X-Men

[fredericks]

Watched X-Men: First Class this evening. I caught a lot of positive reviews from fans and so was expecting a better movie than I found myself sitting through. The plague of bad acting (I'm looking at you, January Jones and Zoe Kravitz), heavy-handed writing (the invention of the code names was pretty lazy writing, fo serious), the weird choices for X-history revision (I was never a fan of the newer Emma Frost, and what was with the whole Mystique/Xavier thing?) and the occasional shoddy CGI aside, it wasn't a bottle of Awesomesauce, but it did make for a fun film experience. And Erik/Xavier? Shyeah, I'm on that boat. No doubt, homies. The guy who played Erik rocked that turtleneck, blazer, and shades look like no one's bidness. Caliente!

Comments

[frzn-mmnt.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen it yet and I plan too, but I'm still struggling with the fact that Alex was younger brother and yet Alex is in the past and Scott is current. Makes no sense!

[anoel.livejournal.com]

Oh I didn't think it was that great of a movie....but omg Erik/Charles made it a BILLION times better. I think everyones so high on them that they're inflating the goodness of the movie.

[alicetheowl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I agree. I was disappointed. They rewrote so many histories, but then they kill off the token black guy? Ugh.

I don't usually ship, and I thought the Xavier/Erik thing was really blatant.

[utopiantrunks.livejournal.com]

Erik/Xavier: Wet embraces and "you are not alone." Mind-meld a la Spock. Staring intensely into each other's eyes while crying manly tears. Cradling injured comrade's head in lap and nearly weeping over the injury.

*boards ship*

[alicetheowl.livejournal.com]

Also: Ten Things You Should Know About X-Men First Class

I laughed so hard that Josh made me read it to him.