room? *slow clap* Congratulations, you've just won the award for the laziest exposition in history. I swear I thought it was Shaw pretending to be that guy to “convince” the mutants to join his cause, couldn't believe it was played straight.
- None of the action scenes were anything special, none of the fights were gripping
- the end with Mystique - just like with Angel - there was no point in the film that would justify her BEING OK WITH GENOCIDE at the end. Charles had to tell her to go with Magneto, because “that's what she wanted”. Yeah, well, I want to have sex with Mark Salling, doesn't mean I will stab someone to do so. WTF was the deal with her and Magneto having sex tho, ew.
- All the face/heel turns in this film were seriously underdeveloped, think back to X2 where you could really buy Pyro's defection, here it was a case of “I'm a bit angsty, I'm a bit angsty, GENOCIDE YAY :D”
- Nicolas Hoult was seriously miscast as Hank, I didn't buy his performance for a second.
- I wouldn't know that Riptide was Riptide if I didn't know who he is. Did he have a single line in that film? I can't recall it.
- They've seriously underused Havok, to a point I wondered why he's even there
- the only black character being the only dead mutant character... okeeeeeeeeeeeeey... pointless death to show how Serious Shaw is. We know he's serious, HE'S PLANNING A GENOCIDE!!!
- Speaking of Shaw, his plan was BEYOND IDIOTIC, no, it defined idiotic in a brand new way. What do we know about atom bombs? They kill everyone. No exception. And while I know that there are some mutants that would have survived AN ATOMIC EXPLOSION IN THEIR FACE, the vast majority wouldn't. What about a nuclear winter? What would they eat? Radioactive sand?
It's too similar to X2, except that it tries to imitate it really really hard instead of finding its own way (the face/heel turns, the bad guy who creates the main character)
- WHY. DIDN'T. ERIC. KILL. SHAW. IN. THE. CAMP?!?!
Things I liked (and people don't mention i n srs reviews):
- Banshee was cute like a bag of kittens. He was also gay. No idea if it was intended but he had an easy, flirtatious attitude I've only seen directed at the guys.
Charles/Eric forevery ammarite?
- The amount of actor cameo was crazy! Every second scene was me going OMG THAT'S THAT GUY FROM THAT FILM! We got Michael Ironside, James Remar, Oliver Platt, that other guy from Roswell...
- lol Logan's cameo and using the one allowed FUCK of the film in his scene :D