X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

[Kevin Bacon]

2 hours ago, rukaio101 said:

It's funny because I did initially wonder that when I saw the movie for the first time, whether it actually should've been split into two parts, or at the very least whether it needed an extra hour or so to develop its plot and characters better. Ultimately, though, I don't think so. I think the movie's main problem is just a poor allocation of time to the necessary plot threads. I maintain that the Stryker/Wolverine segment, as enjoyable as it was, should've and could've been cut entirely and the screentime allocated to Apocalypse and his Horsemen so their threads don't feel so utterly threadbare and rushed.

 

I completely disagree with the idea though that 'Apocalypse is too major a threat to fit in one movie' because that's just silly. No villain is 'too big for one movie'. I know Thanos has got it into people's head that these super major villains need like 10 movies to build them up to do them justice, but they really don't. A single, contained, well-told story can do it just as well.

Maybe "too big a threat" was the wrong phrasing. Too important, too big of a character. With the hype surrounding him, with his legacy as THE villain in this universe, with the scope of the conflict he represents--I think it'd be hard to introduce, develop, and kill that character in the span of a single movie and do it justice. Sure, they could've done a much better job than they did, but I think to truly accomplish the full potential afforded by this story, a six-act story would've been much better. 

 

And while I agree that if anything were cut from the movie we have to allocate runtime elsewhere, it'd be the entire Wolverine sequence, I do understand the reason putting it in the movie beyond getting Jackman on screen. The big cliffhanger at the end of DOFP was "what's going on with Mystique and Logan", it'd be pretty jarring and borderline continuity-breaking for it to not even be addressed in the next movie. Which is why I'd have just given it more significant screen time in Part One. 

[Water Bottle]

2 hours ago, Kevin Bacon said:

And while I agree that if anything were cut from the movie we have to allocate runtime elsewhere, it'd be the entire Wolverine sequence, I do understand the reason putting it in the movie beyond getting Jackman on screen. The big cliffhanger at the end of DOFP was "what's going on with Mystique and Logan", it'd be pretty jarring and borderline continuity-breaking for it to not even be addressed in the next movie. Which is why I'd have just given it more significant screen time in Part One. 

 

How....did....the question get answered at all? They don't share a scene, we have no idea why Mystique rescued Logan or what she did with him, and we have no idea how Logan ended up in the hands of the real Stryker for the Weapon X experiment (which she would have had no knowledge about). So how did the movie address that cliff-hanger?

[department store basement]

OK let's get this out of the way: The villain sucks. Besides the hideous makeup, he has no character traits other than the fact that he's evil. The CGI is also pretty bad for 2016.

 

Otherwise, this was a very good movie. While it's true that it follows a formula, if the formula is good why not stop? I loved the new Jean Grey and Cyclops, as well as Nightcrawler in what would have been a spotlight-stealing role if Quicksilver hadn't been in the film.

 

85/100 - A-

[Goffe]

11 hours ago, Water Bottle said:

So how did the movie address that cliff-hanger?cabcabcabc

it didn't.

[75Live]

Yeah it was a decent film. It had its moments, but it really just kind of went scene to scene.

 

Most of the cast really didn't have much to do.  It was an ok spectacle though

 

I do think they dropped the ball with not following through with Quicksilver being Magneto's son.  You can tell it was perfect for that moment, then it seemed like someone went "hey we can leave that until next movie"   

 

Even  saying all that, I still had fun and liked the movie enough that I give it at least a B

[Eric the IF]

I definitely enjoyed the movie, but it's definitely a huge departure in quality from the previous ones. While it's admirable that Singer attempts to add in dozens of new characters in addition to the growing relationships between Charles, Erik, and Mystique, but it leaves a lot of things underdeveloped or flat-out uninteresting. The new actors did fine, but they didn't really have much going for them, outside of their short story arcs, and Quicksilver's reveal about Magneto being his father felt tacked on and unneeded. Not to mention, the climax felt overlong and way too small in scale for what is supposedly the X-Men's biggest baddie. That said, Charles, Erik, Quicksilver, and Mystique are likable and interesting as always, and I enjoyed Apocalypse (although I do wonder why he doesn't use his powers to make the X-Men fall into the earth). The Wolverine cameo was fun, if unneeded, and I do like the inner battle between Charles and Apocalypse. I do see plenty of potential here for the next movie to be another strong film in the franchise, so hopefully Apocalypse will lead to greener pastures in the future.

 

3/5

[Kalo]

18 hours ago, James said:

I had such a blast with this one. That is how you make a great superhero movie. It was fun and dark and filled with memorable bits. I loved Apocalypse, but more than anything else I loved Magneto. He is probably the best CBM character ever. Also, despite what everyone is saying, I really dig the new Jean. That Phoenix sequence. OMG. And the soundtrack, especially the intro one, was genius. Overall, I LOVED IT. Fox is doing such an awesome job with this franchise.

 

A+ 

 

Holy shit! I agree with you 100% for once...

[angeldelmito]

my notes are a mess (i was doing them in the car lmao) but i have to rush to this barbeque today so i'll fix this shit later:

 

-Halfway full theatre (big theater)

 

I'M GONNA FUCKING CRY THAT MOVIE WAS GOOD AS FUCK GAKFJRGAHCJWCJACB

 

3RD ACT BEST PART

SO MUCH D-PORN

 

ANGEL IS HOT AS FUCK GLAD I SAW HIM SHIRTLESS +5 pts

Sad he died tho -2 pts

 

FUCKING STORM SLAY ME WITH THAT A+++ ACTING AND ACCENT

MYSTIQUE GETTIN IT GIRL I FUCKIN LOVE HA 

JLAW WAS GOOD AS FUCK WITH WHAT SHE HAD TO DO LOL.

MAGNETO A+ ACTING sad ass back story lmao 

 

Pshyloque is a dumb lil hoe I knew I wasn't gon like ha ass ever since they showed ha being envious towards Raven. And then she tha only one walkin away at the end like she gon get revenge or some shit smh tha girl gon get ha ass BEAT in the next one lmao

 

I LOVED JEAN GRAY I LOVE HA I LOVE IT AGDJGHSHCJSS

HER ACTING WAS GOOD AF

FUCKING DARK PHOENIX SLAAAAYYYY MEEEEE

 

Charles: Are you sure I can't make you stay?
Magneto: You're psychic, you can make me do whatever you want.
me: oop ?

 

HARDCORE HYPE HARDCORE HYPE THIS MOVIE OH MY GOOOOD

 

First act I was like eh to lol no bc all these people dying n shit and I'm jus not ready for that yet hunny. I gotta get ready for that u jus can't lay it on me at the beginning of the movie. Had me feelin some type of way lol

 

and wtf havoc died. unacceptable.

 

2nd act I was like ok I like it now u go Bryan singer 

 

I liked the wolverine cameo, it wasn't shoe-horned in to me lmao. 

 

Audience clapped 4 times
-wolverine cameo
-when Jean gray (wit ha slayin ass) pullin up in the dream wit apoc like

-dark Phoenix
-when the credits rolled (had a few cheers along with claps)

 

I just. U go KT. First u were a house of Anubis student solving mysteries n shit and now u slayin hoes with these storm powers. I love ha. I repeck ha.

 

Score was good af. ESPECIALLY THE END. B.E.A.UTIFUL. "YOU'RE NOT STUDENTS ANYMORE. YOU'RE X-MEN." Powerful.

 

Final grade: 76/100 B-

Edited June 5, 2016 by angeldelmito

[angeldelmito]

On 5/30/2016 at 7:12 PM, angeldelmito said:

my notes are a mess (i was doing them in the car lmao) but i have to rush to this barbeque today so i'll fix this shit later:

 

-Halfway full theatre (big theater)

 

I'M GONNA FUCKING CRY THAT MOVIE WAS GOOD AS FUCK GAKFJRGAHCJWCJACB

 

3RD ARC BEST PART

SO MUCH D-PORN

 

ANGEL IS HOT AS FUCK GLAD I SAW HIM SHIRTLESS +5 pts

Sad [mod edit] he died tho -2 pts

 

FUCKING STORM SLAY ME WITH THAT A+++ ACTING AND ACCENT

MYSTIQUE GETTIN IT GIRL I FUCKIN LOVE HA 

JLAW WAS GOOD AS FUCK WITH WHAT SHE HAD TO DO LOL.

MAGNETO A+ ACTING sad ass back story lmao 

 

Pshyloque is a dumb lil hoe I knew I wasn't gon like ha ass ever since they showed ha being envious towards Raven. And then she tha only one walkin away at the end like she gon get revenge or some shit smh tha girl gon get ha ass BEAT in the next one lmao

 

I LOVED JEAN GRAY I LOVE HA I LOVE IT AGDJGHSHCJSS

HER ACTING WAS GOOD AF

FUCKING DARK PHOENIX SLAAAAYYYY MEEEEE

 

Charles: Are you sure I can't make you stay?
Magneto: You're psychic, you can make me do whatever you want.
me: oop ?

 

HARDCORE HYPE HARDCORE HYPE THIS MOVIE OH MY GOOOOD

 

First act I was like eh to lol no bc all these people dying n shit and I'm jus not ready for that yet hunny. I gotta get ready for that u jus can't lay it on me at the beginning of the movie. Had me feelin some type of way lol

 

and wtf havoc died. unacceptable.

 

2nd act I was like ok I like it now u go Bryan singer 

 

I liked the wolverine cameo, it wasn't shoe-horned in to me lmao. 

 

Audience clapped 4 times
-wolverine cameo
-when Jean gray (wit ha slayin ass) pullin up in the dream wit apoc like

-dark Phoenix
-when the credits rolled (had a few cheers along with claps)

 

I just. U go KT. First u were a house of Anubis student solving mysteries n shit and now u slayin hoes with these storm powers. I love ha. I repeck ha.

 

Score was good af. ESPECIALLY THE END. B.E.A.UTIFUL. "YOU'RE NOT STUDENTS ANYMORE. YOU'RE X-MEN." Powerful.

 

Final grade: 76/100 B-

guh how do i summarize this mess into an actual review 

[Lordmandeep]

Did we all watch the same film?

 

Many scenes were a mess combined with many cool fanservice scenes.

 

Apocolyase was immortal one moment then rather blah at others.

 

Storm and Jean acted well but Munn was just useless eyecandy and to much focus on JLaw then on mystique.

 

6.5/10-7/10

[Blankments]

X-Men: Apocalypse's title is rather fitting, as this is two movies in one. One film is the third X-Men film featuring a cast in the past, a series that has so far been strong thanks to great characters and intriguing stories. The other film is Apocalypse, a lumbering villain that reeks of generic destruction and overwrought monologues. Apocalypse threatens to overtake the heroes of our story, the X-Men. We may think of the X-Men as Xavier's students, but really, they're whoever Xavier's lives has touched. From Quicksilver, to Moira, to Magneto... to Scott, Jean, and Kurt. These are all X-Men and all feature strongly in this feature, although not nearly as much as they should.

 

Instead, it is Apocalypse who dominates the screentime and consumes everything in his path. Thematic relevance, ruined. Satisfying character arcs, gone. The only thing he leaves in his wake is skeletons of these ideas, but that's not enough. Fassbender comes out of it the strongest, but the entire ensemble is trying their hardest and it simply isn't enough. The worst thing to happen to X-Men: Apocalypse is Apocalypse himself, and the only way this film could've worked is without him in it .A disappointing conclusion that sadly holds so much unfulfilled potential. C-

[Ezen Baklattan]

As pure escapism, it mostly works - a lot of the set pieces (especially the opening sequence) are really fun to watch, and the new characters are also interesting (if underdeveloped; Team superheroes could honestly do insanely well on TV for this reason and more), but there's not much more to it then that. A lot of it feels relatively cookie-cutter for contemporary superhero films, with Apocalypse feeling like wasted potential (especially when you're working with Oscar Isaac) and unnecessary padding. The final act's climax really drags, and Apocalypse's powers seem nonsensically limitless. Is it a fun movie? Yeah, for the most part, but I feel like it's suffering from juggling too many characters and not trying hard enough to really push for something different, a problem hardly new in the superhero universe, quite frankly.

 

B-/C+

[MovieGuyKyle17]

X-Men Apocalypse: The film does have some good qualities about it. My favorite being what we see with Magneto. I loved what they did with him early on and actually would of liked to seen more. Quicksilver was great even though I feel his scene in Days of Future Past was better. The film also has some pretty bad ass scenes. The main problem with this film for me was Apocalypse. He was a intimidating villain but at the same time he does some stuff early on in the film that shows his powers to a certain extend, thus leaving you sitting through the film wondering why he's holding back. Jennifer Lawerence performance felt kind of blah for some reason. I think maybe she wants out of the X-Men films. There was also a certain scene that was really bad ass but since it was shown in the last trailer, it was kind of ruined. If they didn't show that scene, it would of been even more amazing. The film also took awhile to really get going. By the 3rd act, I kinda mentally checked out. It's not the worst X-Men film but coming off of Days of Future Past it's pretty disappointing.

Grade: C+

[Olive]

Very weak movie from X-universe.

Singer didn't get Apocalypse right, and there's no stan-out from the whole movie.

6/10

[Ritchie Blackmore]

Saw it in IMAX. One word: awesome. Gave me all I wanted in an X-Men film set in the 80s and more. 

A-

[IndustriousAngel]

A fun ride, colourful and imaginative, but with maybe too many characters. Isaac was wasted, just another cardboard villain. And I honestly have no idea how the Golden Gate Bridge escaped destruction.

 

Overall, 7/10 (B+)

[Joel M]

I wasn't really that thrilled with DOFP like many were and I was expecting this to be much worse but it was surprisingly decent. It was cheesy as fuck, it had a boring villain and they clearly have run out of ways to use Magneto in an interesting way, but deep down it's a pretty decent "origin" story for the Jean Grey-Cyclops-Storm etc X-Men lineup. Also the finale where everyones band together to stop Apocalypse ringed true to me even if it was taking place in a typical disaster porn thrid act.

 

I know the new trilogy is all about Xavier, Magneto and Mystique but I feel this movie would be much better if the new generation was the focus and Charles, Eric, Mystique were more supporting players. At least Mystique is used in an interesting way as a symbol and inspiring figure for young mutants after the events of DOFP, but the whole Magneto lives another tragedy, turns bad then turns good was kind of white noise. 

 

B. 

[Goffe]

Product of a talented filmmaker who, for the first time, doesn't know what he's doing. X-Men Apocalypse is exhaustly messy and disjointed.

 

How sad is it that the last remaining superhero franchise that wasn't about quips, world-building and looking cool dies this way?

Edited October 17, 2016 by Goffe

[MrPink]

14 hours ago, Goffe said:

Product of a talented filmmaker who, for the first time, doesn't know what he's doing. X-Men Apocalypse is exhaustly messy and disjointed.

 

How sad is it that the last remaining superhero franchise that wasn't about quips, world-building and looking cool dies this way?

 

About as sad as the sexiest, coolest, and most talented NFL quarterback dies by way of Olivia Munn

Edited October 17, 2016 by MrPink

[WrathOfHan]

I never thought I'd see the day where I enjoy a Bryan Singer X-Men movie more than Goffe.