X-men First Class

[BreakABone]

Because there just aren't enough superhero movies...

http://www.dailyblam.com/sites/all/files/imagecache/watermark/news/images/xfirstclass1.jpg

[Professor S]

Is this a movie or a series on the CW?

Looks like shit.

[Angrist]

Is it a fanmade trailer?

[Teuthida]

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http://bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/x-men-first-class-cast-550x344.jpg

http://latimesherocomplex.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/james-mcavoy-and-michael-fassbinder-x-men-first-class.jpg?w=600&h=400

http://bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/XFC_Lineup_BB_9xW_w2.0_1295464371.jpg

http://s3.amazonaws.com/coolproduction/ckeditor_assets/pictures/388/original/First_Class.jpg?1295486508

[Ginkasa]

This looks horrible. Not excited.

[Teuthida]

Matthew Vaughn, the film's director, on the full cast image:
I freaked out on them yesterday. I don't know where the hell that came from. I don?t think it's a Fox image. It's not a pre-approved image. When I found out, I said, what the fuck is this shit, and Fox is running around trying to figure out what happened as well.

And the costumes:
The costumes are blue and yellow as well, because fuck it, lets take it back it the original. Also, by the way, those costumes are hardly in the movie. The main costumes are like these cool 60’s James Bond…

http://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads//2011/01/magneto-570x379.jpg

http://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads//2011/01/xavier-570x379.jpg

[Professor S]

The new photos make me feel a lot better about this, but the one with magneto's helmet? Ugh.

The biggest problem is that Fox is behind the project. They've found a way to fuck up anything X-Men since Singer left. I like Vaughn as a director, but I have no confidence in the suits that will be making the final decisions. Marvel should be in control of this.

[Teuthida]

Doobie doobie doo...

[KillerGremlin]

Oh man this looks like shit.

I'll take "how to top Wolverine Origins" for 500.

[Angrist]

Doobie doobie doo...

Awesome. This thread needs more photoshopping.

[Teuthida]

You're right, it does.

[BreakABone]

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The first trailer.
Doesn't look bad.

[TheSlyMoogle]

It's based off this Short release of comics:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_First_Class

[BreakABone]

http://youtu.be/jBJP-kANUFY

Movie is looking real good

[Teuthida]

Banshee
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Beast
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[Professor S]

Banshee
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Beast
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Oh no... now I'm starting to get excited about this movie. It looks really good. I love Banshee's effects... oh no...

[Teuthida]

Awwww, little Mystique.

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[Angrist]

Aren't you afraid that the story will be terrible? I hope it won't, because I like action hero movies...

[BreakABone]

Oh gawd, I've never had so much crow served at once.

The movie was so damn good. Perhaps my favorite X-men movie ever. And that's saying a lot since X-2 is in top 3 comic book movies for me.

WOW

[Vampyr]

So it's looking like this movie has exceeded all expectations.

I'm going to go watch it Sunday, for sure.

[Vampyr]

I went and saw it a day earlier than planned.

Sweet crap this movie is good. Acting is spot on perfect, especially Michael Fassbender. Kevin Bacon and James McAvoy were really good as well.

The ending was probably the most satisfying and well done of any that I have seen in a long while. The lengths that they went to to make it fit in with both the universe and the other movies was so well done too.

Favorite scene was the entire sequence in the bar in Argentina. Close second is the Wolverine cameo.

edit: Actually, one thing I didn't like: Where was the Stan Lee cameo?!

[KillerGremlin]

It was good...better than X1 and X3 and Wolverine...

Maybe it is because it is the umpteenth comic movie I have seen, but I felt it was a little underwhelming. Now I feel like Magneto deserved a proper fleshing out, and this movie delivered on all fronts. So I would recommend this for the Magneto back story alone.

I liked it a lot, and I would even enjoy a proper sequel or further exploration of the young X-Men universe. But still, a bit underwhelming for me.

I guess it did defy all expectations though, since the movie looked like shit since it was green lighted and it turned out to be a 2 thumbs up film.

[Teuthida]

It was quite good. That training montage made me wish this was actually a television series. Wanted more of that. I really like how they easily explained, and hinted with a wink and a nod, number of things like Beast being blue, Xavier losing the use of his legs, his future baldness, Magneto's helmet, the codenames, cerebro, the blackbird, Mystique's aging, etc. And there's something about Mystique and Xavier growing up together that I just really liked.

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[TheSlyMoogle]

The only thing that bothered me about the movie is the lack of Professor X having a stepbrother. AKA The Juggernaut bitch. :(

Interested to see if they still add him later.

[Teuthida]

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[Donald90]

I liked this Movie the whole concept of showing X-Men from the beginning

[Angrist]

I finally got around seeing this. W.o.a.h. Amazing.

[Professor S]

I thought this movie was on the verge of being truly great, but never quite got there. Still one o the best comic movies ever made, but not up to the level of Spiderman 2 or The Dark Knight. I view this more along the lines of Batman Begins.

[Vampyr]

You're saying Spiderman 2 was better than Batman Begins? :ohreilly:

[Professor S]

You're saying Spiderman 2 was better than Batman Begins? :ohreilly:

Yes. Spiderman 2 is probably the best pure comic book movie ever made. The Dark Knight is the best movie ever made based on a comic book (if that makes sense).

Don't get me wrong, Batman Begins is a great movie, but for me it's third best.

[Angrist]

That's funny. In my opinion:

Spider-Man 1 > 2
Batman Begins >>> The Dark Knight
X-Men 1 > X-Men 2

What can I say? I like openings better than sequels?

Oh 1 thing I didn't like about First Class was Kevin Bacon. I know he has his own game and all... but his character was a bit annoying and silly.

[Teuthida]

Batman > Spider-Man > X-Men > Spider-Man 2 > X2 > Batman Returns > Batman Forever > The Dark Knight > X3 > Spider-man 3 > Wolverine Origins > Batman & Robin > Batman Begins > Catwoman

[KillerGremlin]

Spider-Man 2 is pretty amazing, I just wish the CGI held up a little better.

Maybe it's too early to make this observation, but The Dark Knight isn't loaded with CGI so it seems like the action holds up much better.

In fact, I've argued this many times: the reason that Nolan's Batman movies are so good is because he finds clever ways to NOT SHOW comic action, which makes the movie avoid bad CGI and campy fighting scenes.

I think Sin City is my top pick for best most-comic-book inspired comic movie.

[Professor S]

I suppose I rate comic movies by standards. Keep in mind, I consider all of these movies to be good:

Gold

The Dark Knight, Spiderman 2

Silver

Batman, Batman Begins, X-Men 2, Superman 2 (original), X-Men First Class, American Splendor

Bronze

X-Men, Superman, Spiderman, Iron Man, The Rocketeer (yes, I think it is underrated), Road to Perdition, Sin City, Hellboy, Hellboy 2, Watchmen, 300, A History of Violence.

Note: I have not seen Captain America or Thor. I thought Kick-Ass was idiotic.