ANTI LEMOD: X-Men First Class

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

10 Reasons Why X-Men First Class didn't Own the Box Office

So the news it out! XMFC didn't make the big bucks as expected. In fact it underperformed, taking only 56 million in the US box office.

But why did this better written Mutant Movie get okay turnout? Well, I have 10 reasons why:

The mixing of past and present characters. When a franchise has 2 horrible films under its belt, the last thing you want to do is screw up the storyline. Well, adding mutants from 2001 (Angel), 1980 (Emma Frost) 1985 (Riptide) and 2008 (Darwin) didn't help. Knowing the X-Universe, there were tons of characters to choose from in that era, like: Mimic, Lucifer, Amelia Voght, Bolivar Trask... Hell, even Tessa/Sage. She was around back then.
Changing the characters' backgrounds. Moira is Scottish not American and Banshee is Irish. That should have been fixed before the movie came out. Again, changing the X-History doesn't work.
Calling it 'First Class' without the original 5 was not a good deal. Also using a mismatched group of mutants wasn't cute either.
The Hellfire Club's plan was far-fetched and almost like a G.I. Joe/Cobra plotline.
The marketing was broke. The first pic of them looked photo-shopped. Then the studio denied it, but later claimed it. Weeks later, more crappy ads came out, causing fans to make their own.
Back to the mutants, the ones they choose to be in the first group were boring and didn't excite anyone.
Trying to make this film for everybody. Some would say that fan-based film doesn't work. But if it's done well, it will sell (ex. Iron Man & Thor).
The fans don't trust 20th Century Fox with any X-Men movies. Yes X3 and Wolverine made money, but it also burned bridges with the fan. Believe it or not, that sh*t comes back.
Too many discrepancies from the other movies. The only true connection is Wolverine.
Too Soon? Maybe they needed to wait until Marvel Studios took the property back or if they had a story people wanted to see. It seems that fans hate the thought of Fox/X-Men marriage and demand a public divorce.

I actually like the movie, but the I can see how the past has a direct effect of the future. Almost Days of Future Past like, right?

Friday, June 3, 2011

My Review: X-Men First Class

Before I begin, I will admit I was wrong. I thought X-Men: First Class would suck, but it actually was very good. There were some minor issues, but in all, it was very good... A strong step in the right direction.

So you know the deal, here comes the vague review of X-Men First Class.

They revisited Magneto's origin, giving more insight to his anger.
Xavier and Mystique grew up together? Who knew.
The Hellfire Club actually fit their comic book image.
Why was Riptide a member of the Hellfire Club, he's a Marauder. And Riptide didn't cause whirlwinds, he threw faux ninja stars.
Moira Mactaggert and Banshee did NOT have their accents. Fail!
Darwin... I'll just leave that alone.
Emma Frost was the bomb! She was thee character right down to the bottom. However, I think the writers didn't know that diamond can cut brass.
I didn't like the use of certain mutants from different eras of the X-Men.
The story was solid. It felt like I was watching a mutant version 'Inglourious Basterds'.
Michael Fassbender is hot.
The Hellfire Club's plan was a little far fetched, but kind of something Alan Moore would have made up.
Storm's in the movie.
We learn that certain X-Men items were made by the US Government, not Xavier.
Havok does this weird hula hoop thing to use his powers, it's kinda cute.
There were very cool elements of the 60s throughout the film.
No Stan Lee.
The pacing was great. 2 hours just flew by.

In all it was a very good movie. I'm interested in seeing what the second class will look like.

Friday, May 27, 2011

WATCH: Emma Frost in X-Men: First Class

Cute Clip

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

SPOILER ALERT Guess Who makes a Cameo in X-Men: First Class?

To be honest, this is not a shock but I thought it would be Jean.

But it's.... Well it's, just see below (thx to Bleeding Cool)
Half way through X-Men: First Class, as Professor X and Magneto are travelling the world looking for mutants, they come across Wolverine, played by Hugh Jackman, in a bar. Before they can get a sentence out, Wolverine, without looking at them tells them to “Go fuck yourselves.” They leave.

The character’s appearance gets a laugh, his attitude and language gets a double laugh, repeating on itself, through the audience. It’s a superb scene, well played, well staged, well placed. And it’s the only moment such language is used in the entire film. We loved it.