Uncanny Web-Slinger
Super Freak
Firstly i am a big fan of X-Men than any other comic franchise, however i hardly ever go to the cinema.
1) Most films don't need the big screen experience for me
2) I hardly ever get the time.
So i managed to catch the final showing of X-Men First Class tonight and...
AMAZING F-ING AMAZING 99% of the film was perfect.
I haven't seen a film that satisfied on this level in so long.
All were handled expertly, the pace moved from one scene to the next with no stutter or slow down, the characters were nearly all unique and engaging, with at least one quality that defined their presence.
I loved how it wasn't watered down and aimed for kids, the setting, language, violence, made sense to the film and was seamlessly integrated into the tone of the film, a watered down version wouldn't have had the same impact.
The schism of the mutants making a choice of which side was right for them wasn't as black and white as the previous trilogy, that is to say it was done with more finesse in this film.
The Make-up and CGI on Beast was easily 100 times better than X3, the Effects worked flawlessly, with one or two exceptions, I'm pretty sure there were at least two instances where shots didn't match:
The costumes were great, as was the whole 40's and 60''s setting, i loved the way in which everything seemed in it's infancy from the old computers of Cerebro, to the lack of any known mutants or idea of mutancy, if in a sequel they showed the government working on a primitive sentinel program that was malfunctioning and looked cheap, that would work brilliantly.
The casting worked brilliantly on all fronts but one, and this is my only gripe with the film, the Whirlwind bloke looks like a metro-sexual hair model and with the time, effort and money spent on his powers they could've given his character at least one or two lines, rather than his silent the whole film.
The Coin was awesome, as was Azazel dropping Cia blokes from the Sky.
I don't need picture perfect reproductions of the comic, i want the filmmakers to make the story of the film believable and to capture the essence and tone of the universe of characters, the characters in this worked great for me, it showed the X universe to be full of heart, to be a growing family, the setting, and time-frame and way in which it was done, made this much more believable than i thought it would be. This is a real Film about people with superpowers, yet it unravels in way that would exist in our reality, rather than being a campy absurdity.
This is the best comic book movie around period, 10% Humour, 70% Drama, 10% Heart, 10% Spy-Thriller.
This is a grown-up film with grown-up techniques and storytelling about superheroes, rather than a superhero popcorn flick with a bunch of basic filmmaking problems.
1) Most films don't need the big screen experience for me
2) I hardly ever get the time.
So i managed to catch the final showing of X-Men First Class tonight and...
AMAZING F-ING AMAZING 99% of the film was perfect.
I haven't seen a film that satisfied on this level in so long.
- The script
- Characterizations
- Dialogue
- CGI
- Costumes / Make-Up
- Setting
All were handled expertly, the pace moved from one scene to the next with no stutter or slow down, the characters were nearly all unique and engaging, with at least one quality that defined their presence.
I loved how it wasn't watered down and aimed for kids, the setting, language, violence, made sense to the film and was seamlessly integrated into the tone of the film, a watered down version wouldn't have had the same impact.
The schism of the mutants making a choice of which side was right for them wasn't as black and white as the previous trilogy, that is to say it was done with more finesse in this film.
When Angel left, you really understood why, because we saw that her character resented how the humans perceive her, Beast' need to fit in was unique to him, where as the relationship blossoming between Mystique and Magneto made sense, he understood her more than Charles did (more on that in a bit), Banshee was the most under-developed, Havok was mainly there to be the one who learned to control his powers the most.
For the relationship between Mystique and Charles, was a subject of conflicting debate by the end, there was a great poistive for the way it works and a negative.
The negative is that with them spending the most time together Charles should've known her wishes in regard to her natural from, yet he didn't, her ideals changed throughout the film but the time and relationship should factor into his understanding, and it would've been good to see that he was telling her to be proud of who she was.
The positive is almost the same, with the way it worked at the end, it felt like it was done to show that Charles wasn't all-knowing, he is as fallible as the rest of us. he was proud to be a Mutant because he could fit in, and she couldn't fit in as her true self, so this idea is what separated them, Erik understood what it was like to be set apart for who he was as a Jew during the Holocaust and i like how it was that that drew them together at the end.
The end when Charles was hit by the bullet worked perfectly in the scope of the film, the Nazi stuff at the first act was awesome, Logan's "F off" was hilarious, as was adult Mystique's appearance, these were cameos that had a bit of meaning to the story, rather than just thrown in willie-nilly.
For the relationship between Mystique and Charles, was a subject of conflicting debate by the end, there was a great poistive for the way it works and a negative.
The negative is that with them spending the most time together Charles should've known her wishes in regard to her natural from, yet he didn't, her ideals changed throughout the film but the time and relationship should factor into his understanding, and it would've been good to see that he was telling her to be proud of who she was.
The positive is almost the same, with the way it worked at the end, it felt like it was done to show that Charles wasn't all-knowing, he is as fallible as the rest of us. he was proud to be a Mutant because he could fit in, and she couldn't fit in as her true self, so this idea is what separated them, Erik understood what it was like to be set apart for who he was as a Jew during the Holocaust and i like how it was that that drew them together at the end.
The end when Charles was hit by the bullet worked perfectly in the scope of the film, the Nazi stuff at the first act was awesome, Logan's "F off" was hilarious, as was adult Mystique's appearance, these were cameos that had a bit of meaning to the story, rather than just thrown in willie-nilly.
The Make-up and CGI on Beast was easily 100 times better than X3, the Effects worked flawlessly, with one or two exceptions, I'm pretty sure there were at least two instances where shots didn't match:
The gun to Erik's head seemed to touch his head in one shot then be away in the next, and when Erik stabs the Nazi's hand in one shot the knife looks to be next to his hand in the table instead.
The costumes were great, as was the whole 40's and 60''s setting, i loved the way in which everything seemed in it's infancy from the old computers of Cerebro, to the lack of any known mutants or idea of mutancy, if in a sequel they showed the government working on a primitive sentinel program that was malfunctioning and looked cheap, that would work brilliantly.
The casting worked brilliantly on all fronts but one, and this is my only gripe with the film, the Whirlwind bloke looks like a metro-sexual hair model and with the time, effort and money spent on his powers they could've given his character at least one or two lines, rather than his silent the whole film.
The Coin was awesome, as was Azazel dropping Cia blokes from the Sky.
I don't need picture perfect reproductions of the comic, i want the filmmakers to make the story of the film believable and to capture the essence and tone of the universe of characters, the characters in this worked great for me, it showed the X universe to be full of heart, to be a growing family, the setting, and time-frame and way in which it was done, made this much more believable than i thought it would be. This is a real Film about people with superpowers, yet it unravels in way that would exist in our reality, rather than being a campy absurdity.
This is the best comic book movie around period, 10% Humour, 70% Drama, 10% Heart, 10% Spy-Thriller.
This is a grown-up film with grown-up techniques and storytelling about superheroes, rather than a superhero popcorn flick with a bunch of basic filmmaking problems.
