X-Men: Class of '63

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:02 am

There's a longer trailer, but this alone has me salivating:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yq7Za1JnZg

Looks like a ******* brilliant move.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:59 am

Banshee?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:22 am

Could well be.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:04 am

Sweet. Looks better than the other X-Men movies.

Where have I see the guy who plays Magneto before? It's killing me.

Post by **snarl** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:18 am

I like the look of this

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:24 am

Yaya wrote:Where have I see the guy who plays Magneto before? It's killing me.

Band of Brothers?
300?
Inglourious Basterds?

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:01 pm

Actually, I think I was confusing him with someone else.

Post by **Best First** » Mon May 02, 2011 9:53 am

snarl wrote:I like the look of this

Agreed.

wideload · Post by **wideload** » Tue May 03, 2011 4:59 am

The last two x-men related films (X3 and Wolverine) were a severe disappointment for me. This film, however, looks great. Can't wait.

Post by **Best First** » Tue May 03, 2011 10:48 am

i really enjoyed X3.

Sure it wasn't the same tone as singer, but it was a good romp in my book.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Tue May 03, 2011 12:50 pm

X1 Good
X2 Great
X3 Okay

Wolverine - Utter *****.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Tue May 03, 2011 2:44 pm

Actually rewatched the first 3 over Easter. Third one was better than I remember. When it's good it's really good (going for fun fanboy bits and action set pieces - Ratner knows his strengths) but when it stumbles it stumbles hard. Patchy but decent.

Wolverine was dog**** though. Going for fanboy bits and action set pieces in lieu of plot is good and well, but they need to not be ****.

Post by **Best First** » Tue May 03, 2011 5:44 pm

Plus Gambit was utter ****

wideload · Post by **wideload** » Fri May 06, 2011 12:38 am

Best First wrote:i really enjoyed X3.

Sure it wasn't the same tone as singer, but it was a good romp in my book.

X3 wasn't horrible. I was pretty disappointed in general though. I think part of it was that X2 was so good. I felt like they really took a step back with X3 and a lot of the stuff was pretty cheesy and the camp was a bit overdone.

I felt like the first two x-men movies did a good job of combining gritty realism with the fantastic. This was an element that was really missing from the third film....and the dialogue and character development just wasn't as good

Jack Cade · Post by **Jack Cade** » Fri May 06, 2011 5:31 pm

Generally in agreement, as much as it pains me to write off Gambit's only film appearance so far.

Only area of disagreement is whether this new one will be any good. On the Empire cover, the cast look like a bad cosplay group. Will be very surprised if it gets good reviews.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Fri May 06, 2011 5:56 pm

It's Matthew Vaughn, who has a great sense of pacing and visuals--see Stardust. And Xavier and Magneto's backstory has a lot of dramatic meat that McEvoy and Fassbinder seem to be digging into. I'm rather excited, actually.

I wonder if McKellen will be fit for X-Men 4?

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Fri May 06, 2011 6:20 pm

Are there plans for X4 then?

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Sun May 08, 2011 6:01 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:Are there plans for X4 then?

Yeah, Pat Lee's drawing it.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:17 am

I enjoyed this film.

That is all.

Well, it's not all, but it's all I can be arsed to write right now.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:18 am

Wonderfully good. And you-know-who's cameo was brilliant.

Felt a bit empty at the end, as if the dramatic weight dropped out from... eh, hard to say. I'll wait for spoilers.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:40 pm

Was there anything post-credits? I had to leave.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 4:22 pm

NOTHING! I stayed the whole time and took the bus home because my ride had to leave early, just so I could see the Easter egg, and there was nothing.

Post by **Best First** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:42 am

bumblemusprime wrote:Wonderfully good. And you-know-who's cameo was brilliant.

Yep - especially amused me as i asked his cousin, who i am working with at present (seriously - very senior person at a big software co) if he minded that they had made an x-movie without him just the other day.

Reminded me a lot of the first x-film to be honest - good but a bit weighed down by set up in places.

Plus since Team America i just can't take training montages seriously.

But fun. And, you know, Frost.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:58 pm

Yes--I have observed that you can definitely tell Matthew Vaughn is straight and Bryan Singer is gay.

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:20 pm

It's hardly surprising that a Matthew Vaughn movie is better than a Bryan Singer movie.

bumblemusprime wrote:And you-know-who's cameo was brilliant.

Anyone else caught the other one?

bumblemusprime wrote:NOTHING! I stayed the whole time and took the bus home because my ride had to leave early, just so I could see the Easter egg, and there was nothing.

Haha. For future reference, although I don't know if it would be of any help on the first day. I just skimmed an advance review to make sure there's nothing after.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:08 pm

Ozz wrote:It's hardly surprising that a Matthew Vaughn movie is better than a Bryan Singer movie.

bumblemusprime wrote:And you-know-who's cameo was brilliant.
Anyone else caught the other one?

RR[S]? Mmmmmm.

Post by **Best First** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:25 pm

yeah that cameo was class.

Not better than Singer tho.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:24 pm

Worried that I'm not goin.g to get the cameo. Is it blantantly obvious? Might go see it today.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:47 pm

You'll spot it.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:23 pm

Yeah, it's hard to miss.