It is the responsibility of this game X-Men United and it's mods to knowledge the latest in the Marvel X-Men franchise. I would like to add this space a a discussion board for the purpose of... well, discussions lol. Please feel free to post your discussion points in the same manner in which you would post in the game. I.e. bolding your user/nickname and separating your posts with an hr tag.
Oh, btw, there will probably be spoilers so read with caution.
Rc:
Everyone has their issues with comic book films, but that's never going to change. Films are a completely different storytelling medium. As opposed to countless 30+ page issues to tell a story, you get two to three hours. So it's understandable why the film makers have to massage the details a bit in order to make a film everyone is going to want to watch. They can't just aim for the comic reading demographic, they aim for everyone.
My complaints pale in comparison to how awesome the film was overall. They're small things like Moyra McTaggert being a CIA agent, her and Sean Cassidy not being Irish and the difference in their ages, knowing that they get married later. Twister Man (Possibly Tempest?) never had any lines or a real name to speak of, but that seems to be a regular occurrence for the X-Films. Look at "Diamond Girl" as they called her in Wolverine, the supposed sister of Silver Fox. Yeah, uh huh, as if that wasn't supposed to be Emma or one can really believe a Native American chick has a blond haired blue eyed sister. Maybe step/adopted. Also that Xavier looses the use of his legs in a fight with the Shadow King, not a deflected bullet. Mystique is nearly as old as Wolverine, but in the film she's roughly the same age as Xavier. Alex Summers is Scott's younger brother, not nearly an adult by 1962 when the film takes place. These aren't issues to rant about though. They're just part of those little things that get moved around a bit to make a good movie.
And I really did like Wolverine too, despite it's few inaccuracies.
Scarcely ten minuets passed without something to smile or laugh at. It really falls in place with the other films almost seamlessly. If you decided to take a day and watch all of the x-films, you won't find many continuity issues with this one at all. There is the bit with Xavier walking at the end of Wolverine, but that can be winked off as Xavier pulling a mental illusion on the kids who escaped Three Mile Island.
The acting and writing I believe was very well done. You care about the characters and their development. Instead of say... The Last Airbender where you don't give a crap about anyone by the end of the film. It was beautifuly paced. There weren't really any slow moments where you could take a change and refill your popcorn and soda. It's such a good movie that any X-Man fan should instantly fall in love with it. It does have it's moments that might annoy a hard core fan, but if your looking for a really awesome movie to watch, I'd spend the $8 and go see it. My only warning is that you go to the bathroom before you sit down lol. You aren't going to want to miss a moment of it.
Favorite Line: "Go fuck yourself."
On that note, a lot of people seemed to have been up in arms about Hugh Jackman making a cameo in the film. Some people said that Wolveriene, being basicaly the star of all the other X-Films, that it might be a bit over done. It was good though. It was a short and sweet "fuck off" and right back into the film.
Rebecca Romain made a small cameo too and it was very well done. Something I didn't expect at all and she was still Mystique.
The filmmakers really seemed to understand the kind of film that the fans wanted. I loved it.
Evo: Once you have played out an entire series of movies, then gone back for a prequel, then messing around with the consistency quite a bit, it usually ends up much worse. If you want an example of this, please look at any of the long line of Nightmare on elm street and Friday the 13th films that have had the characters slaughtered more than their victims.
The nerves on this trip were unsettled then; the trailers looked good, but what good were trailers really? They sold you the movie, that was what they were designed to do. If the trailers made it look terrible then no one would watch it. So the general feeling of uneasiness was present when first watching the movie... I can honestly say those were swept away in the first few moments.
While I too can complain about continuity, I would rather compliment it and criticise this film on its other merits. The writing and acting is well done, there were no times where I thought "well that fell a little flat", the dialogue between characters is humourous and believable and the cinematography for the film was amazing. I watched it and recognised several of the old techniques that would have been around at the time the film is set; the good old montage appears, something which has been avoided in recent years by most people, but it is done expertly in this movie.
A few characters are a bit unexplored however... the character of Angel a prime example of this. She was in a total of three scenes before... well, spoilers, but from then on was never given a speaking role. Similar to this, the man who is capable of forming whirlwinds from his hands didn't have a single line; I felt this was rather hamstringing the movie in some places... But all my complaints are shallow compared to the over all success of the movie, I loved it and suggest people watch it.
Favorite line: "More tea Vicar?"
SoD:
I generally enjoyed the movie quite a bit, however I have a few complaints. Nothing major, just a few minor things that throw a huge wrench in the works of continuity. Then again, the continuity of the movie storyline isn't broken, it's just the comic cont that is all messed up.
1. Alex Summers is the younger of the Summers Brothers. Havok was not older than Cyclops damnit!
2. Riptide, aka the guy with no lines who threw tornadoes, was NEVER a member of the HellFire Club. Of ALL the characters who were members, they went and picked a guy who wasn't. Not only that, but Riptide was a member of the Marauders. Kevin Bacon said in the movie that they don't hurt their own kind, The Marauders did just that. The hunted and killed other mutants, it was their job for cryin out loud. Ugh, awful.
3. Not a once did Hank McCoy say his signature line of "Oh my stars and garters!" Seriously. He didn't say it in the X3 either, but then it would have sounded stupid. This movie took place in the perfect time for that saying to be used, but NOOOOOOOOOOO. It's his signature line! jeez. not even a "Fascinating." This is the same complaint I had with the Thor movie, he didn't say a single "Verily." lol
Other than those 3 complaints, I found the movie to be quite nice. I loved how they did Sebastian Shaw, it was interesting to watch him absorb energies. I never would have pictured Kevin Bacon for the role, because Shaw is usually a big bad ass kind of guy and well, let's face it, Bacon is not a big bad ass. He's barely even a bad ass.
Favorite Line: "We'll show you ours, then you show us yours."
Oh and the best thing, there's no way that Darwin is dead. Seriously. Mutant Ability to adapt to survive. Adapt to SURVIVE. Seriously. And we all saw how quickly he adapted, right? Stuck his head in the fish tank and two seconds later he had fully functional gills. 2 seconds. Saw him turn to metal, then rock, then flaming rock, so seriously. I think he was cycling through the elements until he found one that would let him survive. Metal failed, rock failed, fire failed. He went to air and dispersed himself. No telling if he would be able to reform afterwards, but I don't think Shaw killed him, personally.
Stumble!