X:Men First Class was such a great film with only one or two major flaws. Frankly, as I keep telling people, I would love to see a Magneto: Nazi Hunter film where they get this guy back to play the character and show him racing around the world killing fucking Nazis. The cast was great, except Emma Frost, and overall I would say it is my second favorite X-film.
(Though, like you, I can't hate on X3 too much. There are parts of that and WOLVERINE I really enjoy.) On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- This post/e-mail was written by Michael Bailey, Superman Apologist -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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