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So wolverine in last of us?
At least they dropped "old man" from the title as it looks like they shit canned much of the source material.
I'd totally go see this.
Kinda wish this was more "Lone Wolf and Cub" than "Last of Us", but whatever.
It fucking tickles me that Charles asks Logan "What did you do?" because I will not ask my daughter that in that voice from here out.
I need to teach her to say "The world has changed, Charles"
I mean, they can't have inbred hulks, or Hawkeye running shotgun in the Spider-Buggy...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fe 26
Or Logan killing everyone that they don't have the rights to.
If this is more The Road than EXPLOSIONS YEAH, I'm in.
c'mon dude, how much money did The Road make compared to EXPLOSIONS YEAH. You know which way they're going to go.
Switch out the guns in The Road with claws and we're still good.
watched it again
man, all those generic boring villains I care nothing about
Who do you recon is the guy in California that owns all these generic hopped up black sand buggies with fake guns that they always seem to put in movies now?
Probably a guy who gave up on tanks.
a failure, yes.
X-23 confirmed.
1. OMG PROF X CUSSED SO EDGY!
2. When X-23 jumped off or over Logan or whatever towards the end of the trailer, I had a flashback to the cheesy ass scene in X-Men Origins Wolverine when lil boy Logan ran towards the dude and impaled him. Uncanny X-men for sure, pun absolutely intended.
Looks neat.
I'm in, looks fun.
Also, when is this supposed to take place? If Professor X is 90, wouldn't that make it early 202X? Logan seems to have aged quite a bit in a few years.
Who knows? You know the guys writing the script don't care.
Side Story X
The X-Men movie timeline is Swiss cheese, who knows.
Yeah, many years in the future. iirc most of the X Men are dead and Logan's healing ability is much weaker. He doesn't heal nearly as well and it's much slower.Quote:
Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
Edit: According to the director it's 2029.
It's good this way. You can tell different stories and hop continuity.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
Who even cares. It was Saturday morning cartoon level writing for ages.
On the bright side, eventually action movies will get a John Kricfalusi to reboot the whole mess in Hollywood and we'll get to read about him and his fans sucking his dick for 20+ years.
This was outstanding, BTW.
The villains are kind of throwaway but they aren't the point, I think. Merely a way to force this adventure to start, and for Logan to stick around with X-23 even though he doesn't want to. Which leads to all the best stuff of the movie. Themes of regret, redemption, and how we try to pass on the better parts of ourselves to the next generation, or how we wanna be left the hell alone. Just...it's a movie about mortality, getting old, legacy, all rolled up with liberal use of the word 'fuck,' mutants, and a kind of ashamed self-awareness.
Yeah this is great. Ultra-violence.
This is way better than most of the xmen stuff that came before it, but I think it wouldn't have half as much impact if I wasn't familiar with all the older stuff.
First movie in a long time I walked away from wanting to watch again.
This was a great movie, but it was also depressing as fuck.
But it was cool to see film about a well-known guy with metal knives coming out of his hands finally able to finally do some R-rated violence with 'em (aside from Freddy Kruger, that is).
This didn't feel like a comic book movie, and I mean that as a high compliment.
I thought the villain was quite good (the reaver guy), he did exactly what he was supposed to for his genre, which is western I suppose?
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It was very much a western, it even had Caliban standing in as the town coward who fucks everything up.
I WANT TO SEE THIS SO BAD...
Actually, I thought all the bad guys were typical, cliched, disposable villains...evil just for the sake of being evil. But they weren't annoying and they served their purpose in driving the story forward, so whatever. The main story revolved around Logan, Charles and Laura, and that part worked well enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anthony
BTW, I love how Days of Future Past erased all the nonsense from Last Stand and finally gave us a happy ending for the X-Men...then this movie comes along and it's bleaker than ever. I mean, that "unspeakable" thing Xavier did in Westchester when he accidentally killed the X-Men during one of his seizures...that was pretty heartbreaking.
Pierce didn't really amount to a whole lot in the end, but he nailed it with the main thing a villain needs: Presence.
Still, yeah, would have been nice to see him smack a plotline-injured Wolvie around a bit or catch an X-23 attack by the heel and fling her away or something, to establish something more of a physical threat from him.
Also, kinda love that X-24 was basically a way to work Albert in here. Them comic book deep cuts.
Perhaps I didn't mind him because he wasn't given undue amount of screentime for his role? Like you said his point was to drive the story, but the story was in no way about him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
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It's a very good movie, and I tend to dismiss comic book movies as disposable, but like others have said, it doesn't follow the typical structure.
It is grim and depressing in an existential and self-reflective way. There's some contrivances to establish a setting where the emotional impact can be had, which cools me on the movie some in retrospect, but the emotional responses were had nonetheless...which is a lot more than most movies can claim. Despite not having blockbuster set-pieces, it's also a very good-looking movie. Lot of detail to absorb and a believably lived-in world.
Casting was good, X-23 was perfect. Granted, her mutedness protected us from child-acting moments for most the movie (which were readily apparent with the other kid actors, especially at the end of the film). It was hard not to see Stephen Merchant as himself for about half the movie, but, I doubt most would have that issue.
I don't love excessive violence or cruelty, but I thought all the action here was appropriate and on point.
Started out strong. First half was best. Kind of middle of the road after more child actors. I don't know if I like the implications the story has on the franchise but xmen movies seem to be more and more one off deals that don't connect together so whatever.
Interesting, I could not give a shit what this meant for the franchise story.
I saw this last night with friends, all 4 of us walked out baffled by the praise this is getting. Yeah I'll give you the acting is solid, but outside of that we all found it pretty meh. The middle gets boring as shit. There was no need for this to be the length it was.
Protip: Going in cold the first week of something will get you better results than three weeks into hype. Your expectations were stupid going in.
This is how my friend felt. He didn't care for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv
He didn't like that they didn't go and stay in one direction. The first half is very dark and grim and there is an effort for a greater narrative on mortality and losing a parent. Then after the kid starts to talk it goes back to comic book world with magic healing potions children that have lived their whole lives in suclusion, acting like adults. Oh, and driving cars. And albinos with bodies that can almost withstand double gernades. It made the final ending where both dad figures are dead feal forced. In a world of lab kids that can magically drive cars and provide magic green healing potions, would there not be a way to save the two dads? Oh, because they had to die to complete the narrative and message of the first half.
I don't disagree with him, but I don't dislike the movie for those criticisms. I too wished the whole movie kept the tone of the first half. But overall it is a good movie on Regrets, terminal illiness, and death and I suspect we will see more movies deal wit this issue as we collectively deal with the death of boomers more and more.
I actually thought they covered that very heavy handily. The green potion enhances your powers, which would have done nothing for xavier with the claws through his heart. Wolverines was covered that he basically burnt out, like doing a bunch of drugs. Beyond having no more effect, he reduced his healing power to nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fe 26
Does the middle count as like the dinner scene? I thought those were the best scenes.
It's only been out for a week not 3. It came out on the 3rd we saw it on the 10th. So we did see it in the first week. I didn't really go in with any expectations, just took notice that people seemed to really like it, and were giving it a lot of praise.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
Yeah yeah.
If you really liked the middle, you might want to watch Arnold's Maggie. Its 2 hours of that grim sad shit. There is only one action scene, so don't expect anymore after you see that one, or you'll be disapointed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anthony
It's on my long list
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Definitely Shadow King, Mojo's MO is different also wrong thread
yea. realized that XDQuote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
I liked this. I don't need to see it again, but it was good even with a subpar antagonist played by a third-rate Gosling who can't act.