X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Okay! No superhero makes sense from a scientific standpoint, including Batman (how the fuck does he have enough cord in his grapple gun to climb a building) still fun to watch. I wasn't trying to pick on him specifically.

I think speed in general in any comic is really just the ability to slow down time instead. Trying to even fathom someone being able to run that fast just makes me think they will fuck up a turn and go splat. Im sure there are tons of weird theories into this but thats just make odd take on it.

So I hate this film. Well maybe hate is too strong a word. I felt BvS was the better movie. Id also say that Brett Ratner movie is better than this. The only things I enjoyed was the Wolverine and Quicksilver scenes. The plot was weak, the dialogue was atrocious. The cast for Scott and Jean was awful.. White Queen awful. I kept falling asleep. I have to take my older daughter to see this so perhaps a 2nd viewing will convince me other wise but as it stands now i felt it was the worst superhero movie this year and pretty bad in general.

Not to defend, but what was wrong with Scott and Jean? Of all that is wrong with the film those two were soooo behind everything else lol.

I will have to see this again to make sure, but this might be my favorite superhero movie outside of Avengers. The only gripes I had were that they did not set up the 4 horsemen very well, and they felt like hollow villains. The scope of Apocalypse's power was shown incredibly well, and I honestly could not predict what he was doing until each part of the plan was revealed. Very well done and I'm not sure why it is getting so much hate.

Arakkis_sl said:

I will have to see this again to make sure, but this might be my favorite superhero movie outside of Avengers. The only gripes I had were that they did not set up the 4 horsemen very well, and they felt like hollow villains. The scope of Apocalypse's power was shown incredibly well, and I honestly could not predict what he was doing until each part of the plan was revealed. Very well done and I'm not sure why it is getting so much hate.

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This movie was made of fail and aids.

Plot was 100% predictable. Zero twists which were not easily called out.
I still liked it.

Wife on the otherhand. She got pissed off at how once again they gave Asians about 10 seconds of presence in the movie. Doesn't help she has a complete distaste for Olivia Munn.

Really? So you knew exactly what Apoc was going to do with the nukes? You knew why he wanted Magneto? You knew what was going to happen leading up to the QS scene?

Bullshit.

I knew exactly where the nukes were going. You could tell during his speech when he referred to them as sticks and stones.

I somewhat expected more betrayal from his horsemen, but only Storm kind of betrayed him.

BvS was enjoyable from "I can't take my eyes of this car crash" perspective. Apocalypse was just... things happened, they made sense for why they happened. Scenes transitioned in an orderly way. But there was just no sense of connection to the characters. Even charles and magneto, who I've always loved s actors and characters, i just had no compelling reason to care about any of it

Seananigans_sl said:

Who dies? Spoiler it if you want, but I don't plan to see this anytime before redbox, and don't give a shit about being spoiled. Just curious!

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Homsar_sl said:

Spoiler

Havok and Archangel die, also Magneto's wife and child. Not ssure if his daughter was supposed to be polaris or Scarlet Witch

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Yeah sadly were trying to make sense and logic of something that had absolutely no point except to explain why Magneto went Magnemo again.

Lyrical_sl said:

I wonder if Cap 3 didn't come out a month before, if we would be so critical of this movie.

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Coming out before Cap 3 did not save BvS, so probably.

If the MCU didn't exist, we wouldn't be so critical. The Nolan batman films would be the only measuring stick but even they are too... non-fantastical, I guess?

We would think that this was just the best we could get, but it's a lot like giving someone a nice filet for lunch, then giving them a Salisbury steak for dinner at the same price. It's not TERRIBLE, but we KNOW there's better