Comments | deaka: Revenge of the Movie Franchises i.e. POTC 4 & X-Men: First Class

deaka

Revenge of the Movie Franchises i.e. POTC 4 & X-Men: First Class

Jun 04, 2011 16:02

Mm, tea. Good in any weather, but particularly appreciated in winter. I hate the cold. (I think it got down to about 11 degrees this morning? I would not survive in an actual cold climate ( Read more... )

ugh winter, tv, films

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sarlania June 4 2011, 06:18:44 UTC

It's certainly the time for franchise sequels.

I'm hoping that I'll get to see these films on the plane flight to Europe. :D

deaka June 4 2011, 06:22:35 UTC

Ooh, good idea! Long flights are an excellent time for movie catch-up. When do you head over?

sarlania June 4 2011, 06:36:20 UTC

At the end of the month, in three weeks time.

I've even got a countdown going on Time and Date. :D

deaka June 4 2011, 12:35:17 UTC

So soon! That must be pretty awesome. *g* I've only been as far as NZ but I'd so love to venture further afield. Maybe if I can get work to cooperate...

archaeologist_d June 4 2011, 14:15:54 UTC

Initially Camelot isn't that good but it gets a lot better when Morgan le Fay starts in on her plans to take over the kingdom.

deaka June 4 2011, 15:28:22 UTC

Ah, okay. Most of the reactions I read were early ones, actually, so that would make sense.

lotusflower85 June 5 2011, 04:48:30 UTC

Interesting - I actually saw Xavier as having loads of flaws, although perhaps they weren't intended to be so - I think McAvoy sort of played him with a sense of arrogance and superiority and that, even though he is a good man who does the right thing, he is still an intellectual in his ivory tower looking down on others and not understanding the realities of the world and the difficulties of his fellow mutants. But McAvoy brings such depth and charm to the role he doesn't come across as unlikable ( ... )

deaka June 5 2011, 05:25:37 UTC

Absolutely agree, he did have flaws. I wish the story had acknowledged it a bit more rather than leaving it as implicit in his relationship with Raven and in the shades of McAvoy's portrayal... but then what it did have in terms of allowing arguments (or at least understanding) on both sides was pretty good for a superhero flick, so maybe I should just stop complaining. *g*

Yeah, that part was interesting. I wondered if they were suggesting that the showdown on the island had affected even his ability to trust non-mutants? (Gratuitous memory-wiping or mind-altering is a pet peeve of mine, too. Luke is a HUGE perpetrator of this in certain parts of the EU.)

Yeah, POTC 4 had really obvious filler in parts.

lotusflower85 June 5 2011, 05:35:56 UTC

I agree - I think the flaws/depth was all McAvoy rather than the writers and it would have been nice for him to be called on his behaviour rather than always right. I felt the "No, Erik, you did this" was a bit self-righteous. But anyway.

Yeah, good point about him losing a bit of faith, but I think if so, it should have been addressed. As it was, it almost came across as romantic, with her fondly remembering "a kiss" which is wrong wrong wrong in my opinion, especially when by that stage all of your other female characters are evil and the only one left on the good side can't be trusted.

But I enjoyed it other than that, so I guess I shouldn't complain either :D

deaka June 5 2011, 05:46:28 UTC

The kiss thing was odd, especially when (unless I missed something, which is not impossible) there hadn't really been any hint at anything between them before that. (Maybe it was a last-ditch attempt to stave off the slashers! Too little too late if so...) And then the line about women in the CIA, yeah, ha ha. Kind of a strange note to hit.

There'd be no point picking at the movie if the characters weren't interesting, so it's kind of a compliment, in a way? :p

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