The greatest superhero movie of all time
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hafabee — 9 years ago(January 22, 2017 01:07 PM)
Agreed on pretty much every point, the X-Men movies have a level of tension, danger and suspense that I haven't seen from any other recent comic book movie endeavour save for Christopher Nolan's Batman movies, and I'm not sure you could even call those current anymore.
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LukeLovesFilm28 — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 11:03 AM)
A week ago, weren't you saying that Apocalypse isn't quite as good as Days of Future Past?
I've seen Apocalypse 8 times and as entertaining as it is, I myself can't bring myself to say that this is more satisfying and fulfilling as DOFP. Singer may have raised the bar way too high with DOFP. Living up to it is gonna be a bitch.
However, that said, I think Apocalypse is a damn good superhero movie. I am far more emotional invested in X-Men: Apocalypse and all the characters in it than I am whenever I watch The Avengers.
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hafabee — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 12:11 PM)
I think
X-Men Days of Future Past
is a better character-centric story, it was more intimate and had better character development in the case of Charles Xavier, I love his arc in
X-Men Days of Future Past
, but I like the action, style, villain, flow and wealth of characters in
X-Men Apocalypse
more. I think this was just a better all around superhero movie, a bigger challenge artistically (although
X-Men Days of Future Past
was expertly made and was a better dramatic movie) and more fun. I'm giving the edge to
X-Men Apocalypse
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LukeLovesFilm28 — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 12:40 PM)
It was all wonderfully crafted to hook the audience, make them forget the end of DOFP and thrill the hell out of us. But I feel like there wasn't enough payoff for my investment.
Or maybe I'm paying too much attention to what the critics are saying.
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hafabee — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 12:46 PM)
I seriously doubt that the critics' opinions affected you that much!
You just like other superhero movies better. To each their own, I've just been loving this movie more and more over time, and I went in pretty hyped for it too so it certainly had some large expectations of mine to overcome. I think it's a little bit more shallow than most of the X-Men movies have been, and I can understand that as being a complaint, but it's all so well performed and crafted that in my opinion, it still manages to upstage the likes of
X-Men Days of Future Past
and
X2
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LukeLovesFilm28 — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 12:50 PM)
Stop treating me like I'm not a fan. I'm here trying to defend this movie against incredibly backlash and it's all due to these peoples' lazy misunderstanding of the film's craftsmanship. As a novice filmmaker, getting to know his own skills with cinematography, that gets so frustrating for me.
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hafabee — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 12:58 PM)
Oh I know you're a fan, I didn't mean anything by it, it's just that I have my doubts that critics affected your opinion on the movie much, you're a smart guy and know what you like and write well about your opinions too. Just because it's not your favourite doesn't mean you didn't like it! You so plainly did.
I don't know why the critics turned their noses up at this movie, to me it doesn't make any sense but it doesn't matter, I liked it! I'm just glad I didn't pay them much mind, most of them were way off on
X-Men Apocalypse
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LukeLovesFilm28 — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 01:14 PM)
Again, I don't think they fcking realize what Singer had to do here and succeed at with this movie. He set up the fact that this universe has a bright happy future at the end of DOFP. I didn't think of the end of DOFP once while watching Apocalypse. In fact, I was so invested with what was going on in this film, it was hard to remember that Mystique saved Wolverine in the end of DOFP too. So, I had to put two and two together and realize that it's been 10 years since the events of DOFP and so much could've happened in that time.
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samhmd-7489 — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 06:40 PM)
Again, I don't think they fcking realize what Singer had to do here and succeed at with this movie. He set up the fact that this universe has a bright happy future at the end of DOFP.
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LukeLovesFilm28 — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 06:56 PM)
It's not a problem. The craftsmanship in Apocalypse and DOFP has just gone over your head like it went over the heads of those stupid critics.
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LukeLovesFilm28 — 9 years ago(June 23, 2016 04:00 AM)
LMAO. That's the new and "great" filmmaking style?? World-building?? Audiences have to see a bunch of mediocre separate films to fully get to know the characters in The Avengers and that's a good thing?? You fanboys really sound like idiots sometimes.
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iLikemovingimages — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 06:59 PM)
Foresight like Disney has right?
That's why they hired the same actor to play two different roles in the same universe?
Excellent foresight
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