Movies DARK PHOENIX v.2 (Dragonlord's Review)

[Streeter]

Actually wasnt awful. No where near as bad as the other final x men movie.

I do wish they saved Phoenix for Marvel to make a movie on. Phoenix is one of the elite tier power level with Tribunal,Beyonder, Eternity, IG Thanos n Gslactus.

 

[TheLinguist]

It wasn't as good as DoFP but was on par with First Class imo.

My opinion is that FC was a mimics better film but I can understand the opinion that it is overrated.

For me FC felt like a new beginning whereas Apocalypse felt like a missed opportunity to really have the x-men franchise compete with The Avengers

 

[ObamaPhoneLady]

My opinion is that FC was a mimics better film but I can understand the opinion that it is overrated.

For me FC felt like a new beginning whereas Apocalypse felt like a missed opportunity to really have the x-men franchise compete with The Avengers

First Class is overrated for good reason. The franchise had had a few not so good entries in a row and First Class showed a commitment to improvement.

First Class was very good and I thought Dark Phoenix had a better cast of characters but not as good a story.

If First Class had Nightcrawler, Beast, Cyclops, Jean, etc it would have been even better imo.

 

[TheLinguist]

First Class is overrated for good reason. The franchise had had a few not so good entries in a row and First Class showed a commitment to improvement.

First Class was very good and I thought Dark Phoenix had a better cast of characters but not as good a story.

If First Class had Nightcrawler, Beast, Cyclops, Jean, etc it would have been even better imo.

I agree BUT the acting in dark Phoenix was terrible not to mention the story cgi and photography

 

[SmilinDesperado]

Seems like it wasn't mentioned but it might be interesting for some people, it's news about X-Men films series.
So, Fox thought about doing Fantastic Four vs. X-Men film and there is like two scripts, I saw some details of one of thse scripts posted on IGN website. Also, there were plans for solo movies of Beast and Omega Red.

They had the ENTIRE catalog of the X-men/mutant universe and they wanted to do an Omega Red and Beast movie..and made Mystique the centerpiece of multiple X-men movies...?
How is it possible to fuck up this hard?

 

[Prefect]

Deadpool even in the comics other than Logan's origin stories and time in the Weapon X program is always off on his own not real connected either isn't he?

Everything I have read of his is one offs of interesting what ifs. I don't think he started off as a ant-hero wallbreaking joke ster though.

 

[Kiyashin]

They had the ENTIRE catalog of the X-men/mutant universe and they wanted to do an Omega Red and Beast movie..and made Mystique the centerpiece of multiple X-men movies...?
How is it possible to fuck up this hard?

Especially since the actress didn't even want the role anymore. Fucking execs.

 

[SmilinDesperado]

Especially since the actress didn't even want the role anymore. Fucking execs.

Yeah, good point.
She didnt want the role after like the 2nd movie..anddddd she's not even anywhere near as popular as she was before. She's a shapeshifter, she could have very easily been changed out

 

[KILL KILL]

I just found out Hans Zimmer did the score. That was the best part. I enjoyed it. I liked it more than Apocalypse. That movie sucked balls.

 

[Feniamin]

They had the ENTIRE catalog of the X-men/mutant universe and they wanted to do an Omega Red and Beast movie..and made Mystique the centerpiece of multiple X-men movies...?
How is it possible to fuck up this hard?

I was a bit wrong in this movie with FF and X-Men they wanted to feature Deadpool and Daredevil also.

 

[Strange King]

Nonsense. He was just as iconic as RDJ's Iron Man and will be just as hard to replace.

The only way to do it will be to cast someone perfect: an unknown, 5'8" insanely musclebound Canadian, and give him an R Rated debut where he gets to dismember and disembowel to his heart's content.

someone who never wore his costume iconic? He never did anything that wolverine did in the comics. Thats like hiring a black midget as tony stark that never put on the suit and saying he would be hard to replace lol

 

[THEfightsAREfixed]

I voted 7 but I think 7.5 is the exact rating, 8 is a little high imo

I like the darker setting with some more mature themes, I think they could have chosen a better antagonist and done the fight/power showcase scenes better but overall I found it to be entertaining and enjoyed it. An X-men movie that had the kind of budget and vision of an Avengers Infinity War with full powered heroes duking it out with high level baddies would be amazing, but looks like we are a ways off of that kind of flick. Hopefully we get a fully integrated Marvel universe and storyline that weaves X-men into the superior MCU.

 

[Dinotective]

Finally got around to this, watching it with family during the holiday weekend. It was a hell of a lot better than the reviews had me thinking it would be (maybe my expectations were just impossibly low at this point), and it was certainly miles above Xmen Apocalypse, which was abysmal. At least this one had some redeeming qualities. Really enjoyed the fight choreography in the climax. Comic book movies usually have shit fight scenes, but there was some really good stuff going on in that train scene. Storywise, no big complaints: Jean gets an overwhelming power, she loses control and kills someone, then people want revenge. Nice and simple. Sure, it's nothing like the Phoenix saga in the comics, but I've never cared about faithfulness to source material; I much rather see a different take than just a retelling. With 5 being average, I'll give it a 6.

 

[Bald1]

Lol. What a crap movie. Sophie Turner is just turrible.

On a brighter note, at least Raven is gone so the X-Men universe isn't going to be centered around a character that's supposed to be a 2nd class supporting cast member. So there's a bright side to this overpriced turd. And this is coming from a connoisseur of bad movies.

 

[Prutfis]

It´s a damn shame what they have done to the x-men on film..

Imagine the MCU doing a build up (similar to multiple fases building up to infinitywar/endgame) to Age of Apocalypse.

 

[Fanu]

bluray rip is out on torrents - cant even be bothered to download it

superhero movies have gone to absolute shit

 

[Deleted member 110072]

Actually wasnt awful. No where near as bad as the other final x men movie.

I do wish they saved Phoenix for Marvel to make a movie on. Phoenix is one of the elite tier power level with Tribunal,Beyonder, Eternity, IG Thanos n Gslactus.

Given how poorly this film did I'm sure Marvel would have no problem reusing the character/concept in a few years time.

 

[SmilinDesperado]

It´s a damn shame what they have done to the x-men on film..

Imagine the MCU doing a build up (similar to multiple fases building up to infinitywar/endgame) to Age of Apocalypse.

An AoA trilogy is my ultimate wet dream.
Would be absolutely amazing in the right hands.

 

[Prutfis]

An AoA trilogy is my ultimate wet dream.
Would be absolutely amazing in the right hands.

I think a longer and slower build up would work best. Really get to know the characters. Then when AoA happens you have a bunch of good guys who are now bad and vice versa. Could be quite epic.

At least Phalanx covenant is still unused. That could also be a "world event"

 

[Fanu]

they completely shit on a story that makes 0 sense when taking into account previous x-men movies (which are "tied" to this one)
considering there are, what feels like, zillion of these x-men movies by now I thought they all at least were somewhat logically connected, but it seems they are not and each x-men movie is its own reality