X-Men: First Class (spoilers)

Also, I don't know about other people, but Scott never really interested me as a character with his teenage/young adult storylines. His was very similar to those of many other characters out there. Scott as he is now in the comics, the war leader is interesting though. So I don't have an issue with setting it before Wolverine.

And it would work in universe as we have seen there is a difference in the way Storm, Beast and Jean view Xavier compared to Scott and those that came after. It would fit with those three being there first while he was learning how he wants to set his vision up.

 

This movie has fail all over it. They've got 1 year to completely make this flick, so it can be jammed into an already insanely jam packed summer. And their Fox's last x-flick sucked so horribly, no one is going to waste any money seeing this when they have; Thor, Cap, Green Lantern, Harry Potter, Cars 2, Transformers, and many many more. Okay, Transformers will suck, but it'll still make a ton of cash.

They just need to give the rights back to marvel so they can truly make a first class flick.

 

Professor X in X-Men: "Cyclops, Storm and Jean were some of my first students"

X3 also had young Xavier getting Jean along with young Magneto. My guess would be we start pre-Wolverine and end up post Wolverine rather quickly. Scott and Jean are notorious for really being the first two. Scott in particular is significant because he was also Xavier's second in command. So you really do need him early on in the movie to make it work. Simply put, the other movies did a nice job confusing things. They changed the actual first class (can't use Iceman or Angel and it appears storm and emma replace them) and they changed actors. And it's NOT a reboot. Were it a reboot, then it would be easier. Instead, if they want to keep First Class in their current film continuity, they have a lot of hoops to jump through.

 

This is why I hate Ratner and the mess he made in X3.


I don't view X3 as a mess. I rather liked it a lot and found it operatic in theme. Which would account for the number of deaths in the film. On the other hand, I'm not that impressed by X1. Mind you, it was entertaining. But I found the story lacking in any real meat. And Singer seemed to have shot it as if it was a television movie with little bite.

 

I think the problems in X3 lie in the script, not in the directing.

 

Yeah, that trailer has me rather enthused for the movie.

 

I do give them bonus points for using an actual Blackbird.

Still not real interested.

 

It's like X-Men/Call of Duty Black Ops. You got your SR-71 Blackbirds, your Cuba, your communists, your Soviets, your team of nigh unstoppable killing machines.

 

I agree with you to an extent. I also really enjoyed X3. It was a big, fun action flick and perfectly suited to Ratner's abilities and inclinations as a director. The problem with X3 was equal parts Ratner and Fox. Ratner was a problem in that he was trying finish somebody elses trilogy and Fox was a problem because they ****ed around for so long that Singer allowed himself to be hired away by Warner Bros. to direct on Superman Returns.

 

AMPAS shares the burden also. If they hadn't given a damn statue to Halle Berry we wouldn't have suffered through Storm's inflated role and melodramatic speeches (there's nothing wrong with Storm being a key player, as long as you have an actress who can do it right. They didn't).

 

The CIA is no place for a woman!

 

Loved the Wolverine cameo ... "**** Off!"

 

Pretty sure that last post should be highlighted in black...?

 

Well, since the film has been officially released, they can't be spoilers ... no?

Anyhoo ... this is one of the first prequel movies that actually works, in that it adds to the characters of the latter films. Some great character development here.

(Also, a pretty quick, cool cameo from Rebecca Romijn!).

I haven't read the source comics, but I thought it was interesting that Charles Xavier & Raven / Mystique grew up together.

The opening scene was pretty gripping, this scene leads straight on from the opening scene of the original X-Men movie (Eric Lehnsherr) pulling at the concentration camp gates.

PS: Kevin Bacon was awesome in this movie!

I really hope they make more sequels, that will bridge to the original trilogy.

 

1st, it wasn't officially released everywhere when you posted that. 2nd, not everyone has seen it yet, so yes, there are still spoilers.
Oh, and 3rd, you need to star out the whole word when you swear.

 

It's interesting that you say that 2nd. An interview with Michael Vaughn I read would suggest that's not necessarily the case:

You can find the whole interview HERE. So it's possible that the Magneto script had no part to play in the final film.

 

I'll most likely wait until a DVD release.

Although the cameo mentioned interests me.

Yes, I'm still more interested in that guy.

 

I'm still interested in that guy as well

But I'd like to know this....

How does Emma Frost go from being a teenager in Wolverine to an adult decades earlier?

And are we to assume that this Alex Summers is in anyway related to Scott?

Furthermore....

Was there a Stan Lee cameo in this one? I didn't see him.

Also... there wasn't a scene at the end of the credits! I was disappointed

 

I'm thinking that this Alex Summers is probably the father of Alex and Scott Summers. I could be wrong though.

Evil.

 

Ah, yes it was. There is a little country called Australia, it was released here, BEFORE I posted. Sorry if we are in the future (international date/time) that you guys in the past (America)!