X-Men: Days of Future Past

[Shinobi128]

Ok, that was fucking great. Best X-Men film yet.

Best part: the fact that they completely erase X-Men 3 from existence

That should really be the review for this movie. "The Last Stand doesn't exist anymore." Although, I am curious to know when exactly Wolverine woke up again in the timeline.

[Chux]

This was really good!

[Dolemite]

I loved First Class (best X-Men movie, IMO), and this was at least as good as that. Bryan Singer upped his game several dozen notches for this one...I really enjoyed it. And yes, X3 has been retconned out of existence, thank fuck.

Random thoughts:

Great performances all around, especially James McAvoy. Damn, he was good.

HOLY SHIT, how could Quicksilver go from the worst Empire magazine cover character to completely stealing the part of the movie he was in?? Dude was awesome, plain and simple. The shootout scene in the Pentagon's kitchen was fucking art, man.

Blink...I think I'm in love. *swoon*

Wolverine's kinda useless without his metal claws, ain't he?

Okay, so everything is re-set, Scott, Jean, Professor X, and everyone are alive again...but unless I missed something, they never explained how the Professor was alive in the future after Jean vaporized him in X3, did they? By that point the events of X3 (and X2 I assume, since Jean is alive again at the end of this movie) hadn't been erased yet.

[Chux]

Wasn't there an after credits thing in X3 saying Charles was still alive?

[Rumpy]

Yes there was Chux.

[FuryFox]

I liked this movie a lot. First time a plot or logic gap could be explained away with "well it's a comic book movie" and have it be endearing instead of an irritating cop-out. The movie asks for a lot in terms of suspension of disbelief.

I liked Lawrence's stunt-woman better than her, and I continue to disagree with Mystique's gross, plastered down hair, but overall really great casting and performances. Oh, and Ellen Page can suck it too (as far as being in a superhero movie), but she was barely in it.

[Dolemite]

Wasn't there an after credits thing in X3 saying Charles was still alive?

Yeah, they showed him still alive after having projecting himself into someone else's body. But they didn't explain how he ended up back in his own body once again, which had originally been vaporized.

[Chux]

I guess that falls under "Comic Book Movie".

[Dolemite]

Alas, I suppose it does.

[Rumpy]

This turned out really well! McAvoy is tops, Quicksilver was cool. I was expecting more action but the movie felt...right, if that makes any sense. The tone was right on the money, showed off what a good xmen story can be like.