Audio Reviews - X-men: First Class - Audio Review

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  June 15, 2011 at 7:19 PM, said ...

  I love the shit out of this movie. AMAZING! Maybe because I just saw it and have a movie after glow but its fantastic. James McAvoy and Micheal Fassbender were scream inducing good. Not because of their looks but stellar performances, they were so good that I was actually sad the entire movie, because we know that their epic "bromance" will end. Jennifer Lawrence did a great job as mystique, it really brought the character away from that 2-d naked blue chick running around in the other x-men films. everyone else did a decent job. Janurary Jones was not good, but i was too distracted by the chemistry between the two male leads to notice her. Great film, Full Price!

• June 09, 2011 at 9:41 PM, said ...

   

  Wish I could get detailed on what I saw in this movie last night, but WOW whoever decided to write this script REALLY changed it to whatever the hell they felt like it lol. Its not going by the comics by any means, but it had some pretty good action and actually kept my attention which if it's got a lame story or it doesn't keep momentum-i literally fall asleep. Another thing i'll point out is the Russians did NOT make that helmet for him lol. I agree with these guys though that it's very much a sequel but all in all its a matinee if you just want to see good action, and some people dressed up in super hero costumes- also Kevin bacon.

  
  
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  June 08, 2011 at 5:12 PM, said ...

  Very entertaining film wish they would have marketed as full on reboot as when you watch it it clearly is trying to tie its self in with the X-men films that came before but it's messing up on the continuity of the films at the same time luckily it has enough style that one can over look those point to some degree.
  

• June 06, 2011 at 10:25 PM, John Lemus said ...

  I have read and been told that there were plans to make a fourth film they even had some scenes filmed already. I believe the storyline was suppose to involve either Apocalypse. There were supposed to be some sentinels as well.

   

  I think the reason they never went along with it was because it would have cost too much to make and they already had plans for the two prequels.They also had issues with the casting. I think they wanted Rodrigo Santoro to play Gambit.    

  
  
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  June 06, 2011 at 10:09 PM, NareshDS said ...

  @Rabid Chicken
  OK, before I start I want to say this is just a friendly debate so don’t feel offended.  : )
  
  1) I always felt that there are two tiers of character in these films, the main ones and the background characters, I felt Angel was a means to an end that he fulfilled and Colossus was a background character.
  2) James Marsden who played Cyclops wanted to get out of his contract so he could be in Superman Returns and after focusing on Rogue in the first film, then Rogue and Iceman in the second I enjoyed seeing Iceman with Kitty who had been a background character until hen.
  3) I felt that they finally got Storm right.
  4) Juggernaut’s line kicks ass!
  5) Iceman is the student of Xavier, Pyro is the disciple of Magneto, this was a pseudo Xavier/Magneto fight (before First Class) and to me this is the best fight in the series.
  6) I feel that character development is the cornerstone of the X-Men films there’s less here but it’s still here.
  
  I admit that this damn film has it’s problems, Xavier becomes a manipulative bastard who brainwashed Jean, Magneto turns into a bumbling fool at the end, killing off or neutralising the majority of characters and of course, at least in comparison to the previous films, a whole lot less character development. But all in all it’s a good bookend to the series. X2 makes me feel depressed and wanting more story, Last Stand makes me feel like there’s a good sense of closure.

• June 06, 2011 at 9:07 PM, said ...

  You know, after seeing this, I don't think I like Thor as much anymore.

  
  
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  June 06, 2011 at 6:16 PM, michael norwood said ...

  Gotta say, I enjoyed the first half of the film a lot more that the second half. I dug the mutant training sequence and all, was happy that Banshee was in the flick and could easily deal with Cyclops, Iceman and Angel not being in the movie, I mean if this is a prequel the the other films none of those guys should've been born yet, especially as young as the other films made Bobby and Ange, so it kind of confusses me why Havoc is in the film with his being Cyclop's younger brother. But I looked past that, althouh I am really pissed that Angel's name went to that stripper chick with the bug wings. Darwin's powers were damn lame and Bacon never looked right in the helmet, although I guess destiny knew it was meant for Magneto. Seeing a young Charles was cool, Magneto's revenge mission was so badass I would've prefered a film soley about his hunting down Nazis until he reached Shaw, let's be honest Kevon Bacon was much more threatning and a better villain as a German accented scientist working with the Nazis.

• June 06, 2011 at 5:40 PM, John Lemus said ...

  The entire Xmen Movie series including this one is plagued by underdeveloped characters.

  But apart from that Xmen 3 did suck above all others. The only bad thing about Origins was what they did to Deadpool apart from that it was a superior film. 

   

   

  
  
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  June 06, 2011 at 5:34 PM, said ...

  @Kyle Roger and Happy Birthday Roboto

  Allow me to school you both on some of the reasons why X-men 3 sucks donkey balls.

   

  1) Way too many fucking underdeveloped characters, we have so many mutants in this film but you hardly no any of them. Angel and Colossus are heavily not used to the fullest.

  2) Cyclops and Rogue get the shaft, Cyclops gets killed (off screen for fucks sake!) in the first 10 minutes and Rogue dissappers and comes back at the end briefly but is given nothing too do.

  3) Halie Berry still sucks as Storm, she wanted a bigger role in the film, but she just sucks even more.

  4) Juggernaut saying ''I'm the Juggernaut bitch!!''

  5) Lame use of mutant powers e.g. the Iceman versus Pyro fight. Pyro is pretty much a Green Lantern, but instead of a power ring he can shape fire into anything he wants. Iceman's powers are also similar, he can create ice and shape it into anything he wants, these to characters with cool powers fight each other and what do we get... a lame power struggle.

   

  5) Jean grey as Phoenix: Mutant power: reduce everthing to confetti, its the fucking Phoenix, I wanted to see her burn shit!!!

  6) This film was all about the powers and special effects instead of the focusing on the characters and how they develop.

   

  There are other reasons why X-men: The Last Stand sucks, but I won't go into it too much.

   

   

   

• June 06, 2011 at 5:15 PM, John Lemus said ...

  radiation does kill cells as does toxic waste which has also been used as something super heroes have gotten powers from. Getting powers from radiation is only possible in fiction. Thinking that you can gain superpowers from years of exposure to small amounts a radiation is like thinking you can develop an immunity to pollution by breathing polluted air It will kill you before you ever develop some kind of immunity. That is why they use radiation as a treatment to kill cancer cells. The biggest problems with it is that it kills other cells as well. Radiation would sooner kill your ability to reproduce faster than your body could develop some kind of mutation. Again it only works in fiction. As for powers being passed down from one generation to another it would only work if the original ancestor was some kind of mutant. People with super powers do not and can not exist in the real world. Also children that are born or live close to nuclear sites or even something like electric power-lines have been born with cancer or are retarded. Also kids who are from families who eat food grown with radioactive pesticides frequently share the same fate. Radiation is also one reason why people who smoke develop cancer.

  
  
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  June 06, 2011 at 4:48 PM, NareshDS said ...

  @Kyle Roger

  I'm with you brother! Apart from a silly moment or two X-Men: The Last Stand is a solid movie!

• June 06, 2011 at 9:12 AM, said ...

  I thought it was obvious that Shaw would absorb the energy released by the bombs and then become the strongest mutant and rule. It's pretty much him leading a new Third Reich. Step 1: Create enough energy (nukes) to become to invincible and nigh-immortal (he's younger because his powers can convert the energy to slow aging) Step 2: Assemble the remaining mutants and rule. It works really well on paper...
  

  
  
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  June 06, 2011 at 5:20 AM, Kyle Roger said ...

  what the hell is wrong with x-men 3? I get the beef with Wolverine Origins:  The thing with the stupid memory-erasing bullet, the loss of differentiation between mutant powers. Got it.  But nobody ever explains in a convincing way what's wrong with the third x-men in the original trilogy.

• June 05, 2011 at 10:32 PM, said ...

  Best X-Men film in my opinion.

  
  
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  June 05, 2011 at 10:27 PM, said ...

  @Mr. Roboto
  Excuse me Patrick Stewart played Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek, I didn't follow the series so just assumed he was continuing the character. I am willing to let a movie get away with pseudoscience because obviously it's a movie but just to clarify the "mutations" caused by radiation destroy cells. I was under the assumption it was only evolution that developed powers. I must have missed that part of the movie where they explained that I apologize. I had to take a phone call twice during it so it is a very real possibility.

• June 05, 2011 at 9:14 PM, David said ...

  Saw the movie today, and I have to say...I liked it, it was certainly better than X3 and Wolverine...but I didn't think it was great. McAvoy and Fassbender were great, some of the fighting was really good, but other than that everything was just about average. Even the filmmaking, which surprised me, since Vaughn is such a good director. Not a bad movie by any stretch, but this isn't on par with another recent superhero movie like Thor.

  
  
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  June 05, 2011 at 4:34 PM, said ...

  Hey guys love the review I got to see the movie yesterday and this is easily a better than sex movie this and Thor have not only made my year but restored my faith in the studio. My only problems with the film is that 2 of the most awesome characters in the movie (Sebastian shaw and Azazel) were really underwirtten and couldve had a bit more to them other than that completely happy with this movie and after the abismal kick ass i cant wait to see what matty vaughn can do next and with this series

• June 05, 2011 at 3:24 PM, NareshDS said ...

  @Les Claypool Fan + J Moriarty

  Radiation can cause mutations, a nuclear war would kill off 99% of the planet, but the remaining humans would be guarenteed (in the X-movieverse) to give birth to mutants! Sebastian Shaws plans were not only logical but they suited the '60s tone of the film and made him kind of a Bond movie villain to Magneto's Bond, it couldn't have been more perfect. The nuclear war idea may be a cliche, but here it was perfectly used, in fact if they hadn't included it the film would have fallen apart pretty quickly!

   

  SPOILER ALERT!! Magneto's character is extremely well developed throughout the film, so that when the final confrontaction happens it's the straw that broke the camel's back that he turns against humans, which maskes sense because we've seen the previous films. It was not some tacked on the end nonsense! END SPOILER ALERT!!

   

  @Les Claypool Fan

  Your initial remark mentioned only the trailer and implied you hadn't seen the film. Also Captain Kirk was not in any of the X-Men movies!

  
  
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  June 05, 2011 at 1:32 PM, said ...

  this movie is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!! x-men is back baby!!!!!!!!!!! hell yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• June 05, 2011 at 11:00 AM, said ...

  Oh ok my bad J Moriarty. Appreciate you clarifying without trying to sneak in a jab. Can't fault someone for having fun with the movie just wasn't as impressed as some other people on the site.

  
  
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  June 05, 2011 at 7:05 AM, David M Weber said ...

  I like this film better than any of the earlier X-Men films including the first one. The script is smarter, the characters better explored, the interaction is better, the humor is real.

   

  The best parts are the interactions between Xavier, Erik, and Raven and between Raven and Hank.

   

  I also like Shaw vs Magneto. I don't care what people say about Kevin Bacon or Shaw in the film I thought both were good and I'm not a fan of either but here they did a very good job. I liked that Shaw wasn't into theatrics and ridiculous speeches. He had a plan and he wanted it done. He literally thought no one could stand in his way. I love how he entered the CIA base and just wiped out everyone then introduces himself calmly to the recruits.

   

  You don't get those kind of villains often. Usually it's shouting angry villains who go on some long tirade. Shaw was suave.  He also effectively served as a dark mirror to Magneto which made for interesting comparison and contrast.

   

  Also good about the film - no stupid costumes. The bad guys wear suits and Shaw mocks his helmet as silly. The X-Men wore protective suits rather than outright costumes and we are told by Xavier they are good for protecting against G-forces and bullets.

   

  Too many superhero comics and movies focus on cool costumes rather than the person in them. X-Men First Class more focuses on the individual than the costume or hero name and that's something I really like

• June 05, 2011 at 4:40 AM, robert said ...

  The Mystque thing pissed me off about X3 When magneto leaves her because they make it so believable & the bit older joke is awesome

  
  
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  June 05, 2011 at 4:38 AM, robert said ...

  Better X2 CANT Wait for a sequel  becuase hes trying to make it @ the level of TDK in vaughn we trust LOL

• June 05, 2011 at 3:38 AM, Taylor said ...

  My one problem with the movie:

  If the argument is that nuclear bombs will make more mutants, why does he kill a mutant with that same energy? Doesn't that prove it will kill everyone?

  
  
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  June 05, 2011 at 3:28 AM, said ...

  Seriously Korey? Low full price? Live up to your mutation and give it a matinee.

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