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Started 11 months ago by jmak
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Just got back from seeing this and it renewed my faith in the X-Men franchise after the Nothing-But-Noise X-Men Last Stand.

The acting in this film is fantastic especially Kevin Bacon's scene stealing role as Sebastian Shaw. Obviously, they take a lot of liberty with the comic-book storyline but for the most part it works really well (although why make Angel a girl with butterfly wings who can spit fire? Why not just give her another name?)

And I'm really happy to see one of my favorite b-list X-men Havoc on the big screen.

Anyone else see this yet? Thoughts?

Posted 11 months ago #
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We saw it on Friday and really liked it, too. Probably my favorite of the whole franchise. I'm not that familiar with the comic books, so I don't have that comparison, but overall I appreciated the story and character development - something that X-Men 3 and Wolverine were both missing.

Kevin Bacon was great, but I especially liked James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, and Jennifer Lawrence (I'm excited to see her play the lead in Hunger Games next year). Oh, and January Jones acts like a 2x4. Outside of playing Betty Draper, she always seems awkward and off-putting, like she doesn't want to be there.

I've been very impressed with director Matthew Vaughn. I very much enjoyed Kick-Ass, and loved Layer Cake (2004 film with Daniel Craig pre-Bond). Can't wait to see what Vaughn does next. Hopefully more X-Men!

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bastardsuperstar
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jmak wrote >>
although why make Angel a girl with butterfly wings who can spit fire? Why not just give her another name?

she's from the grant morrison "new x-men" run. her name's angel. not warren.

(but yeah, it was a lame name in the book, too. although zoe kravitz may just be the genetic ubermench.)

and this movie was surprisingly good. a total gas. the chemistry between fassbender & mcavoy was completely believable, jennifer lawrence gave a more emotional performance than ANYone in an x-men movie so far, the in-jokes were more clever than usual, and . . . MICHAEL FUCKING IRONSIDE!!!

i have to believe that jones could have turned in a much better performance if she'd been given a part anywhere NEAR as evil and manipulative as emma in the books. i think vaughn was just happy to get betty draper in lingerie and said "just do the betty's frigid face for an hour or two and i'll give you a baby when we're done!"

i want to know when it's ok to discuss some spoilers in this thread, though . . .

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Core_Models
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Oh, and January Jones acts like a 2x4. Outside of playing Betty Draper, she always seems awkward and off-putting, like she doesn't want to be there.

January Jones can do no wrong ;)

Posted 11 months ago #
honavery
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I enjoyed it too. Far better than Wolverine, which I thought was pretty dreadful. Fassbender basically stole the show IMO, he was great as Magneto. Really liked the part where Xavier is teaching them to use their powers.

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jmak
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bastardsuperstar wrote >>

jmak wrote >>
although why make Angel a girl with butterfly wings who can spit fire? Why not just give her another name?

she's from the grant morrison "new x-men" run. her name's angel. not warren.

Ah, gotcha. Stopped reading the comics in the early 90's so I know I've missed a lot.

(And of course I meant Havok ... with a "k".)

I do agree that January Jones just basically phones it in with this one, which is kind of disappointing.

A couple fun cameos too.

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