X-Men First Class movie

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012931.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&ref=vertfilm

Twentieth Century Fox has set Bryan Singer to direct "X-Men: First Class," returning him to the franchise that began with the first two installments of the mutant series. Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg are producers.

Singer had been flirting with the project since last summer. Deal was made after the studio sparked to a detailed treatment he wrote for the film. Jamie Moss was hired to write the script, and the studio will move aggressively.

Singer told Daily Variety that he thought long and hard about returning to the franchise he launched until he found a storyline that would stand on its own.

"This is the formative years of Xavier and Magneto, and the formation of the school and where there relationship took a wrong turn," Singer said. "There is a romantic element, and some of the mutants from 'X-Men' will figure into the plot, though I don't want to say which ones. There will be a lot of new mutants and a great villain."

In the film, Xavier and Magneto will be twentysomething, and the film sounds similar in construct to the J.J. Abrams-directed "Star Trek."

"Whether it's 'Batman,' 'Lord of the Rings' or 'Star Trek,' if the characters are good, you want to see them on their journey even if you know their destiny," Singer said. "I put myself in the fan's position, and I think this story is something I would want to see, and so will they."

Fox has launched the "Origins" project by hiring Josh Schwartz to write the script. Singer went back to the drawing board but feels so in synch with the concept and the writer that he feels the project can come together quickly. The studio is separately developing an origin film on Magneto, another about Deadpool and a sequel to last summer's hit "Wolverine," which Singer said he liked.

Singer hasn't fixed on his next movie, but he is in a holding deal with New Line for "Jack the Giant Killer," which is still working out its conceptual visual development of the giants.

Singer is also attached to direct "Battlestar Galactica" and, after a rights issue was cleared up, he's beginning to develop a remake of "Excalibur."

Xavier and Magneto are 20 something? So...um...wouldn't that like make it the 1950's? I find it funny that he's attatched to Excalibur now since Patrick Stewart was in that and there was an X-men team called that. *lol*

[cqb101]

Xavier and Magneto are 20 something? So...um...wouldn't that like make it the 1950's? I find it funny that he's attatched to Excalibur now since Patrick Stewart was in that and there was an X-men team called that. *lol*

Not necessarily. Last I heard, X-Men: First Class has no continuity connection to the previous X-Men films, and the quote about it being similar to JJ's Star Trek leads me to believe it's going to be going off into its own continuity and playing the the mythos as much as it wants.

[The Stryker]

You know what that means?

Wolverine can be in it!

[Mecha Cow]

I don't doubt they'll try and find a way to sneak him in there.

[Godzilla]

You know what that means?

Wolverine can be in it!

What a shocker there. :P

[prescribeddrone]

IMO, the X-Men films are overrated. X-men 1 is okay. X2 is pretty good at best, not great and X3 over does the whole killing of characters thing, that's what made it worse for me, I didn't mind the restof plot as much. Killing Cyclops is just.... stupid. That's like having JJJ die in a early Spider-Man movie. Killing off important characters for shock. Wolverine was a huge bust, it could have been a lot better, like the Weapon X scene sucked. And the first class thing never really attracted me in comics, so unless the trailer blows me away, I'm going to be weary of this.

[Barkworm]

I still think the first X-Men film is a huge load of sh*t. The second one is really good and I liked the concept of the third film (the execution was laughable of course) but I have no idea what was supposed to be good about the first one.

[Raph's Girl]

You know what that means?

Wolverine can be in it!

Sure... if they make an Uncanny X-Men First Class movie...course a Wolverine First Class movie would be all about Kitty Pryde. :lol:

[Mecha Cow]

My opinion on the X-Men movies is about the same as my opinion on the Spider-Man series. An average first film, a decent but extremely overrated second one and a ridiculously bad third one. Now they just need to get that Venom movie off the ground, so both series can have a crappy spinoff starring a dumb, overexposed character.

[Brodie]

My opinion on the X-Men movies is about the same as my opinion on the Spider-Man series. An average first film, a decent but extremely overrated second one and a ridiculously bad third one. Now they just need to get that Venom movie off the ground, so both series can have a crappy spinoff starring a dumb, overexposed character.

GET OUT! VENOM IS GOD!


The X-Men movies (none of them) are anywhere near as terrible as the Spider-Movies.

[Mecha Cow]

That's true, although Spider-Man 3 at least has some comedic value.

[Brodie]

Spider-Man 3 is clearly more entertaining than the first 2.

[lilmotto]

Spider-Man 3 is clearly more entertaining than the first 2.

That is one of the most insane things I have ever read lol. Spiderman 3 is just BAD. I don't get the hate for Xmen 3. It had tons of characters and balanced them actually quite well in the movie. Yea cyclops died. So what. How often does a main character die now a days. Never! They took a risk and did something many wouldn't do. I have respect for that and don't hate it since it was supposed to be the last film anyways.

My 2 cents :D

[Brodie]

I said entertaining. not good.

[Mecha Cow]

They took a risk and did something many wouldn't do. I have respect for that
What. You actually think that was an artistic decision? Cyclops was written out of the movie because the actor was committed to Superman Returns.

[Raph's Girl]

Yea cyclops died.

Prof Xavier died but Cyclops didn't. We SAW Xavier die on screen we didn't see Cyclops die. All they found was his visor. No body, no motorcycle... just the visor.

[lilmotto]

I said entertaining. not good.

I guess from a fun to mock and make fun of perspective you have a point.

[Spitfire]

That is one of the most insane things I have ever read lol. Spiderman 3 is just BAD. I don't get the hate for Xmen 3. It had tons of characters and balanced them actually quite well in the movie. Yea cyclops died. So what. How often does a main character die now a days. Never! They took a risk and did something many wouldn't do. I have respect for that and don't hate it since it was supposed to be the last film anyways.

My 2 cents :D

I thought both were horrible in their own ways. Spider-man 3 just pissed me off more because I had higher expectations for it. I'm not a fan of the series as a whole anymore. The same goes for X-men.

I doubt this new movie is going to be much better then anything they've already done. That horrible Wolverine movie made a good profit so there's really no incentive for them to make this one any better.

[Oculus Orbus]

X-Men 3 was horrible. Spider-Man 3 was worst. I was horrified by both.

But, I'm still giving First Class a chance. Brian Singer had nothing to do with X-Men 3, and the same with Wolverine (I couldn't believe how bad it was). So maybe he can still do some good for the mutants.

I'll just wait.

[lilmotto]

I thought both were horrible in their own ways. Spider-man 3 just pissed me off more because I had higher expectations for it. I'm not a fan of the series as a whole anymore. The same goes for X-men.

I doubt this new movie is going to be much better then anything they've already done. That horrible Wolverine movie made a good profit so there's really no incentive for them to make this one any better.

Yeah the wolverine movie was pretty bad. Something about the claws even seemed really bad. It is kinda sad when the cartoon shows on tv are more entertaining than the movies. Spectacular Spiderman is just amazing. Wolverine and the Xmen isn't half bad either.

[Raph's Girl]

X-Men First Class now has a release date of June 3rd, 2011!

http://www.mania.com/xmen-first-class-coming-next-summer_article_122361.html

[Candy Kappa]

I don't get the hate for Xmen 3. It had tons of characters and balanced them actually quite well in the movie.

and then rapes the characters

[Luzmagica]

A new X-men movie!! :D What a great new!!!I hope they re-light the franchise with a good movie!!!! ;)
Thanks for the link!!

[Brodie]

and then rapes the characters

No, genius, that was Wolverine Origins.

[Candy Kappa]

No, genius, that was Wolverine Origins.

X3 did horrible things as well

[The Stryker]

Like?

All they really did was kill Cyclops.

[Candy Kappa]

the morlocks, Callisto specially, Psylocke. Making Rogue more wimpy, by taking the cure. Kid Omega being mixed with Quill
Juggernaut being a mutant, thought that one is a bit nitpicking

[Brodie]

Your arguement is made null when youre trying to use the Morlocks as a key point.

No one gives a **** about the Morlocks.

[TMNachoT]

i am not a fan of x-men but i enjoyed the film, althought killing cyclops and professor x was a little absurd...

and when u have so many characters in a movie u have 2 b really carefull.
phenix -or wahtever u write her name- should have appeared in another movie, not in this one.

[Brodie]

phenix -or wahtever u write her name- should have appeared in another movie, not in this one.

Wh......what other movie would you have her be in, other than an X-Men movie?

[Turo602]

I would like Apocalypse for X-Men 4 and I would also like to see Mister Sinister.

And Brodie, I think he means it happened to early or something.

[shuriken]

I would like Apocalypse for X-Men 4 and I would also like to see Mister Sinister.

And Brodie, I think he means it happened to early or something.

Apocalypse would have been amazing. But it would probably just be a waste.
I enjoyed Wolverine although I thought it was a totally 80's throwback with the whole action sequences. Stalone and Schwarzenneger would be proud.

[Raph's Girl]

Alice Eve has been reportadly cast as Emma Frost

Joining James McAvoy as Prof Xavier and Michael Fassbender as Magneto.

http://i.enewsi.com/g/generated/Entertainment/Misc/Alice_Eve__scaled_300.jpg

http://enewsi.com/movies/190-17892.html

[ThirdMarioBro]

All the X-Men movies are fu*king terrible.

[Brodie]

Go blow Tim Burton some more, genius.

[Raph's Girl]

Kevin Bacon has joined the cast of X-Men First Class apperantly as the big bad....uh...

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/07/15/x-men-first-class-kevin-bacon-joins-the-cast/

[The Stryker]

This movie is really getting off on the right foot.

It'll probably still be better than Wolverine.

[Raph's Girl]

Here's the cast so far:
Kevin Bacon as some villain
James McAvoy: Prof. Xavier
Michael Fassbender: Erik Lensherr/Magneto
Alice Eve: Emma Frost
Nicholas Hoult: Hank McCoy/Beast
Caleb Landry Jones: Banshee
Lucas Till: Havok
Jennifer Lawrence: Mystique

[Raph's Girl]

Edi Gathegi (Laurent the vampire in the Twilight films) has been cast as Darwin. Will sparkling be one of Darwin's abilities now? :P

http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/x-men-first-class-drafts-twilight-vampire-edi-gathegi-to-play-biracial-mutant-darwin/

[ooglafina]

Edi Gathegi (Laurent the vampire in the Twilight films) has been cast as Darwin. Will sparkling be one of Darwin's abilities now? :P

http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/x-men-first-class-drafts-twilight-vampire-edi-gathegi-to-play-biracial-mutant-darwin/

He played Mr. Trick on Buffy. I always thought he was quite good. I was glad to see him in Twilight. At least having a more visible role I mean.

[Jo Dawn]

Kevin Bacon is, I believe, playing Sebastian Shaw (thanks, bro).

[The Clerk]

Welcome.

Also; Cyclops may not be in it now.

[Raph's Girl]

Current casting for this film:

James McAvoy as Prof Xavier
Michael Fassbender as Magneto
Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw
Alice Eve as Emma Frost
Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy
Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique
Caleb Landry Jones as Banshee
Lucas Till as Havok
Edi Gathegi as Darwin
Jason Flemyng as Azazel

With the casting of Azazel it looks like we'll be seeing Nightcrawler's origin.

Also Rose Byrne is currently in negotiations for the role of Moira. Well at least she has red hair and is of Scottish descent... :P

[TigerClaw]

Here's an update on the casting. Morgan Lily has been cast as a Young version of Mystique. If you don't know who she is, Shes the little girl from the movie 2012.
http://www.collider.com/2010/08/17/x-men-first-class-morgan-lily-young-mystique-jennifer-lawrence/

[plastroncafe]

Report I just read has "Madmen's" January Jones for Emma Frost.

[Raph's Girl]

Here's an update on the casting. Morgan Lily has been cast as a Young version of Mystique. If you don't know who she is, Shes the little girl from the movie 2012.
http://www.collider.com/2010/08/17/x-men-first-class-morgan-lily-young-mystique-jennifer-lawrence/

Young Mystique?

With the aditions of Young Mystique and Azazel this movie is starting to sound more and more like X-Men Origins: Nightcrawler

[Jo Dawn]

Yeah, young Mystique has been on the imdb list for a week or so now. I'm not quite sure what to think of that, heh.

Plus, I think almost anyone would be better for Emma than who they originally had. Though the timing of her being older in the 'young' movie kind of confuses me, since she was young in Wolverine (and mistakenly blonde. Young Emma has brown hair. The blonde is unsurprisingly bottle color, which wasn't used until she was like 16).

[Ninjinister]

Wasn't it said that First Class wasn't going to be in the same continuity of the other 4 movies? Or was that revoked?


Either way, looking at the cast list, Bacon's the only one I recognize by name. Oi. Not a terrible thing, though, because I learned of many actors through the X-Men series.

[Raph's Girl]

Report I just read has "Madmen's" January Jones for Emma Frost.

Alice Eve, who was ORIGINALLY gonna play Emma, basically quit cuz she didn't like some script changes. Good for her.

Now she's up for the role of Invisible Woman in Fantastic Four: Reborn (who thought that title up? ). Plus she might be a Thor villain (a minor roll) in the Avengers film. So either Enchantress or Hela.

http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Poniverse/news/?a=21641

[Raph's Girl]

Our first look at the First Class:

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/uploads/xfc2.jpg

From left to right:
Michael Fassbender as Magneto
Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert
January Jones as Emma Frost
Jason Flemyng as Azazel (Nightcrawler's daddy)
Nicholas Hoult as Beast (he's hidden in the shadows. You can kinda see part of his face)
Lucas Till as Havok
Zoe Kravitz as Angel
Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique
James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier

This cast makes no sense at all....

[cqb101]

This cast makes no sense at all....

And why is that?

[Brodie]

Now she's up for the role of Invisible Woman in Fantastic Four: Reborn (who thought that title up? ).


Probably...Marvel Comics....In the 90's... With- - - Heroes Reborn.

http://images.exclamationcomics.com/h/heroes-reborn-fantastic-four-tp_150x230_1.jpg

[Candy Kappa]

The costumes have colors!

Fassbender and McAvoy... We'll see, we'll see. beat looks terrible (of what we can see thought), looks like a wrinkled version of X2 Nightcrawler.

Wish they just did a movie of the original team and their epic fight against magneto, and at the end they could show or hint about the second team. then they could even throw in a Wolvie cameo since he's been the main character in every f*cking X-Men movie. But I guess Fox knows best, hurr hurr.

Someone gotta attack McAvoy with a Shaver

[cqb101]

The costumes have colors!

Fassbender and McAvoy... We'll see, we'll see. beat looks terrible (of what we can see thought), looks like a wrinkled version of X2 Nightcrawler.


Fassbender is a fantastic actor and almost perfect as a young Magneto. McAvoy, while a great actor...can't say I'm really sold on him as Xavier. Could go either way.

Matthew Vaughn is whose really giving me hope for this movie to be good. He's 3 for 3 right now, and really seems to know what he's doing, especially when it comes to movies based on previous source material.

Bring on the trailer.

[The Clerk]

Is this supposed to have any ties with the Xmen movies? I hope not..

[Raph's Girl]

Is this supposed to have any ties with the Xmen movies? I hope not..

No. It's a reboot.

[PAAATE]

No. It's a reboot.

No, actually it's a prequel, so yes; ties to the previous ones.

[cqb101]

No. It's a reboot.

No. It's a prequel. They've even gone so far as to...



Recreate the opening scene of the first X-Men movie shot for shot, but with new actors and longer.

[Raph's Girl]

No, actually it's a prequel, so yes; ties to the previous ones.

well either way it makes no sense at all. We get Havok but not Cyclops? We get Angel even tho she's part of the new generation in the comics (wonder if Beak will show up too?).

But hey... we get Nightcrawler's origin....so there's that... :P

[cqb101]

well either way it makes no sense at all. We get Havok but not Cyclops? We get Angel even tho she's part of the new generation in the comics (wonder if Beak will show up too?).

But hey... we get Nightcrawler's origin....so there's that... :P

It's like you've never seen any of te previous X-Men films. When have they ever stuck close to the comics? Why start now? They're an entirely different entity working in Bryan Singer's own universe. Get over it.

[Barkworm]

well either way it makes no sense at all.
I can see why you'd have trouble making sense of pretty much anything in the world...

[Raph's Girl]

Some more pics:

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/01/19/x-menfirst-class-three-exclusive-photos-and-a-report-from-the-stressed-out-set/

Emma and Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon)
http://latimesherocomplex.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/kevin-bacon-and-january-jones-xmen-first-class1.jpg?w=600&h=400

Xavier and Magneto playing Chess:
http://latimesherocomplex.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/james-mcavoy-and-michael-fassbinder-x-men-first-class.jpg?w=600&h=400

Prof Xavier and uh...a bunch of people that Im asuming are his students:
http://latimesherocomplex.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/x-men-first-class-cast.jpg?w=600&h=376

[Barkworm]

So I guess even though this is a prequel, Emma Frost from the Wolverine movie has been retconned?! Because this sure seems to be a different character.

[cqb101]

Some more pics:

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/01/19/x-menfirst-class-three-exclusive-photos-and-a-report-from-the-stressed-out-set/

Prof Xavier and uh...a bunch of people that Im asuming are his students:
http://latimesherocomplex.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/x-men-first-class-cast.jpg?w=600&h=376

Those are clearly the same people in the costumed pic released yesterday.

So I guess even though this is a prequel, Emma Frost from the Wolverine movie has been retconned?! Because this sure seems to be a different character.

I think Fox tried to say that wasn't Emma, just some mutant who could turn into diamond.

[Peanut]

The fact that they'd even want to keep the continuity of the Wolverine movie blows my mind. The rest of the movies I can give a pass, but Origins....man.

[cqb101]

Teaser poster...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/Xxcqb101xX/First_Class.jpg

[The Clerk]

But in the Wolvie flick didn't she say "Stryker has my sister, Emma."??

I hope hope hope this is a reboot, because if it's supposed to take place after the Wolvie movie it's going to fail. They showed Prof X in the Wolvie movie, alsoMystique as an Xman? *shrugs

[cqb101]

But in the Wolvie flick didn't she say "Stryker has my sister, Emma."??

I hope hope hope this is a reboot, because if it's supposed to take place after the Wolvie movie it's going to fail. They showed Prof X in the Wolvie movie, alsoMystique as an Xman? *shrugs

Contrary to what some other posters may have stated, it is most definitely a prequel. Matthew Vaughn and Bryan Singer have stated as such numerous times in interviews. It takes place in the 1960's, before X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Oh, and Mystique being an X-Man is nothing new. She had an entire ongoing series where she was a covert agent for Xavier. And it was excellent.

[Spitfire]

The reboot is the Wolverine movie. They were going to make a sequel to Origins but scrapped it once Darren Aronofsky hopped on board.

This probably should be a reboot, hell they're rebooting Spider-man and it's newer then X-men, but it doesn't have to be. As long as they keep the continuity going properly. I'm not a huge fan of the series though so they can do whatever they want.

[Barkworm]

I thought two thirds of the X-Men trilogy were horrible (X2 was good) so I would have prefered a reboot. I also hated Kick-Ass but nevertheless this film seems really interesting so far.

[Candy Kappa]

Wish Marvel could get X-Men back from Fox

[Raph's Girl]

More pictures.... Im sorry but this looks fraking stupid.


Oh look it's Magnet...oh.... :lol:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs025.snc6/165593_490889793261_194017733261_5958136_6343874_n .jpg

Prof Xavier....yeah...
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1371.snc4/164317_490889743261_194017733261_5958135_3349273_n .jpg

[Candy Kappa]

the helmet and the x-uniform do not mesh well together, at least have the colors matching. Or not have the helmet until the very end when he dons the Magneto persona

[Ninjinister]

More pictures.... Im sorry but this looks fraking stupid.

What the hell is a fraking?


http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1371.snc4/164317_490889743261_194017733261_5958135_3349273_n .jpg

This is the only photo thus far that I don't like. He looks like a bum with a headache.

[Candy Kappa]

"Change! you got change, aww c'mon give a guy a break will ya? Change!"

[Brodie]

Xavier looks like he raided my student teaching clothes (aside from the hobo gloves).

[Jo Dawn]

I'm gonna really wait to comment on this for a bit, but...

Is it just me, or does January Jones look too... Nice to be Emma? Yes, yes, there's only so much we can do with actual human actors (hehe), but it's just the overall feeling I get from her on first glance.

I hope she rocks it, though. I adore Emma. (Which is why I'm soooo happy they are actually having EMMA and it's not that little girl from the Wolverine movie. I almost blew a gasket at that.)

[Ninjinister]

I wonder if they're going to force a British accent on Emma. It bugs me when they do that. She's not British. I mean, she's of English descent, but so am I. Her family moved to what's now the US in the 1600's.

[Jo Dawn]

I was thinking she affected the accent on purpose, but I could be wrong.

[shuriken]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1371.snc4/164317_490889743261_194017733261_5958135_3349273_n .jpg

Oh Jeez...
I knew I shouldn't have had that extra Colt 45...
BTW this is kinda bogus. Isn't Havok younger than Cyclops?
And Angel was in X-3...
Whatever. Chronology be damned...
I'll prolly check it out. gotta see the trailers though.

[deadpoolRKO]

Teaser poster...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/Xxcqb101xX/First_Class.jpg


That's an awesome poster.


These screenshots make me want to see a trailer

[Leogeddon]

It looks too much like a tv series... I'll probably watch an extended preview before settling on the fact that I'll just skip this altogether.

[Barkworm]

Interview with Vaughn (http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/01/22/x-men-first-class-matthew-vaughn/)

[...]I could tell those fans [who believe that it's too far removed from the comic book] that they’re wrong. One thing about the X-Men world is that, if you know your X-Men universe, every writer reinvented the storyline. I did my research, and none of the histories of the characters make any sense. Each writer just totally changed the history to make their plot work. So I can quite safely say that X-Men has a history of reinventing its history for the sake of the plot.

Those are some intelligent words right there. Basically he's saying he doesn't care what some retarded comic book purists think as long as he can make his vision of the story work. I'm officially interested.

[Candy Kappa]

meh, my interest dropped an extra notch

[cqb101]

Interview with Vaughn (http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/01/22/x-men-first-class-matthew-vaughn/)



Those are some intelligent words right there. Basically he's saying he doesn't care what some retarded comic book purists think as long as he can make his vision of the story work. I'm officially interested.

And that's why I love Vaughn and feel he's perfect for this. Mark my words, despite all of the fanboy (and girl, apparently) bitching, this will be just as good if not better than X2.

[Raph's Girl]

Trailer's up!!

UrbHykKUfTM


Ok... NOW I wanna see this movie! :o

[The Clerk]

Uh... still don't know how I feel about this movie. The trailer looks good, but I'm just worried they are going to change things and it not tiing in well with the current Xmen movies saga. I already don't like Mystique being on the XMen and Professor X not mentioning anything from the first three movies.

[Jester]

Not that I disagree, but isn't that comic books, they add new element of backstory that totally negates the previous telling.

[The Clerk]

....yes. lol. BUT in comics half the time they do the whole "change the history" of something is not that noticable to a new reader. A 4 month saga could be 48 hours in those comic issues. So it's easier for them to do that. I think it's a totally different thing but that's just me.

[deadpoolRKO]

woww i think that trailer was really awesome. i like it

[Candy Kappa]

the trailer looked very mundane

[Raph's Girl]

Emma Frost and Sebastian Shaw hang out in the Tardis er uh an ice cave....er uh... The Hellfire Club? Why does the Hellfire Club look more like Penguin's Iceberg Lounge?

http://blastr.com/assets_c/2011/03/XMenHellfireClubLair030211-thumb-550x366-58236.jpg

[Candy Kappa]

Emma Frost and Sebastian Shaw hang out in the Tardis er uh an ice cave....er uh... The Hellfire Club? Why does the Hellfire Club look more like Penguin's Iceberg Lounge?

http://blastr.com/assets_c/2011/03/XMenHellfireClubLair030211-thumb-550x366-58236.jpg

AWWW CRAP! It's gonna be Generation X all over again... only neon blue

[LincolnHawk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUMzFFDebIU&feature=player_embedded


russian trailer that shows some scenes not previously seen

[GK Punk]

Just got back... Really was digging it. Very happy with that movie.

[cqb101]

Just got back... Really was digging it. Very happy with that movie.

Same here. Went to a midnight show of this. Absolutely loved it. Easily my favorite X-Men film. Fassbender completely owns this movie. The final "showdown" between him and Kevin Bacon's Sebastian Shaw was fantastic. Matthew Vaughn knocks another one outta the park. Can this guy make a bad movie?

[The Stryker]

Uh...Kick-ass?

[Godzilla]

Really hoping to see this tonight. If all goes well. :)

[cqb101]

Uh...Kick-ass?

Kick-Ass is a great film, one of my favorites of last year. And despite it's relatively poor box office, was very well received by critics.

[PAAATE]

Just came home from watching this. Great film! :)

[Raph's Girl]

Absolutly loved this film.

Hugh Jackman's cameo was hilarious and I liked the diff origin for Beast's furryness. Also, It looks like Mystique has essentially replaced Juggernaut as Xavier's sibling. Which is a unique twist.

The scene in which Xavier used Cerebro for the first time I noticed alot of future X-Men cameos!! There was Storm and Jean definatly.

Oh and we learned something about history! The cuban missle crisis was caused by an evil Nazi mutant bent on world domination! Huh... who knew that Sebastian Shaw was a Nazi? :lol:

Also, nice commercial for Bitburger beer. :P I can't stand the stuff myself as it's rather bitter.

[deadpoolRKO]

Absolutely loved the movie. First thor , now this. Im looking forward to captain america even more now. Marvel's doin it big in 2011

[Spitfire]

Uh...Kick-ass?

This is what I would say. I had high hopes for him after Layer Cake but Kick-Ass made my approval rating of him drop. Especially when it comes to adapting comic books. You're going to do a hard R movie anyways why not just adapt the comic proper? There's compromise written all over the story like he wanted to make the characters and story more approachable so he could reach a wider audience. It plays out like Dave wrote his own story of how he wished things played out. The entire punch line of the book is ruined in favor of a cliche Hollywood ending, which is exactly what Kick-Ass wasn't supposed to be.

As for X-men the trailer looks rather underwhelming but I don't judge based off trailers. Some of my favorite movies have horrible trailers. I get the Thor vibe from it. It'll be entertaining but entirely forgettable. I have no desire to watch Thor again. I might give X-men a chance. I will be objective and let it try to impress me. I don't have a big hard on for the mythology of X-men so I won't be nerd raging at the changes.

[adz]

To begin with I wasn't that X-cited....(yep I went there) about first class but jeebuz after seeing I wanted to go back and watch it again! In a way It the Batman Begins of the X-men franchise. Really invigorated it and made it exciting again.
The only thing that I could gripe about is that it contradicted a few elements from other X-movies namely the Wolverine movie: Emma frost was a teenage girl in Wolverine but in first class an adult.....maybe they'll think up some wacky back story for her, They always do ;).

And Prof X being able to walk and not have hair in Wolverine but have hair and loose his ability to walk in first class Duh duh DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH!!! :D

But aside from those REALLY small things man it was a tremendous movie. Goin again tonight!

Enjoy people!

[Brodie]

Kick-Ass is a great film, one of my favorites of last year. And despite it's relatively poor box office, was very well received by critics.

You're ****ing delusional. Kick-Ass was awful. It was a **** movie based off a **** book.

And your argument for "despite poor box office, received well by critics" can be used for Scott Pilgrim. Another lackluster film.

REGARDLESS. X-Men was really great. I enjoyed it more than Thor, for sure. I got more of a 60's-Spy-Intrigue vibe from it, instead of an all out comic film. I had such low expectations for this, even when it was being talked about. I was genuinely surprised. Such a good movie. It might have helped that I rewatched (and hated) Wolverine last night, but I digress.

[Raph's Girl]

The only thing that I could gripe about is that it contradicted a few elements from other X-movies


Well I just call the previous X-Men films as a diff timeline from First Class. So they don't have to make sense from the previous stuff. Cuz otherwise you'd be wondering why the whole Xavier/Raven thing wasn't acknowledged in the previous films... :P The only links between the films really are the cameos of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and Rebecca Romaijn as Mystique! :lol:

[Redeemer]

I really want to c this film now :D

[IamtheKnight]

This movie seems to sound a lot better than the last two movies. Can't wait to see it.:D

[Eiko]

Still need to see it if i ever get to a Cinema.

[Barkworm]

Kick-Ass was awful. It was a **** movie based off a **** book.

And your argument for "despite poor box office, received well by critics" can be used for Scott Pilgrim. Another lackluster film.
While I agree that Kick-Ass was absolutely terrible (but at least it didn't take itself as serious as the horrible book), Scott Pilgrim was not. And I don't see how liking the sh*tty Kick-Ass film makes cqb delusional.

[Godzilla]

Just got back from seeing this, and despite the descrepancies, I have to say that First Class is by far the most enjoyable out of all the X-Men films thus far. Really enjoyed the scenes involving Fassbender as a vengeful Erik Lensherr out for a personal vendetta, and James McAvoy as a decidedly more carefree Charles Xavier, if even just initially in the story itself. As far as the students go, I found most of them to be competent in their roles.

All in all, it was enjoyable. Especially in light of some of the previous dreck from the past. And if First Class is going for a continued series, I would say this is off to a pretty good start.

[Revan]

Lots of fun. I especially liked how they chose to write it in context with the cuban missile crisis. To me, this makes movies more interesting. The action was good and the character development was so fun to watch. Witnessing Erik's struggle with revenge and his transformation into Magneto was satisfying.

As adz pointed out, the Emma Frost thing didn't make sense as far as her age progression goes. X-Men Origins: Wolverine was clearly set AFTER the events of first class if you go by the appearance of Xavier. However, it is not so clear if you judge it by the appearance of Frost... :ohwell: I choose to simply not think about it since "Wolverine" was stupid anyway

I saw it mentioned that Xavier loosing his ability to walk didn't fit with the continuity established in other films of the X-men series too. However, to be fair, he constantly regained and lost his ability to walk in the marvel comics so this isn't as far of a stretch to me.

I was also satisfied with the way they handled the relationship between mystique and magneto. Even if she appeared underage...:P

Beast rocked!

[AllTheDVDsWillBeMine!]

You're ****ing delusional. Kick-Ass was awful. It was a **** movie based off a **** book.

And your argument for "despite poor box office, received well by critics" can be used for Scott Pilgrim. Another lackluster film.

Box office receipts have absolutely nothing to do with the quality of a film. Unless you actually defend Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, in which case I will opt to pretend you don't exist.

Oh, yeah, First Class. It was pretty good. Damn solid, but I honestly expected better from Vaughn after Kick-Ass.

Loved Fassbender and Lawrence, though.

[Brodie]

Box office receipts have absolutely nothing to do with the quality of a film. Unless you actually defend Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, in which case I will opt to pretend you don't exist.

Oh, yeah, First Class. It was pretty good. Damn solid, but I honestly expected better from Vaughn after Kick-Ass.

Loved Fassbender and Lawrence, though.

Kick-Ass was a terrible goddamn movie.

Wanted, though it wasn't good, was entertaining. I was NOT entertained by the mess that was Kick-Ass, which couldn't decide if it should be heavy-handed with "don't be a super hero cause bad **** happens," then glazing over that with just doing it anyway with no paying attention to the problems originally presented with THE SAME DAMN MOVIE.

I expect good things from Vaughn, because of First Class, but my expectations are grounded because of Kick-Ass and Wanted.

And I'm not entirely sure why you bring up Transformers 2, especially considering of all people on this forum, I was one of the most vocal about how ****ing terrible it is.

[Andrew NDB]

"Kick-Ass" wasn't poetry, but I'd take it any day of the week over any single one of the TMNT movies.

"First Class" was decent, I guess. Like most my expectations were pretty low but I was fairly entertained throughout. Ending sort of underwhelmed, and the big "full frontal" reveals of Beast and Magneto at the end, they were sort of like, "Oh man... can't wait to see what they look li -- oh... that's kind of sh**."

[AllTheDVDsWillBeMine!]

I was NOT entertained by the mess that was Kick-Ass, which couldn't decide if it should be heavy-handed with "don't be a super hero cause bad **** happens," then glazing over that with just doing it anyway with no paying attention to the problems originally presented with THE SAME DAMN MOVIE.

I'm trying and failing to understand this sentence.

If you mean that you found the contrast between the realistic first half and the comic-booky second half to be inconsistent and jarring, then sure. That's a perfectly reasonable complaint. I, for one, like that contrast, as it plays into a technique I call "Pilgrimization" wherein a film attempts to satirize and pay tribute to a given genre simultaneously. It's something best seen with Edgar Wright's first two films, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, and it's been pretty heavily debated weather or not Kick-Ass succeeds in doing the same with superheroes (even if my lame-ass terminology doesn't factor into those debates). I argue it does. But everyone has a different sense of what makes contrasting tones work in a film and different senses of humor, so I can't begrudge you for not liking it.

However, I can begrudge you for insulting people who disagree with you and continuing to assert your opinion as fact. I noticed that when I did the same, my post was edited. Not sure who did that, but I have to ask why that person didn't do the same to your post. THE PLOT THICKENS!

And also, Matthew Vaughn had nothing to do with Wanted. Both it and Kick-Ass were based off books by Mark Millar, but the films were produced by entirely different teams.

And I'm not entirely sure why you bring up Transformers 2, especially considering of all people on this forum, I was one of the most vocal about how ****ing terrible it is.

Excuse me for not being on this board when it came out. But at least we can agree on that.

[Krang]

Everyone, please keep the arguments off the forums. Let's get back on topic.

However, I can begrudge you for insulting people who disagree with you and continuing to assert your opinion as fact. I noticed that when I did the same, my post was edited. Not sure who did that, but I have to ask why that person didn't do the same to your post. THE PLOT THICKENS!
According to the moderator logs, insults were removed from his post as well, so it wasn't just you.

[Luzmagica]

I saw this movie yesterday!!! I love the film too!
...Cant wait to buy DVD with extra-special features!!!

Its very well done ....
...even with the alternative story of some characters different from the "sacred Cannon comics!" :lol: (Moira!) .... I love also to see Azazel (future biological dad of Nightcrawler) next to Mystic ...." Awesome!!!

When is going this people to make another one!!!!!!??? I WANT MORE!!! :D:D:D

[TheCanadiandrome]

i'm going tomorrow to see this. is there anything after the credits?

[Barkworm]

There were some minor flaws but overall it was a really entertaining and cool flick.

[Candy Kappa]

I t was a alright film, had it been a reboot or straighten it continuity errors and other flaws it coould have been the best of the 5

[GK Punk]

i'm going tomorrow to see this. is there anything after the credits?

Sadly, nope.

[Redeemer]

I think I am jst going to wait til it come out on dvd :ohwell:

[Barkworm]

I t was a alright film, had it been a reboot or straighten it continuity errors and other flaws it coould have been the best of the 5

So you couldn't enjoy the film because you were thinking about the continuity of the other films all the time? That's terrible, especially since X2 was the only good one of the previous batch.

[Candy Kappa]

I fail to see the appeal of X2

[ZariusTwo]

I t was a alright film, had it been a reboot or straighten it continuity errors and other flaws it coould have been the best of the 5

It IS a reboot.

[Jester]

It IS a reboot.
It is.....???

[Candy Kappa]

It IS a reboot.

It's a prequel not a reboot

[cqb101]

It's a prequel not a reboot

A reboot is anything that kick starts the franchise again. Reboot is not always a remake.

[Candy Kappa]

A reboot is anything that kick starts the franchise again. Reboot is not always a remake.

never wrote remake, prequel is a different thing

[TheCanadiandrome]

Sadly, nope.

yeah i saw last night

[cqb101]

never wrote remake, prequel is a different thing

My point is, a prequel can be a reboot.

[Candy Kappa]

My point is, a prequel can be a reboot.

yeah, but with all the hints with the current canon, it feels kinda tacky as a reboot.

but most of the issues can be fixed.

Magneto rejoins Xavier and they rebuild the new Cerebro, also stay longer as friends making their relationship in current canon more believable. The movie rushed things way too much

Beast finds a "cure" and stay human-like until X-Men 3

Xavier mends his injury so he can be walking at least to 1979, the ending in Wolverine. (could be a "nod" to the comic fans with Xavier's ability to walk is very on and off)

Emma Frost cant be fixed without any retcon or insane well made shoehorning, but they didn't explicit say it was Emma frost in Wolverine. It was just a girl named Emma having the diamond powers, and the actor was 25 in that movie