I'm replying to this thread since I apparently do not have rights to reply to the "X-Men: First Class SPOILERS" thread. Plus this one is pretty accurate as my wife and I saw a double feature of X-Men: First Class and Green Lantern today.
I really enjoyed FC. I thought it was going to be a gimmicky movie, being a period piece and a prequel. But overall I really enjoyed it. I thought the period setting and the age of the "first class" helped give the film the same kind of feel that the early Lee/Kirby X-Men comics had, and that is my favorite era of the X-Men. I have never liked Emma Frost so the girl playing her being flat wasn't really a problem to me. I liked seeing Banshee screaming around and furry Beast worked really well (although regular Beast was pretty awesome as well). I definitely liked it more than X3 (and I don't hate that movie like a lot of folks seem to) and a lot more than Wolverine. Of course the only part I liked about Wolverine was The Blob. Speaking of which, the cameo in this movie had me laughing my butt off. As for Green Lantern, I only saw about 30 minutes because the baby got fussy and I went with him to the lobby. But I only paid $1.50 so that's alright (discount theater). ~Luke On Jun 19, 9:14 pm, <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with pretty much everything you said. > > > > X-Men was truly great! While I never grew tired of looking at January Jones, > I certainly grew tired of her wooden acting. The rest of the cast was > superb. While I think they could have made Moira and Banshee Scottish, I > really enjoyed both actors. In fact, I thought the Moira actress was hotter > than January Jones. Just me probably. > > > > I was bored during Green Lantern. It just didn't seem to get started. As > we've said since thefirsttrailer, I like Ryan Reynolds, but he wasn't Hal > Jordan. The personality doesn't match Hal. In regard to looks, the actor > that played Hal's older brother really looked like Hal from the comics. The > Green Lantern mask on Hal looked f-ing ridiculous. Completely unbelievable > and silly. They should have gone for another mask. The Hector Hammond > character seemed wasted to me. He was a threat on Earth for a little while, > but then he was discarded the second Parallax showed up. Seemed like a > waste. Sinestro was dead-on. Kilowog was dead-on. Carol Ferris was really > sexy. Tom was different from the comics, but in a good way. Tim Robbins was > kind of generic, but it worked. Amanda Waller shined in a couple moments, > like she would in the comics, but not in every scene. Overall, it was a good > movie, but not a great movie. > > > > Most important thing to know about Green Lantern... Tom (a.k.a. Pieface) > drives the same Jeep as me. Why the heck did he let Hal drive it > anyway!?!??!? > > > > > > The Irredeemable > Shaghttp://firestormfan.comhttp://onceuponageek.comhttp://twitter.com/onceuponageek > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Double-feature from the comic book bleacher > From: Edward Crosby <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, June 19, 2011 10:34 am > To: TUG group <[email protected]>**May Contain Spoilers** > > Saw X-Men:FirstClassand Green Lantern yesterday back-to-back. I have to say > that X-Men was a really enjoyable film. The story was fantastic and the > performances were superb. James McAvoy was absolutely brilliant and the rest > of the cast, excluding January Jones, were top notch. It's true what everyone > has stated about January Jones, she was terrible. In fact, despite the > massive amounts of cleavage, I bored of seeing her and the character. The > movie could have been an A+ if they had chosen a different actress for that > role, but as of now, looking mainly at the cast and performances, I have to > rate it an A; even Kevin Bacon was fun to watch. > > Green Lantern, on the other hand, was just okay. I tried to go into the > movie, having avoided reviews and whispers, with an open mind with no > expectations and came out not having any regrets. I did find, at times, the > movie a little boring. I believe the story could have been tighter and > definitely should have kept the Corp included in the final battle as that > portion was left as unbelievable that one Green Lantern could defeat Parallax > where so many before could not. Ryan Reynolds was not bad in the role and, at > times, could really see him as Hal Jordan. One of my disappointments, > however, was the lack of gray hair that, I think, should have appeared toward > the end of the movie. Perhaps during or after the battle with Parallax. Mark > Strong as Sinestro was spot on, I thought he did a brilliant job and the > make-up and costume was perfect (did anyone stay during the credits to see > the big reveal?). Having never been a fan of the Hal Jordan stories I am not > familiar with Hector Hammond so those portions of the film I can't say too > much about except that Peter Sarsgaard did a pretty good job. Most of the > roles I have seen him portray in past projects have been pretty much the same > performance; in this role he seemed to have pushed the limits a little more > and came out looking strong. > > Overall, both films were enjoyable, but I can see that X-Men:FirstClasswas > the better of the two. I just wish DC would get their shit straight. Yes, we > have seen hits in the past with Superman and Batman, but thefirstbig hero to > come to the big screen other those two, Green Lantern being my favorite, I > just wish DC had more to give. Seriously, that is one thing I am super happy > about that thefirstbig hero of the core DC heroes (Superman, Batman, Wonder > Woman, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Flash) they decided to come out withfirston the > big screen other than Batman and Superman was Green Lantern. Hopefully in the > sequel, if there is one, that they will focus more on the Corp and include > Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner and John Stewart. By the way, did you know John > Stewart was in this movie? He has a credit in IMDB. > > After reading this, think maybe I should have posted this as a blog on The > Unique Geek site? > ---------------------------------------- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
