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Wow I actually forgot X-Men Apocalypse came out
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Aztechnology
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Yeezus H. Christ
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Serviceable performances from the entire cast, a ton of poor dialogue, subpar action, uninteresting villain, generic story, and no significant plot developments when all said and done.
Easy to see why you forgot it. It's like everything people criticize about superhero movies all rolled into one.
Easy to see why you forgot it. It's like everything people criticize about superhero movies all rolled into one.
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
Cyclops, Quicksilver, and Nightcrawler were pretty cool. That's about all it had though.
YesNOnoNOYes
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Yes, he needed srs dance moves if he was ever going to be equal in that department.
I'm too lazy to find the Ex Machina gif.
starchild excalibur
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Probably my biggest letdown of the summer even with my moderate expectations. What a waste of Oscar Isaac.
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Majority of the summer is forgettable in all honesty.
I literally can't even remember Nightcrawler being in the movie, at all.
Lights and Waves
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I forgot what I had for lunch yesterday. Let me make a thread about it too.
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
He had the cage match scene and then a funny moment at the end. He was under-utilized, like most mutants outside the big 4 in the series.
Like most recent superhero films, it threw way too much shit at the screen. I don't know that the story was or why I was supposed to care about what was happening. Non-comic fans want a good story first and foremost, that's why they liked X2, TDK, Spider-Man 2 etc. They told stories that always came back to the humanity of the main characters, stories that the general audience could relate to, the stakes never left the audience behind.
Nowadays they jam in as many characters as they can and call it a day. Movies like BvS, Apocalypse, Suicide Squad, Age of Ultron, they have no story and are just a series of stupid events that culminate in some dumb CGI ending with a hundred different heroes that nobody cares about. They can be entertaining on a purely visual level but I never feel any tension or emotion, quips and action set-pieces have replaced actual character work.
Nowadays they jam in as many characters as they can and call it a day. Movies like BvS, Apocalypse, Suicide Squad, Age of Ultron, they have no story and are just a series of stupid events that culminate in some dumb CGI ending with a hundred different heroes that nobody cares about. They can be entertaining on a purely visual level but I never feel any tension or emotion, quips and action set-pieces have replaced actual character work.
Reptars Revenge
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Sweet dreams are made of these. Scene was amazing.
At least if you forgot finding dory I would have had a chuckle.
Gaf posters have horrible memory.
At least if you forgot finding dory I would have had a chuckle.
Gaf posters have horrible memory.
LiquidSolid
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I did the same thing a few days ago. What an awful movie. Not quite as bad as X-Men 3 or Wolverine Origins but the worst comic book movie this year.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
It's a pretty forgettable movie. And yet it still wasn't even the worst of the blockbusters this summer.
Yeah. Pretty disappointing.
X-Men was the main movie I was looking forward to this summer.
I have to agree. I don't think I've really liked anything released this summer.
i remember he had a thriller jacket
At least Enchantress knew her sidekick. Apocalypse chose the strongest 4 mutants from the first 4 mutants he met.
afternoon delight
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The Psylocke pick was funny
I actually really enjoyed XM:A.
The characters were well rounded, the action was great, Apocalypse was very well realised.
The only issue I have is how inconsistent Apocalypses power was at times. He could reduce people/objects to dust, he could amplify the powers of other mutants, yet he seemed to be arbitrarily limited at times.
Why didn't he just reduce the X-Team to ash, why did he even need Magneto to reshape the Earth, etc...
It's really difficult to work with powers like this and keep it consistent, I know, but the MCU seem to be able to do it and make it feel balanced enough. X-Men films always seem to fail with this aspect.
The characters were well rounded, the action was great, Apocalypse was very well realised.
The only issue I have is how inconsistent Apocalypses power was at times. He could reduce people/objects to dust, he could amplify the powers of other mutants, yet he seemed to be arbitrarily limited at times.
Why didn't he just reduce the X-Team to ash, why did he even need Magneto to reshape the Earth, etc...
It's really difficult to work with powers like this and keep it consistent, I know, but the MCU seem to be able to do it and make it feel balanced enough. X-Men films always seem to fail with this aspect.
Straight Edge
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I want to see Ghastbasters STAT.
Star Trek Beyond was good
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
Take me to the most powerful mutants on earth!
birdman
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Someone hasn't seen Suicide Squad.
I'm a bit of an X-Men movie mark, so I loved Apocalypse.
What the hell is this?
Kid Apocalypse!
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