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honestly I really liked this when it came out and had a LOT of the same issues with it as you but still found it enjoyable. Cyclops is my favorite X-Man and this version really irritated me(still does) but still like the and the second film. most fans including myself hate the third film. I agree they should have used the first class of students for the team with wolverine as a side character joining in, as for the movie X-Men First Class... I hate that film most of all for too many reasons to list as this a long enough comment already.
"You actually go outside in these things?" "Well, what would you prefer, yellow spandex?" Fun Fact: Oakley Glasses gave James Marsden a lifetime supply of sunglasses. Stan Lee Cameo Fact: X-Men creator Stan "The Man" Lee appears near a hot dog stand on the beach. Check Mate Fact: Neither Sir Patrick Stewart nor Sir Ian McKellen knew how to play chess during filming. A chess master came in to teach them. Stunt SNAFU Fact: Rebecca Romijn actually kicked Bruce Davison in the face in Mystique's reveal scene. She didn't mean to hit him so hard, but Davison forgave her. What Script Fact: The scene in the train station where a young boy smiles at Cyclops and he smiles back was unplanned. The boy was a huge X-Men fan, and Cyclops was his favorite. The scene originally called for Cyclops to look at the train schedule, but according to director Bryan Singer, the boy could not stop smiling at James Marsden. Finally, during one shot, Marsden just looked back at him and smiled, much to the boy's delight. Bryan Singer liked the idea so much, he kept it in the movie, and told the actress playing the boy's mother to react the way she did. Method Actor Fact: Hugh Jackman took ice-cold showers every morning of filming in order to help get into character. This tradition started when jumping into the shower at 5 a.m. before realizing there was no hot water. Shocked awake but not wanting to wake his sleeping wife, he gritted his teeth and bore it before realizing that this mindset, wanting to scream and lash out at something, but having to hold it in, was the mentality that Wolverine is in constantly. He then made cold showers his Wolverine preparation routine for each movie featuring the character. Make-Up Shenanigans Fact: Rebecca Romijn's make-up as Mystique consisted of 110 custom-designed prostheses, which covered sixty percent of her body and took nine hours to apply. She could not drink wine, use skin creams, nor fly the day before filming because it could have caused her body chemistry to change slightly, causing the prosthetics to fall off. To celebrate her last day on-set, Rebecca Romijn brought in a bottle of tequila, which she gave to her fellow cast and crew during a break in filming. Unfortunately, that day she happened to be filming the Wolverine and Mystique fight scene, and she threw up blue-colored vomit (from the chemicals in her make-up) all over Hugh Jackman.
I was a 90’s youth that loved the X-Men animated series. Similarly to your experience, I had hoped to see something beloved from my childhood explode to life on the big screen with these movies. After viewing this first film it was clear they were going in a more loosely “inspired by” direction. Going into the second film I had adjusted my expectations and like you, decided to take these films on their own accord. For all their mishaps, I actually do enjoy the majority of these films and there are a few actors and actresses I wouldn’t mind seeing play these characters again on the big screen should the story allow for it in the future. Marvel has always had a decent track record with casting and the Fox X-Verse has some of the best! Overall, imo, these films do manage to capture the foundation, relevance, and spirit of the X-Men stories as a whole. I will say that the OG animated series and the new continuation X-Men 97’ are still the bar to meet in terms of any live action X-Men film adaptations, and there are a couple that meet that bar in the Fox film verse, in my opinion anyway. Hopefully, Kevin Feige has learned a thing or two about how to handle a team of superheroes in the last 24+ years 🤞🤞
Other than this one, the only two other X-Men movies to watch that are "good" are: X2, and Days of Future Past (The Rogue Cut). Again, it's very important to watch the Rogue Cut of Days of Future Past. The other films... meh. They rely too heavily on Wolverine, which is why the new X-Men '97 animated series is so good. It allows the other mutants to shine.
6:40 the trucker is played by George Buza who was the voice actor for Dr. Hank McCoy aka Beast in the OG 90’s animated series and he reprises his role in the new continuing animated series X-Men 97’. Such a fun cameo in this! Idk if he was in the shows you mentioned 😉😁
Me personally I love the entire X-Men series including the animations and everything they have has there ups and downs Since you are a huge comic book fan of the series I'd love to hear your opinions on all the movies going forward and don't worry sabertooth gets better going forward
Storm is my favorite but yes they make her so weak in all the movies… I think cause they wanted hugh jackman to be the star… luckily her character gets better
With all its flaws if that movie was not a success and showed CEOs of movie studios that comic books base movies can make money there would be no Marvel or DC Universe
Liked & Commented before watching. I Liked (at the time) the movie(s)(some more than others), but it/they weren't what they could've/should've been. Now X-men 97 is not only a True Representation it's a Masterpiece. So going back to watch these movies, it's like wow & not in a good way. Part of me is excited for a new Live Action movie & the other part is they're gonna screw it up again. All that babble to say gonna re-watch them through your eyes...& a request to Please watch X-men 97❤❤❤
For me, who only watched the 90's Comic series next to the amazing spiderman, I was just glad that they made a movie out of a cartoon series that I knew about. And being a Trekkie on top, seeing Cpt. Picard in another leading role was icing on the take. The 4 Movies of the first crew of x-men have a special place in my heart. I rewatch them on a regular basis.
It's great to hear the perspective of someone familiar with the source material; I appreciate all the nit-picking. The way you present it feels more like learning the lore instead of whining. Love the film, even if it's a bit corny (or wonky?); it has a soul. Same as the Sam Raimi's Spiderman.
Growing up as a comic book reading kid and fan of the 90's animation... i despise...DESPISE...these X-Men movies... I lose my shh internally everytime I see people say Hugh Jackman is a great Wolverine... I enjoyed the Deadpool films merely from a comedic view, R Rating, and always liked Ryan Reynolds... but cringed when hearing they were doing one with Hugh Jackman's Wolverine. I thought these movies were going to be the epitome of hopes v expectations and being disappointed...but wow did MCU demolish Planet Hulk w their Thor movie... 😢 a comic that made me actually cry warped into something so rage inducing... 😂 Am I strange for still wanting a Sam Raimi Spider-Man come back with a huge arnold Schwarzenegger looking Eddie Brock/Venom played more as a horror themed film... 😂 those Sony Venom movies are so atrocious...never would've guessed a pg 13 buddy cop franchise...
Fox really did Cyclops dirty. They totally cucked him so we would root for Logan and Jean hooking up (because Wolverine was Marvel's most popular mutant, and they saw him as a cash cow). Feige will definitely restore Cyclops as the cool, decisive, tactical genius, hand picked by Professor X as the first-ever X-Man, James Bond-level ladies' man, Omega-level badass, when he appears in the MCU. All I want is some remote visor triggers in his gloves. Just like when I started reading the X-Men comic books, during the Claremont/Byrne era. Scott should never again have to do that stupid salute every time he takes a shot. Touching hand to visor is an obvious signal to the enemy, for starters. And what if he can't touch his visor for some reason? He's screwed. For decades in the comics, Cyclops had remote visor triggers in his gloves. You can't tell me that Hank McCoy couldn't figure out Bluetooth technology before breakfast, and have the prototypes built by lunch time. Make it happen, Marvel!
I remember being a 7 year old in 2000 going to KB Toys looking for a movie Wolverine action figure in his costume and being so pissed off that they were all in black leather for some reason.
Hi!. There are a lot of reactors who only know the movies or the animated series. You read the comics so personally I would welcome your opinion as a comicbook reader as is more informed. Or you can give your opinion as filmmaking and audience pov and then also your opinion as an Xmen comicbook reader, in that way we get both covered. Don't hold back. You're in for a ride!
The casting of this film was immaculate imo. Xavier, Magneto, Cyclops, Jean, Logan, Mystique, and Rogue were given to the right actors. I even think Halle develops into a better Storm later on in the series the writing was just weak to my in the first films for her character.
I've said in your previous reaction, I respect everyone's opinion, but i won't accept deviation from the comics as a good criticism. A perfect reproduction would be so dull and there's no creativity there or twists, just cloning. So as long as the movie has entertainment, I'll forgive deviation for creative licence. But still glad you gave it a shot
very curious how you'll see these now..I gotta few good guesses (cyclops almost non existent lol) as to what will be hard for you to get over, but for me, they still did a pretty good job for most of them, and the payoff for "Days of Future Past" and "Logan" were worth it IMO.
This franchise gets way too much crap from fan boys. The first X-Men movie is good. X2 is even better... as a movie. But the best is still to come. X-Men Days of Future Past and Logan are among the Top 3 superhero movies ever made
I’m looking forward to your opinions on the later films, I fear for Last Stand and Wolverine origin, but I can’t wait for like days of future past, and even apocalypse. Days of future past is my favorite.
I tried getting into Marvel when I started reading comics in the '60s, but they were serialized and the resale shop I bought them from wasn't as reliable a source to find the continuations, so I spent my nickels mostly on DC comics and missed out on the X-men until later. So, I never made the emotional investment. I guess that's why there wasn't much disappointment in the film. As for a possible mutation, why would I need another one?
I fint it so funy that back in the day the studio was so adamant that you couldn't do the original costumes at all; and then we got the first look of Wolverine in the new movie and it was clear that spandex might have looked weird but leather and other materials? I think WandaVision made a neat mockery out of this, too, with the Halloween episode
Just finished the video I enjoyed your nitpicking you gave me a little glimpses into the lore of the comic books and the differences between them and the movies
From what I'm getting, you first watched it with too high of expectations and it seems like you still have a few of them. Watch all of them in the order made, you'll be disappointed by some, but it'll be worth it
I love this movie and its nostalgic value, however yes sabertooth was done wrong, and Toad being able to whoop the ass of scott jean and storm by himself was jst ridiculous 😂 Jean herself could send him to the moon or under ground and storm coulda dealt with him by herself as well as Scott, but his spit was what neutralized Jean the most powerful mutant😭 Other than that this movie is still a classic.
I am a fan of most of these movies even though I didn't care much about changes made to certain characters, but I overlooked them by just telling myself that these aren't the X-MEN I grew up with. They're just another version of them in the infinite worlds of the Multi-verse. I mean if there can be a frog Thor, literally any variation is possible.
Honestly, they all have something worthwhile. X2 is overall great. X3 The Last Stand is actually a really good X-Men movie adapting 'the Cure' storyline from the animated series and Whedon's Astonishing Run, but it's overshadowed by the abysmal Phoenix adaptation being glued into it as well. Origins: Wolverine is not bad at all until the third act kind of tanks the whole thing. The Wolverine I always thought was pretty good but the third act is again its weak point. Wolverine should have shown more control and martial arts form to his fighting as character growth in the final fight. First Class I didn't like because its another one that's egregious in just throwing characters in with no notion of continuity or characters being right, but most love it. It's a good plot, though. Days of Future Past is one of the best in the series. Apocalypse I haven't rewatched but it's hard to recall something particularly good about it. Dark Phoenix was better than Apocalypse and the final fight sequence is well done, but overall it's disappointing, especially considering it was originally written to be a 2 part film and include the Shi'ar. Logan is obviously a dark send off, but artistically fantastic. Then, of course, both Deadpool films are great at being Deadpool films.
I get wym when you say you want stuff to be more like the comics the infinity gauntlet comic i have read and was extremely disappointed by the movies no adam warlock lady death no cosmic beings really nothinnn
The black suits are cool and were ahead of their time they made the movie look more modern than most movies at the time. The traditional suits would have looked cheesy. This movie held up very well in terms of look and graphics. This movie came out when I was a kid I didn't like it either cuz it was different from the cartoons. But I didn't really hate it either.
i understand what your saying about hoping the movie matched the comic. it's the same reason why i don't like the avengers not making wanda the scarlet witch with her xman backstory as she was in the xmen comics. also yes the trucker was in sinbad
Just wait until you get to X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Oh lordy lord. Personally, the next one, X2, is one of my favorites. It adapts a little of the "God Loves, Man Kills" story.
Honestly, Origins: Wolverine isn't that egregiously bad on a rewatch until the third act. I think that film, and X3, could be salvaged into strong films with minor reworks. For X3, remove the Phoenix story. Let that rest and percolate until a 4th entry and focus on "the Cure" storyline.
I haven’t read the comics but from the movies it seems like he wants to do to the human race what was done to his people and subjugate what he sees as lesser magneto i mean btw
I liked the original X-Men trilogy movies, don't care for any of the rest. I did not grow up with reading the comics, I could have read them if I cared to, but I just didn't. My only X-Men experience before these was the 90's X-Men cartoon which I did like. I was and still an a Batman guy though. Though I have only read a few Batman comics, again, Batman the animated series was my jam.
If I could get a random power, it's no question. The answer is yes. Even if I got something so random like stretchy arms or wings like Angel. Would suck if all that happened was say your skin could change colors lol.
I didnt grew up reading the comics, I only watched X-Men the Animated series, and collected the 1995 fleer trading cards. I always took the movies as its own universe knowing that there were limitations with live action. Hopefully XMen in the MCU will do justice to Cyclops, Rogue, and Storm. I recommend wattching the rest of the movies. This one is my favorites, including X2, First Class and Days of Future Past.
If you're an X-Men fan, then you should TOTALLY react to the new X-Men '97 series. It does such a phenomenal job of honoring both the comics and the 90's animated series. I genuinely think it's one of the best shows Marvel has made in the last decade,.
When it comes to comic accurate adaptations of the X-Men characters these movies can be very hit or miss. However, the majority of them are good movies despite some annoying changes from the comics. Even the “bad” entries have enjoyable moments. It will definitely be worth it to watch the whole series, and it will be interesting to see a major X-Men comic fan's reaction to them.
A lot of the stuff you don't like or question is changed/fixed in later movies. They retcon several times throughout the series to fix previous mistakes.
As a viewer who doesn't have extensive knowledge on comic books for Xmen and only has Xmen Evolution as a reference I think this is a good stand alone film was good. It asked you questions that difficult to really answer. Sir Ian Meckellen and Sir Patrick Steward are actually long time real friends in life, Hugh Jackman was close to not getting this role because he's to tall, but in end his acting won them over, and I think he charmed them being Auzzie. And I'll applaud Rebecca Romjin as Mystique for sitting in that make up chair for hours. (NOT EXAGGERATING) She really did. And just being on set basically naked. 💐👏👏👏. And to answer your question yes, only if I get to choose the power if not then no. Some powers while cool interferes with your day to day interactions with family, friends, loved ones. Like Rogue, cool power vut would suck, she can never hug someone, hold someones hand, kiss anyone, thats a very lonely life.
Yeah, it was a good film. Like over the years when the topic of this movie came up. People who didn't know much about the comics loved this film. While a few of my friends who also were heavy into the comics only thought it was "Okay". But yeah, the casting was great in some areas for sure. I enjoyed the story and most of the dialogue. Yeah it would be a gamble to roll the dice an see what mutant powers you'd get, but I think it's take the chance. haha Rogues powers have a huge flaw for sure, in the comics it's been a constant struggle, and she's left the team a few times to go find herself and to try and deal with it. Can't wait to get onto X-men 2.
If you're going with everyday life, most would never think about it, but Longshot or Domino has one of the best powers for just living a real life and things going good.
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The thing about the costumes is that this was made in a post- Batman & Robin, post- Blade world. Audiences had rejected the colorful, campy nature of comics. They wanted bad-ass heroes in bad-ass costumes. (Spider-Man is always an exception, to pretty much all rules.) It wasn't until years later that audiences embraced original comic book styles. In retrospect, this looks silly because the MCU has proven that comic-canon costumes work.
Agree with most of what you said, and reasons why you didn’t like it first time. I read everything X-Men from the ‘60s to late ‘80s, and wasn’t happy with the changes. Plus there are some problems with the editing of the film that don’t help with story telling. But In was in my 30s when this was released, and was willing to look past the changes, as I could see they were adaptions for a general audience. I was just so happy to see X-Men at the cinema. Now the general audience is so accustomed to superheroes that they can tell more comic accurate stories.
I can certainly understand some of your frustrations... I grew up watching the X-Men cartoon in the 90s and Rogue was my favorite character.. I was ticked when I saw this film in theaters, as I didn't like her portrayal at all. However, I like to think of the X-Men films as existing across a variety of dimensions and timelines, so with that outlook, I'm able to let go of my nostalgia and see the film characters as their own versions. (I haven't had enough coffee yet, so not explaining my point well)... Regardless, definitely keep watching the rest of the series since you'll probably like some of them more than others and even some of the characters you may not currently like might grow on you... Enjoying your reactions, btw.. Have a great day!
I always wondered what Rogue was doing waking up Logan that night. It was never explained at all. Also she was one of my favorite characters and they didn't do her justice
I am unsure how a comic book character can have an accent....you can't hear them speak. When reading a comic all the characters voices are YOUR voice in your head lol.
Haha. Well Marvel did a great job of writing with slang and using words that push that accent. I usually read in my head with the accent. Like if you look how Banshee, Colossus, Rogue, Gambit, Cannonball, Nightcrawler spoke for example, you almost can't help but read it in their accent. :)
@@NewfieMovieReactions I'm still lost though, if their origin was as imagines on paper, long before any actor played them or animation, how can you know what their voice would be like? You can't, it would be assumptions or you choosing how you want them to sound.
@@ItApproaches You are right in that I wouldn't know what they sound like, but their dialogue was written with an accent based on where they were from. Like Scotish, French, German, Russian, etc. So I wouldn't know exactly how they sounded, as in a high pitch or low pitch voice or whatever, but they should have kept their thick accents as written in the comics. That's what I mean by their sound. :)
@@NewfieMovieReactions I guess. But that does go into stereotypes, as for example just cause someone is say, Russian, doesn't mean they have a thick accent like the movie portray lol. They could have no accent at all and still be Russian.
A lot of Jean's role in this film was originally meant to be Beast. He was supposed to be the one speaking before Congress and doing the tests on Logan, but they just found it diluted the cast to having too many small roles, so he was trimmed from the script and Jean was given more of his role. Since you said you never watched the others, Beast's addition in X3 The Last Stand is probably the best part of that film, played perfectly by Kelsey Grammer. All the films do Cyclops dirty, though. Liev Schrieber is a PHENOMENAL Sabertooth in Origins: Wolverine, though. And it's nice decades later to see Deadpool & Wolverine proving the fans were right: The yellow costume would work on film. The worst thing this film did was influence the comics where Grant Morrison's run basically took the black leather suits and started trying to be more imitations of the film. Ultimate X-Men was already supposed to do that as a new starting point for new readers.
Toad originally had a lot more dialogue and the corny Storm joke was actually the final act of an ongoing joke that Toad was saying to everyone throughout the film that she flipped on him in the end and all but that last scene and Toads dancing got cut for time
Same duder, i was a omega level X-Fan before the 2000s so when this movie came out it bored me to tears and i avoided all the foxmen movies. they def never did the X-fam justice.
14:05 I mean you could have started with First Class if you like that timeline better before this movie or start with Wolverine Origins and then go to this. You don’t like this movie because it should have come second canonically. Release order does suck. There are two time line orders but they both end and start over so you can watch them again or go to the next timeline. That’s my understanding
