BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 My point is pointy pointlessness.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 If I can call you "petal", then we can reach some agreement!Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 My offer expires on May 28th, at 1:08 GMT.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Anyone else surprised this didn't beat Godzilla's Friday number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 No, not really. X-Men films never were box office juggernauts (not a pun, I swear!). Fuck. I won't have much time...That can be only extended if your forward appropriate documentation i.e. sick note, bank statements confirming difficult material situation. In other case, I'll be merciless.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 It's an over a year old, Mr Boal!Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 OK then, we can delay the proceedings by two days!Thankfully for you, it doesn't include weekend. So it's Monday.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 It's a bit sad to me that I have no strong desire to see this in the theater. I haven't seen any of the other recent comic book movies. I saw Avengers, but missed everything after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Anyway...The film has always been about Xavier. And that's the only aspect it needs to really address. It's a pity all those characters get only, brief or even more brief, cameos. But at least film has some focus on the crucial aspect of this franchise. It has never done that before, if you think about it. Professor X was always in the background, more or less. In the previous film Magneto was more central to the plot.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 I bet there are tons of deleted footage somewhere.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 I think I'll see the film again in a couple of days.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 McKellen is almost virtually non-existent in it. His character has very little substantial to do and say.KarolThis bugged me quite a bit. You can't bring together an all-star cast like that and leave them waste away. At least give the man some decent lines like they did with Stewart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Most impressive is the cinematography. It is brilliantly used to make the 70's unique.I'm sure I understand how the cinematography makes the 70s "unique". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Peter Jackson wouldn't cut this sequence!Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hurmm 91 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 I watched half of it until there was a power outage at the mall, but up to that point it was a decently fun summer movie which didn't seem all that different from the other decent summer movies. It probably kicks into higher gear after that. The Quicksilver slow mo sequence was really fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 No, not really. X-Men films never were box office juggernauts (not a pun, I swear!).Ugh, that reminds me of that awful meme reference in The Last Stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Wow, this movie couldn't beat Godzilla's opening weekend according to BOM's weekend estimates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Wow, this movie couldn't beat Godzilla's opening weekend according to BOM's weekend estimates.It's a 4 day weekend here in the states so even with that I highly doubt it will. As crocy said the X-Men franchise hasn't really never been smashing box office numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I still strange for a high profile comic book movie to beat out a giant lizard movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 "High profile"? We had a shitload of X-Men films and Spinoffs already, and they were all not exactly stellar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I can't tell one X-Men flick from the other. It was alright when there were just two of them, and part three was a luke warm follow-up. But then all the spin-offs came about and I lost track of it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Lost track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Yeah, Emma Frost is an adult in X-Men: First Class, played by January Jones (1962), then we learn she's dead by Days of Future Past (1973). And then she appears in the first Wolverine movie as a kid (1979?).Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crocodile 8,017 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Also, Professor X is played by Patrick Stewart in 1979, but by 80's he'll be McAvoy again!Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crocodile 8,017 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Mystique grew up with Xavier and yet she tries to murder him in X-Men when sabotaging Cerebro.Also, how old is she? She was a kid in First Class, but after that doesn't age at all in her blue form. Not really, anyway.Speaking of Cerebro, wasn't Magneto the one who helped Xavier build it in the first place? Why is it Beast in First Class?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jay 37,370 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Jeez, I didn't realize it was all so messed up. Of course, it all works if you ignore First Class and categorize it as a reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Wow, this movie couldn't beat Godzilla's opening weekend according to BOM's weekend estimates.It's a 4 day weekend here in the states so even with that I highly doubt it will. As crocy said the X-Men franchise hasn't really never been smashing box office numbers.The thing about the franchise is that, save for the first one, all of the films have been front-loaded (even acclaimed ones like X2, First Class and this one). Big opening first weekend, but don't have a strong multiplier much higher than 2X after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Of course, it all works if you ignore First Class and categorize it as a reboot.Which would have been fine if they didn't go ahead and cross streams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brown 91 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Was it as shitty as every other Bryan Singer film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 SafeUnderHill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Or holding a grudge because never been invited to one of those pool parties. Mr. Brown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brown 91 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 By my count, he's made 3 good movies: The Usual Suspects, X-Men 2, and Valkyrie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Ron 1,742 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Jack the Giant Slayer was pretty good for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 One hit wonder for me. The Usual Suspects is a great thriller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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