[bullet point movie reviews] Super 8 + X-Men: First Class

[bluestraggler]

For some reason I felt strongly about reviewing these 2 films. Maybe I'm just in an Opinions!!! mood. I did enjoy them both immensely though :)

Comments

[breepants]

I want you to review every movie now.

I think the case with Charles/Raven was that he entered her mind when they were in the kitchen and he was just so stoked to find someone who was LIKE HIM.

I kinda hated how love triangley it was with Raven. I'M IN LOVE WITH CHARLES. NO WAIT I LIKE HANK. JUST KIDDING ME AND CHARLES ARE OTP. And like I understand she and Erik had more chemistry, but dude, you grew up with Charles. ARE YOU GOING TO VISIT HIM AT ALL OR JUST INSTANTLY DESCEND INTO TERRORISM?

I liked the movie too but the flaws were a bit too big at times. Also Fassbender? Hnngh. So hot.

[bluestraggler]

HAHA I'll try XD

Yeah I can understand him not being alarmed by her, but the scene needs to be written in a way that makes sense to the audience too? Like -

Charles: /MINDREAD/ omg you're just like me! :DDDD
Raven: :DDDDD
Charles: But why did you come here/how did you get in/where are your parents/any other question a child with a functioning logic circuit would ask
Raven: /some origin story that fits with the movie canon like: I have no parents and I was being hunted by Commies \o_O/
Charles: I will protect you from Commies! You should stay here and be my best friend~

I think even that little bit of background would be a bit less WTF inducing than just her dropping into the scene like that.

Ugh yeah I didn't like Raven's portrayal cuz she came off to me as desperate. If there seemed to be a real depth to her sadness/dissatisfaction with the way people view her, I'd take her more seriously. Maybe it's her age, cuz she just seemed... like a troubled, insecure teenager whose brother no loev her. AND YEAH PLS DON'T BURN THAT BRIDGE

[evanae]

Lol, yes. I agree with your pros/cons of X-Men. I haven't seen Super 8, not sure if I want to but I'm also intrigued, lol.

[bluestraggler]

You should so see Super 8 *_* it won't make you sick the way Cloverfield does cuz this one isn't documentary style. This isn't even so much like a typical monster sci-fi film; it's more like Jurassic Park.

[evanae]

I still feel that X-Men was a tad bit too long and/or boring...I don't know. I was getting sleepy at some parts cuz it was a lot of talking? I know they had to set it up and all, but zzzzz. Well, that is until the action started in the last like...3/4.

I'll see if I can find someone to go with me to see Super 8! If not, I guess I can wait until it's on Netflix or something. XD;

[bluestraggler]

It definitely did drag a bit. There were big problems with pacing imo :/ First half was way slow and suddenly WE NEED TO USE SPLIT SCREEN TO FIT EVERYTHING INTO THE SAME FRAME RATE!!! The script could've been written better so that the pacing's more even.

[talkofangels]

I've heard so many bad reviews for Super 8 ... now you leave me conflicted.

I did love X-Men First Class. I'm so glad they revamped the X-Men series, because the movies were getting shittier and shittier, and it was only a matter of time before the franchise went the way of Spider Man (also getting re-vamped!)

What did you think of GL?

[bluestraggler]

Matter of taste, I guess. I'm a big JJ fan so he can pretty much do no wrong by me haha XD What bad stuff did people say about S8?

I love that it was a lot of fun and didn't take itself too seriously (like the first series did). I just wish the writing quality were a bit more consistent :/ But yeah the series pretty much nosedived after the 1st one. Did you see Wolverine Origins? What a steaming pile of crap that was. I was mad I paid money for that. Imo Spider Man struck me as being a little less bad than the X-Men movies were? They were more like just... silly.

GL? :O

[bluestraggler]

forgot to add - EXCITED FOR SPIDEY REBOOT!!! Would be even more excited when I... actually finally watch The Social Network...

[talkofangels]

I'm a bigger fan of X-Men than Spiderman. Also, they picked the two actors I hate most to be the leads - Kirsten Dunst and Tobey McGuire. Honestly, the only way that casting could have sucked more balls for me is if they'd gotten Elijah Wood in there somehow.

Wolverine Origins was terrible. Hugh Jackman is an awesome actor, and Ryan Reynolds was brilliant as Deadpool, but there was no saving that film. Which is sad, especially since that plot literally wrote itself for them already :P

GL = Green Lantern. I have opinions, but I won't say anything if you haven't seen it already.

Also, no Social Network yet?! Wha?! I loved it... I also streamed it ...

Have you seen Thor?