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

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

Yes. That was one thing where I was like "huh??" It almost made it seem like Alex was Scott's dad, which was an odd choice. Then they made the Hellfire Club less of a Freemason behind the scene scheming society and more overt with an actual political agenda. I distinctly remember Sebastian Shaw *not* wanting to get his hands dirty unless forced. Shaw as the big baddie and catalyst of Magneto? Wow.

More fannish wtfery on my part:
1. having feline-like Hank as the original furry mutant. I wasn't a fan of that revamp in the comics either. Was he like that in the 3rd movie (never watched it)?

2. Having Nightcrawler's dad was cool, however I kept expecting him and Mystique to fall into lust. But I suppose that was for the best, because Magneto/Mystique had distinct pedophile vibes.

3. Moira MacTaggert as a US citizen? A G-(wo)man, no less. Uhm, okay.

4. Random axillary characters are random. And sort of pointless. But whatever.

The Wolverine cameo? GOLDEN.

[frzn-mmnt.livejournal.com]

Thanks for all the interesting info. I'll have to keep an eye out for it and then make my own comments when I watch it!

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry! I completely skipped over the beginning of your comment where you clearly mention you've yet to see the movie, and decided to discuss parts of the movie. Gah. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.