Created Jun 06, 2014 07:37PM PST • Updated Nov 11, 2017 11:31PM PST
Marvel’s Other Superheroes get better with age.
- Great
- 66 Points
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![]() I went back to see the original, and I'm glad I did. Despite having seen other 'origins' installments in the series, this movie is the must-see to put all the early-days together. All the great actors that you have come to love through the years are all there in rare form. No wonder they moved this in to a serious franchise in a hurry. |
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![]() Good comix story, well acted by more than a handful of great actors, and fetchingly produced. |
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![]() This is a very middle of the road film. A few good moments, a few bad moments, mostly just kinda ok. |
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![]() First class prequels are Hollywood mutants, crisply intelligent rather than trite – obligatory touchstones notwithstanding. X-Men: First Class surpasses that standard, rebooting a tired saga with fresh casting, well grounded plot devices and an engaging mix of resonant themes. Marvel achieves this alchemy by putting a strong ensemble of stars in front of the behind-the-camera studs from "Kick-Ass":http://www.viewguide.com/movie_reviews/2336-kick-ass and "Thor":http://www.viewguide.com/movie_reviews/3112-thor, two other smart superhero movies. As executive producing goes, that's a loc… |
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![]() The title sucks, but the movie rocks. Rox tops sux. How does it rock? Let us count the ways.
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![]() Count it, X-Men deliver again. Does Marvel ever fail? Notwithstanding several major cooks in the kitchen of this particular production and the ugly problems surrounding one of them, X-Men: Days of Future Past is yet another first rate blockbuster originating from the X-Men solar system within the Marvel Universe. The title refers to dual time settings: now and back in the early 70s, complete with several scenes involving President Richard Nixon. The story hangs together because, well, because Marvel worked out all these stories a long time ago in comic books that held to a particula… |
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![]() Now this is what a marvelous blockbuster should be. No surprise, as Marvel Entertainment always delivers. And talk about a monumental origin story, one that also harks back to existing plots! Wow. Plus, given that all the X-Men come out to play – all of them – it's also a sequel in a way. Double wow and fully marvelous. X-Men: Apocalypse starts with an ancient Egyptian scene as great as the silver screen has ever delivered. (It makes the recent "Gods of Egypt":http://www.viewguide.com/movies/381708 look like Ed Wood.) Then the rest is set in the 1980s, adroitly drawn. The film is pl… |
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