My initial thoughts about the latest Marvel Movie “Masterpiece” –
My gut reaction is a low 4 high 3 rating (out of 5 stars) although as time passes, I think my rating is drifting more toward a solid 3. Â STOP HERE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READY ANY SPOILERS.
The movie starts out in what I assume to be current day but a vastly different current day wherein mutants and sympathetic humans are hunted and killed by Sentinels. Â First off, I'm unclear as to why certain humans and mutants are hunted and killed and others are rounded up and tossed in to camps. Â Perhaps there is some sort of 3 strikes rule wherein if you escape more than 3 times they just sick a Sentinel on you and you're done. Â Where is due process? Â Also of note is the matrix-like bad weather. Â Why is it that when a movie shows a ‘dark future' the weather is literally dark? Â I personally would find it more creepy to view a destroyed city under nice blue skies. Â Regardless, in this movie bad times equals dark and stormy weather.
Other things that bugged me (seriously don't read if you don't want anything ruined):
- Since when does Kitty Pryde's power include time travel for consciousness?
- Piling on the first point, with that power how does sending back one consciousness allow another to travel back up the line a la Xavier and allow him to talk to himself? Â I can envision the writers now… “uh, well the power makes no sense anyway so why not pile on?”
- The funky outfit on Quicksilver (and where did he get those steam-punk headphones in the 70s)
- Wolverines bone claws. Â Maybe it worked with the timeline but I'm partial to the metal
- Did the injection of metal in the 70s era sentinels reprogram them too? Â How would that work?
- Was the Vietnamese general simply unable to fight? Â I mean, he would not have won but at least knock that leg away or have her foot wrap around his neck or something
- Could not find Stan Lee – did I miss it? Â Let me know in the comments if you found him
- How does Magneto get stabbed? Â After all the time he had to prepare for and I assume practice battles, why was there nothing protecting him?
- The end of the movie (not the very very very end) Â – I'm not going to completely give it away but I don't see how the end would have really changed anything – they must have edited out the negotiations between Charles and the government or something
Stuff I liked:
- Despite the outfit – the one action scene with Quicksilver was pretty cool. Â There was more use of matrix effects (bullet time) but hey, I liked it.
- The brief tie in with Quicksilver being Magneto's son (not spoiler if you read the comics)
- Getting to see Bishop for at least a bit. Â Always thought he was a cool character
- Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique/Raven. Â It worked for me.
- Reuniting most of the cast from the x-movies. Â It makes for nice continuity – the brain does not have to get used to a new person in a character's body.
- The actors were great – as usual. Â Seriously an all star cast
- Hugh Jackman clearly committed to working out. Â The guy was ripped. Â No singing though.
- The Sentinels did not play games – they were brutal killing machines
- The 3D effects were not “over the top” – I normally don't pay to see 3D but I did this time and was mainly satisfied with the result.
All in all the movie was OK (3 out of 5). Â As a huge Marvel fan, I don't WANT to find issues and inconsistencies but I found a few. Â However, I don't feel like I wasted my money and remember I paid extra for the 3D version. Â If you grew up on Marvel or just like this generation of hero movies, give it a chance but don't expect it to completely knock your socks off.
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