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Brady 10/17/2011 7:22:00 PM
I just looked it up and Karina is right, mutants were not responsible for the Cuban Missile Crisis. Thank you for writing this article. It is about time that Hollywood is exposed for its anti-mutant bias. Spread the word, Karina. And don't listen to these idiots blasting you for speaking the truth. It was homo sapiens who performed sick Nazi experiments. Not homo sapien superior! Homo sapiens shipped nukes across hemispheres. Not homo sapien superior! Jesus, people, mutants have enough problems without all of this GOT DANG revisionist history! Keep your head up, Karina. These people blasting you would blame all of humanity's problems on mutants if they could. It is racism plain and simple.
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09/09/2011 7:26:00 AM
I really like all X-men movies and I've watched all of them. I don't know why many people criticize it negatively. But I can't blame them it is how they see it. We have different perspectives.
Nadine Thomas
How to get a girl to like you
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kamakalani1 07/31/2011 1:11:00 AM
This movie was great and I don't understand why so many people hate it. Yes, I understand that this isnt the true first class, that was the first thing I noticed, and yes they made some confusing choices (like how did Emma get here if wolverine supposedly saved her from the island?) but if you look at it as a movie all it's own I found it amazing with great action scenes and a very memorable cameo.
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Efjkwererfbgoie2 07/27/2011 11:18:00 AM
Who cares if it related to the original text it was a fantastic movie. This critic seems to be judging the movie based on historical relevence, somehow I don't think that was ever intended by the director
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YourCriticSucks 07/20/2011 5:36:00 PM
What if Mengele-style Nazi human experimentation was actually, like, part of a world-domination plan perpetrated by a mutant (Kevin Bacon)? What if the Cuban Missile Crisis was actually, like, part of a world-domination plan perpetrated by that same mutant?
Yes such a farther leap than What if there were people out there with mutant powers you ignorant fuck!
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FLJ 07/20/2011 6:01:00 AM
F U C K Y O U B I T C H
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bigtingz 07/05/2011 10:12:00 PM
too much revealed in one film, action and information squashed into one thing, no jokes, terrible script lacking some dramatic irony eg, 'mutant and pround, lets give ourselves names i call myself mystique, we wil call u magneto and X'. overtly fictional sudden switch of sides, depicting magneto as a weak mutant yet in the sequels he is the key figure. its' too plain oversimplifying the story, the absence of william striker is a blow to the story, a sudden undebated decision by US gvt to destroy mutants doesnt explain the complicated relationship between mutants and human as well displayed in the other movies. the choice of mcAvoy for professor was not a good one.
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07/03/2011 3:19:00 PM
Movies that have no passion (except for making money) have turned out to be the number one export product of hollywood in the last few years, so that's obsolete. But if you can't remember the one cameo joke i'm thinking of right now, you haven't watched the movie and I envy you for not having to work for your money.
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Bartnj 07/02/2011 8:31:00 PM
*****POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT******************;;****************************
The cameo character is technically as old school as is mutantly possible.
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Phantom Dennis 07/02/2011 3:50:00 AM
The first installment was hardly witty. (Stylish is a very YMMV thing. Are we talking the films visuals or story.) It was rather flat and seemed to get by mostly on star power and Hugh Jackman's charisma.. The first movies idea of wit were lines like "What happens when ligtening strikes a Toad? The same thing that happens to everything else." This was the one line kept from a Joss Whedon script. Look at Joss's worst BTVS scripts, you can generally find lines better than that.
It was the second one that had the wit and style and some actual characterization. Nightcrawler for example had more depth and personality than most of the originals. The original movies did little to show why Scott Summers or Orroro Monroe are popular characters with X-Men base.
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06/28/2011 5:37:00 PM
Karina Longworth wouldn`t know a good action movie if it bit her in her stanky arrogant ass.Stick to writing reviews in the village voic3e that you are more equipt to.Need i say what they r
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our house tomorrow by FedEX. I will never again pay expensive retail prices at stores. I even sold a
46 inch HDTV to my boss for $650 and it only cost me $52.78 to get. Here is the website we using to get
all this stuff, BetaSell.com
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06/28/2011 10:23:00 AM
I bet the author used to be a nice, amiable girl, liking everything she saw.. but at one point she probably realized that bitter mindless rejection made her look sophisticated and an accomplished critic. When did they start passing such ignorant, unreasonably condescending rants as movie reviews? It doesn't bother me if miss Longworth is a wannabe twat, I'm angry that Village Voice didn't hesitate to make her poison public. Boo
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06/26/2011 11:46:00 PM
LOL, you've missed my point entirely which was about respecting the original source material, not copying it as a comic book panel by panel reconstruction for the screen.
From an earlier post
Reading some quotes by well known screenwriters recently that said (translating) a written work to the medium of film is hard work but NOT impossible.
It's heartening to know there are screenwriters out there willing to translate and NOT merely adapt a work for the screen.
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Angryasheck 06/26/2011 5:55:00 PM
There are several arguably "striking" images in X-Men: First Class, most of which are included in the film's trailers. Also, the movie's cameo isn't by an old school X-Man, technically speaking.
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Angryasheck 06/26/2011 5:28:00 PM
It's pretty much impossible for any superhero comic film adaptation to faithfully "exist" in the universe of its source material - be it Marvel or DC.
Any comic fan expecting one to do so should, in the immortal words of William Shatner, get a life.
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06/24/2011 12:20:00 AM
Ms. Longworth probably panned the movie without ever seeing it herself. Critics do it ALL THE TIME!
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06/22/2011 2:40:00 AM
This is batty. I consider myself a comic purist, old enough to have somewhere in my basement a ripped copy of the infamous "Gwen dies" Spider Man book. The movie was very good, not great, but certainly not as bad as the review given. My main problem with the review is the idea that the movie is a "facile nod" to the Civil Rights movement. That's basically what the X-Men books have been about since its inception. Could Vaughn have handled it better by leaving out the corny focus on the film's one Black (if you discount Zoe Kravitz) performer at the word slavery? Yes. Then again, that character was Shaw's target at that point. Just too bad Darwin suffered Black Guy Death in Speculative Fiction #3 (heroic sacrifice).
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BofHam 06/20/2011 12:38:00 PM
Good review here. The problem was that it was two separate movies welded together.
http://bofham.blogspot.com/2011/06/x-men-first-class-review.html
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Bookid893 06/19/2011 10:32:00 AM
Karina Longworth wouldn`t know a good action movie if it bit her in her stanky arrogant ass.Stick to writing reviews in the village voic3e that you are more equipt to.Need i say what they r.As for your review of x-man.Just like you in your own skin.Seems like even a simple action movie confused you to the pooint that you had to bad mouth it.Well i personally would expect nothing less from of your non existent talent.To put it in terms your simple mind can understand.you suck.
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Prevail41 06/18/2011 2:44:00 PM
This critic has never been laid
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Elle 06/17/2011 11:03:00 PM
I completely agree. I didn't even understand who some of these mutants were, let alone how they fit into the story. And the cliche this is how you got your names thing made me want to vomit a little in my mouth. It was as though they wrote this movie to explain the previous movies rather than the x-men storyline. Now I'm not an avid comic book fan as I have been around for 35 years, but I know enough of the comics/storyline to know that's not where this adaptation came from. I'm sad to say I agree with the review, for what is was, the movie was ok, I especially liked Michael's portrayal of Magneto, but overall it did drag on.
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06/16/2011 10:12:00 PM
This movie sucked so hard, it extracted I.Q. from my body.
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Sarah 06/16/2011 9:56:00 PM
No DFX, you are impressive. I saw the movie. It was awesome, just like I knew it would be. Sounds like you're a little wound up like your friend Karina, not to mention pretty hypocritical. Her review was ridiculously harsh, and you know it. Even before I saw it, I knew it was going to be good. You think you're so freakin smart with your sinicism and your perfect spelling. I feel bad for people like you. Life is toooo short to be so freakin angry.(did I spell tooo right?) X- Men First Class didn't deserve the review Karina gave it. I stand by what I said. G.F.Y.
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Kittykat_87 06/16/2011 7:22:00 PM
what?!! green lantern looks amazing i can't wiat to see it this weekend! i wonder when her review came out about it cause previews weren't shown when reviews came out about it!
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06/16/2011 2:57:00 PM
Grouchy??? LOL. I prefer to think of it as being a FACTUAL comparison. The books have stood the test of time. This movie is a bastardized counterfeit. If that makes me grouchy then so be it. I'm happy with that. :-)
Freedom of speech allows me to voice my opinion whether you like it or not. The FACTS are Matthew Vaughn's Fox Men is an entire new universe NOT at all related to MARVEL'S X-Men, and that is my point. :-)
You said it yourself "Neither of us are puritan comic book lovers" - whatever that is meant to mean, so really you couldn't care less anyway.
Movies like "Hellboy", "Watchmen" and "Sin City" can certainly respect the original source material from which they were adapted, but Vaughn and Singer don't have the talent that those directors do.
A bunch of unconnected characters from varying timelines of X-Men history thrown together to make some quick summer bucks. Just a lazy, CGI dominated movie that has NO logical narrative structure at all.
Yeah I'm so grouchy I'm LMAO at how ridiculous this movie really is.
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06/16/2011 11:49:00 AM
And by grouchy negativity, I mean such like that of 'magnetic eye' below.
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06/16/2011 11:48:00 AM
This movie was great. Neither of us are puritan comic book lovers to back up some grouchy negativity, so I don't know what your problem is.
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Lolo_asa 06/15/2011 5:15:00 AM
I'm a comicbook-turned-movie fanatic but I do get what you're saying. When you said that there was no memorable moment in this installment, I couldn't agree more. Maybe we just expected more from this. Everything was good but not necessarily great. I also liked the first installment better than this one. I don't hate this prequel at all though, I think it was just okay. It think it should have been more of a 68% in rotten tomatoes than 87%
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06/15/2011 5:12:00 AM
"First Class is dumbass, single-trick revisionist history". Karina, great line love it.
As an avid comic book collector over the last 35 years, I always use the comic books as a bench mark to measure these so called adaptations up against and XFC falls extremely short of being a genuine X-Men film.
I also expect some degree of realism in film adaptations as portrayed in the books. The notion of super heroes struggling with the human condition and living in our society is what drew me to comics as a kid.
Reading some quotes by well known screenwriters recently that said ( translating ) a written work to the medium of film is hard work but not impossible. It's heartening to know there are writers out there willing to translate and NOT merely adapt a work for the screen.
I find it hard to accept a brand new alternate re-imaging as paying tribute to a popular comic book series when this film neither resembles or respects the original source material. "First Class" may indeed be a super hero movie, BUT it is definitely NOT an X-Men comic book movie by any stretch of the imagination.
Matthew Vaughn & Fox Abattoirs may have succeeded with their Fox Men, but let me reiterate it is NOT the X-Men from the comic books. A faithful comic book movie adaptation should at least try to resemble and respect the books it claims it is based on. This is a terrible adaptation if one can call it an adaptation at all.
Overall X-Men:First Class / Worse Class / First Pass is a pretentious cinematic blunder and a cringeworthy experience. One can only imagine the uproar if such a disrespectful treatment was thrust upon "The Justice League", "The Avengers" or even Batman & Superman.
Maybe one day when MARVEL STUDIOS acquire the film rights to their characters, we will see a genuine and faithful adaptation of the X-Men and perhaps if they ever revisit the origins based on the comic book history, they will use the original five founding members of the FIRST CLASS.
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Guest 06/15/2011 4:43:00 AM
Your reviews suck, plain and simple. You should just quit your job and go into something else. Being a movie critic is not for you.
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Dfsdf 06/15/2011 3:20:00 AM
ya she just bashed green lantern. lady if you dont like super hero movies, dont review them
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Erics576 06/15/2011 2:37:00 AM
What do you expect, coming from such a pretentious excuse for pseudo-hipster journalism as The Village Voice? They are as averse to Summer blockbusters as hippies are to bathing. She doesn't even like Green Lantern, which is a fun and HIGHLY entertaining movie that is faithful to its comic book source material. Go watch a boring indie movie or something, Karina.
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DFX 06/14/2011 10:39:00 PM
Brilliant. I can't help but notice the harshest responses are from people incapable of spelling out three letter words. And yet you've managed to take things to a completely different level. Disagreeing with a movie review without bothering to see the movie yourself? Impressive. Also, extremely stupid.
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Sarah 06/14/2011 3:57:00 PM
Wow lady, u seem like u have a major stick up ur backside. I haven't seen this movie yet, but everyone I know who has says its awesome. It sounds like you just got dumped, and perhaps your ex liked X-Men? Lighten up. Its a freakin' comic book movie, and supposedly one of the best ones yet. I'm going to see it, and if its amazing like everyone else says, than you are seriously a sad human being. Stop being a critic if your miserable life gets in the way of your professional opinion. Jeeze!
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06/13/2011 6:28:00 PM
I respect your opinion, but I disagree with you on a all your points. I'm not going to go over our differences, but I want to draw your attention to your last sentence. "Lacking a single memorable joke or striking image..." For me, Kevin Bacon's line, "...Adapt to this," was not only funny, but equally horrifying. That scene, if you watch Darwin, was so shocking that I couldn't even breath. Maybe you left the theater to go to the bathroom, or maybe didn't see the film at all, because I can't understand how you can claim to not remember that scene afterwards. That point, that situation, is one of the key turning points of the film. If you missed it, I highly suggest you watch the movie again and this time pay more attention.
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06/13/2011 7:56:00 AM
>> The state of education in America is poor, to be sure, but there aren't members of the audience who will truly think that mutants saved the world from nuclear Armageddon.
Then again . . .
Yeah, I agree that point's hardly worth mentioning. (If you want a revisionist history, Karina, how about a country mansion that has a stocked liquor cabinet, roaring fires in the fireplace, immaculate lawns, and tidy rooms without a single servant in sight.)
Still, I thought this film was a mediocre add to the franchise. As I remarked to a friend after the screening, it was as if Xavier put on Cerebro and found only the Island of Misfit Toys. I simply didn't care about most of the characters, and Magneto's revenge story (presumably for Jews everywhere) made me squirm with discomfort. (Karina, maybe this is what made you trash the whole.) The scene in which Azazel is kicking ass and the toys are just running from one side of the room to another made them seem especially worthless, who cares that the training was supposed to have redeemed them.
I went with a group of women who could have been happy with just scenes of Michael Fassbender, so who cares about the rest. ;-)
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Markwcarter5 06/13/2011 4:18:00 AM
If there really are no jokes or striking images then you have no sence of humor... The best joke and stiking image of the movie was when wolverine shows up unintetionally and blows off charles and erik. You really don't know. X-men if you did'nt catch that joke
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Kittykat_87 06/12/2011 7:00:00 PM
karina logworth your review sucks! what film was you watching? was a great film as a prequeal to the first 3 films.
yes none of the characters are really the same as the comic books, but if your expecting that then you'd be dissapointed in all marvel films. seems like you have a dislike for the director and the fact that he has women portrayed in a slighty sexual way. but then all female super heroes are portrayed this way.
i suggest you stop reviewing these type of films if you find them so bad.
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Anonymous 06/12/2011 11:28:00 AM
You would all be mad at the world too if you looked like Karina.
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Dr Strange1 06/11/2011 9:41:00 PM
I too was less than thrilled with it. It didn't engage me emotionally, and tried to take itself too seriously. I almost laughed when they killed the Black dude off---such a cliche move. And to top it off, he was named "Darwin" because he could adapt to survive any situation, yet was killed off anyway. And the "Mutant and proud" phrase Raven? An obvious use of "Black and Proud" slogan from the sixties. Very clumsy attempt at racial politics.
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06/11/2011 5:58:00 PM
I guess I just don't really understand where this reviewer is coming from. There were jokes in previous X-Men films, but they were never the focus or, as far as I'm aware, the primary draw for anyone.
I also don't really understand why it was even necessary to mention it was "revisionist" history. The state of education in America is poor, to be sure, but there aren't members of the audience who will truly think that mutants saved the world from nuclear Armageddon. Once you start including shape shifting and dragonfly women, your belief should be appropriately suspended.
The plot is silly, even 'dumbass,' but weren't the other four movies equally silly? I am glad that the portrayal of the women in this movie was mentioned, as I found it troubling, and this would have made for an interesting paragraph or two all on its own. But there doesn't seem to be much here. Maybe this is meta, meant to reflect a movie that the reviewer feels doesn't have "much there," either?
The review suggests the film is poor, but not really why it's poor. I'm not sure what purpose it serves, and I can't even imagine what kind of rabid fanboy comments it got in return (I could look, but who has the energy? Apparently I do, since I've written a silly, long comment about a piece of entertainment, to the benefit of no one. Still not reading the fanboy reactions, though. I have standards, in lieu of a life. Then again, I enjoyed this movie, so maybe one could argue about the quality of my standards).
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Sarah 06/11/2011 9:48:00 AM
That's a terrible review. Poor journalism.
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Luvaldov908 06/10/2011 8:14:00 PM
Anyone that thought this film was good obviously does not know the first thing about X-Men. This film was F**&$^% atrocious, the acting was sub par, and that is a compliment. The writing for the story was terrible and they butchered every characters personality, even as younger versions of themselves they were poor interpretations. The special effects left something to be desired (every mutant flight scene), if you are going to see this film as a comic fan, expect to be disapointed; if you're going to see it for mindless actiona nd a clusterf*&^% of a story this is the film for you.
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Cmkceck 06/10/2011 8:05:00 PM
Karina longworth u suck. U should quit ur job as a movie critic cause u suck. This movie was amazing
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Guest 06/09/2011 9:13:00 PM
Caught this last weekend and was disappointed. McAvoy and Fassbender were good; however, the female actresses were all disappointing. January Jones and Zoe Kravitz - dreck. Jennifer Lawrence - merely mediocre (I wish it had been Lindsey Lohan). Also, what's up with killing the black guy first? I thought we were in 2011.
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DFX 06/09/2011 7:30:00 PM
JEL, maybe you should lower your expectations? Bay of Pigs / Cuban Missile Crisis? Details, details - don't you know if something happens outside US borders it's unimportant!
(Disclaimer to others: that was sarcasm, save your outrage.)
I left disappointed, but with no strong criticisms. As a whole, it just seemed rather flat and uninspired. Not a particularly bad movie, but I expected better.
I will say the costume designs were absurd, even by comic book standards. In this bizarre universe women wear magical miniskirts. These amazing garments proved suitable for even the most extreme weather while still allowing the maximum amount of leg exposure. Men aren't so lucky. They're forced to don long pants and (oh the humanity!) winter coats. Perhaps by the next installment the writers can find a way to invent magical boxer-briefs for the boys.
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Wterrell82 06/08/2011 10:19:00 PM
Darwin and Angel Salvatore is out of place. Plus Mystique is over 100 years old, not some hormone fueled teeny bopper. Even if they didn't follow storylines the least they could do was get characterizations right.
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Wterrell82 06/08/2011 10:16:00 PM
I'm sorry but if someone were to murder my loved ones in front of me, even though I would be blind with rage, if I had the same powers Magneto had I think that person would be the first to go. Especially at that point there is no demonstration of mutant power by Sebastian Shaw. But that's one of the many points where First Class gets a failing grade.
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Deadbluesky 06/08/2011 9:13:00 PM
Come on now, go after just the one guy? You can't be serious.
So you're saying that Nazi soldiers shouldn't be held accountable and we should just arrest the leaders.
It's revenge, it's ugly, you want everyone that has anything to do with whatever your after to suffer. Even 2 soldiers just "following orders".
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Deadbluesky 06/08/2011 9:10:00 PM
Actually every character in the movie is connected and have been connected in the comic universe. This movie follows closer to the comics than any of the other X-men movies.
You realize that the Hellfire Club is from the comics right? For the most part the bad guys were all in it in the comics.
I think Havok is the only "out of place" mutant when it comes to the timeline.
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Wterrell82 06/08/2011 6:02:00 PM
You don't have to see a movie to know it's going to be crap. Especially when directors butcher subject matter, characterization, and leave gaping plot holes big enough to fly the Blackbird into. Really, why go on a murderous rampage and NOT target the one who is ACTUALLY responsible for your pain? You don't need Professor X mental powers to see through this abomination.
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06/08/2011 12:27:00 AM
What the hell are you talking about? The only people who love this film are the people who don't give a damn who or what this film is about. Those "nerds" you think this review is insulting, are the ones who want Fox to lose the rights to the X-Men, so Marvel Pictures can begin making good films based on them.
The ones getting offended at this review, are guys like you who over look all the fridge logic, and wasted opportunities, as long as you have your dumbass summer flick.
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06/08/2011 12:21:00 AM
Yes, and Azazel promptly had any connection to Nightcrawler, his origin, his powers, and anything resembling personality washed away, in favor of a thug whose presence is entirely due to Singer loving teleportation. If you bother to ready anything, period, you'd know that it's not a "preboot", it's a straight up prequel that simply ignores previous films that Singer wasn't involved in.
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JEL 06/07/2011 10:00:00 PM
So,.... I seldom see summer action movies, and on rare occasion find the one or two films that aren't totally mindless, If its an entertaining experience, I feel good about the couple of hours that I spent in the theatre. Criticism is subjective by nature, and I do not share the reviewer's opinion that this was "dum@#*ss revisionist" material. There were some revisionist historical elements, but they were a small part of an ACTION movie! I think this whole line of criticism came from the fact that timelines and origins of the comic characters were revised. Comic book stories do it to themselves all the time.
Perhaps I was asleep during the part where there was Bay of Pigs footage(maybe it really was there), but Bay of Pigs was not in any way shape or form related to this story. I've seen this in a couple of reviews, and maybe think a younger generation of writers need a history lesson.
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Binkconn 06/07/2011 4:16:00 AM
Wow, pretty bitchy and unrepresentative of the actual film. Now I remember why I stopped reading Voice reviews...
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thanos 06/07/2011 12:53:00 AM
Karina was spot on with this review. Just a bunch of unconnected characters from varying timelines of the xman history thrown together to make some quick summer bucks. Just a lazy, CGI dominated movie that made no sense at all. Young Xavier goes down for a midnight snack and somehow there's a naked blue girl in his kitchen!!! Xavier as a genius Austin Powers running a weak mutant line to get laid!!?? Magneto kills the guards but not the man who shot his mother??? Darwin; a character first introduced in 2006!!!! Pixie a character introduced in 2004!!?? Both around in the 60's??? The beast worked for the CIA?? Created Cerebro??? All just revisionist junk. I'm glad I didn't pay to see this movie. Marvel needs to find the darkest Xman storyline that it can and do a movie scene for scene from the comic book.
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TheMovieDetective 06/07/2011 12:38:00 AM
Wow! You know one day you might actually make it as a professional film critic if you first, watch the film you're reviewing and second, learn how to properly structure a complete sentence.
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06/07/2011 12:06:00 AM
@ Morgy
Fair enough comment, but I don't think I'll ever give up hope that a film studio - not Fox Abattoirs, maybe MARVEL STUDIOS will finally one day give us a faithful and truly genuine X-Men film.
A faithful adaptation should at least attempt to resemble the comic books in some way and pay homage to the source material. This film carries the title only and very little else.
Matthew Vaughn's Fox Men is an entire new universe not at all related to MARVEL'S X-Men, so we're still light years away from the real deal. :-)
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kofigan 06/06/2011 11:25:00 PM
No. It really wasn't a well made movie. Maybe it's just that a movie is a movie and a comic a comic. I don't know. But this had no flow and waaaay too much chatter. The training sequence was good and some of the action scenes, like the one in the Russian dacha, but most of the movie was bloated.
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kofigan 06/06/2011 11:21:00 PM
Spot on. A poorly executed mishmash of a movie.
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andybot 06/06/2011 10:44:00 PM
I agree. It was not as visually striking as the first three, and some of the script did come out a little tacky. It was also a little slow for me. As a huge fan of the first three movies, I was just 'meh' about this one.
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Morgy 06/06/2011 9:49:00 PM
Sigh,.,., you really thought it wanna capture the essence of marvel comic books?? Haven't you lost your faith in that yet!?!?!?!? I know I have and watching this movie... made me so happy that they FINALLY are getting closer to the real deal!!
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Gfleming21 06/06/2011 7:53:00 PM
You're stupid and don't know what the hell you're talking about. Please shuddup...
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06/06/2011 1:15:00 PM
I saw this over-rated piece of CRAP for free. It ain't the MARVEL X-Men I know. This counterfeit film totally disrespects everything the MARVEL comic books have done over the last 48 years.
Fox Abattoirs and Matthew Vaughn can keep their alternate re-imagining. This unfaithful adaptation is based on the title only and does NOT capture the essence of the comic books at all.
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The Mayor of Crazytown 06/06/2011 11:21:00 AM
credibility lost at "dickwad."
and no, it's not completely ignoring a good portion of the other 3 movies, as bryan singer wrote the story. and he only, you know, directed 2 of the 3 main films.
fox and marvel dropped the ball AGAIN. so much of this film should have worked. Some did (thanks to fassbender, though undercutting him with the cheesy magneto suit was a kick to the balls.) but most of the dramatic moments played corny, the visual effects seemed extremely rushed, the character choices were pretty worthless (was that pixie pretending to be "angel"? fireball spitting fairy is a top choice? REALLY?!) And there were so many gaping holes in both logic and story that my eyes almost got stuck from rolling (Wait - they captured emma frost, seeing fully well what she could do, then just put her in an interrogation room and left her there? UNCHAINED? HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?)
This film was a giant disappointment. I have a lot of respect for matthew vaughn, but he was clearly cashing a check on this one.
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06/06/2011 6:37:00 AM
"Completely ignoring xmen origins and a good portion of the other 3 movies," as you so eloquently pointed out is precisely the problem with this movie. You can't have it both ways by referring to the old movies and simultaneous disregard them.
But you're right Alan, I am a massive dickwad. Now I'm going to use it to pleasure your girlfriend because you're clearly too busy wiki-ing X-Men to do the job effectively.
Oh wait a minute, you probably never had a girlfriend, you just abuse yourself sitting in front of your computer with stills of January Jones in the White Queen outfit and you probably can't even do that right. Loser.
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06/06/2011 5:35:00 AM
He is nightcrawlers dad. Go wiki azazel dickwad. If you had known about this movie from day one you'd know it is a preboot and is completely ignoring xmen origins and a good portion of the other 3 movies.
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Ibfo 06/06/2011 3:38:00 AM
The movie was a flop
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Javygravy 06/06/2011 12:05:00 AM
Im gonna have to agree.. Did u actually watch the film? It was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time.
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Nefanatic33 06/05/2011 9:05:00 PM
"A cameo from an old-school X-Man only serves to remind how stylish and witty the first installment was a decade ago"
Right, because that in no way was stylish and witty of THIS installment to do.
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06/05/2011 9:02:00 PM
Amen sister! I hate to sound like a hater fellas, but she's right. I thought it was deafly boring, plodding, pedantic, pointless, slow and ultimately unsatisfying. I wanted this movie to succeed, not suck. Unfortunately it did the latter equaling Punisher War Zone in the suckiness department while simultaneously elevating X3's stature.
Neither did it tie back into any established continuity nor did it clearly define a continuity of its own as JJ Abrams did with Star Trek or even Smallville with Superman. Moreover, the cameos did not really work.
Throughout the X-Trilogy, you never really got the impression that Charles and Mystique had the previous history this movie tried to create. Plus, if it was trying to distance itself from the previous franchises, why the seemingly obligatory Rebecca Romijn and Hugh Jackman cameos?
There were also time discontinuities. Teenage Emma Frost was one of William Stryker Junior's guinea pigs in Wolverine. Yet in 1st Class she's his father's adult contemporary and older that Stryker Jr who is presumably a boy. Now I'm all for parallel worlds and skewed timelines, but nothing suggested we were looking into another world and nothing justified the anachronisms within.
I'm not saying there weren't favorable elements like when Oliver Platt showed up, but even he couldn't save the movie.
Furthermore, in terms of quality there was such a sharp credibility contrast between the CGI X-Baby Beast versus the costuming/make-up on Kelsey Grammer in X3 that it looked nothing short of hokey. Every portrayal of Beast generally brings across his underlying humanity in his face. Baby Beast looked like a Siberian Husky that flattened its face ramming full speed into a plate glass window.
The only other X-Baby that interested me was Darwin and they immediately killed him off because he was old enough to drive and probably drink too.
Back to hokey. Azarel? Did they run out of Darth Maul make-up on set and decide this was good enough? The Devil in a Nehru suit? It would have been more entertaining to stick him in a blue dress. Was his teleportation power meant to suggest he's Nightcrawler's father? Riptide was pretty much useless and looked like a Black-Eyed Peas reject.
As far as memorable, there's good and bad. The good, Michael Fassbender. That guy is a badass. The memorable bad? The "I can't believe they're paying me this much"/about to bust out laughing expression Kevin Bacon had on his face throughout the movie. Sorry folks, but it's hard to take "Chip Diller" (Animal House)/Ren McCormack (Footloose) seriously.
Ultimately, while fans recognize some things cannot transcribe directly from page to screen. However I think we have become too willing to sell out our mythology to a lazy studio development process just to get a silver screen treatment.
If you look at the larger picture, I think that most audiences have forgotten when movies were good and have become complacent and complicit in the "well, if this is what they're giving us ...OK" mentality. That said studios are happy to commoditize slipshod products that haven't had time to gestate in terms of story and mythological consistency within the script in and of itself as well as the established world into which it ties.
This movie should have been called: X-Men-The Remedial Class.
Thor was underwhelming. Fact is I wanted to send it somewhere over the rainbow bridge of Asgard. Will I go see Captain America and Green Lantern? Absolutely, but in 2D and at first showing matinee prices. That way if they're a wash, I don't feel so bad and if they're good, I'll feel like I got a deal.
Sorry studios, you're really gonna have to do better to earn my prime-time dollars.
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TheBigUnit 06/05/2011 7:47:00 PM
You didn't really watch the film, did you Karina Longworth? You saw an opportunity to try and make a name for yourself. Cosmo Landesman does it better. For anyone else that comes across this page, the film is excellent, no classic but a long way better than the last two.
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Marcus S 06/05/2011 3:10:00 PM
Exactly. I'm so glad someone out there agrees. With such incredible source material, these films need to take themselves seriously otherwise they're not much more than a parody. Jesse Wood is spot on.
As for jokes, that's what Rebecca Romjin and Hugh Jackman's cameos were for and properly accomplished. I think you were expecting or wanting camp. If you were the author, or even just a fan of say, Moby Dick, and I came to you with a movie proposal, how would you feel if I made fun of your work throughout my script? Wouldn't it ruin it for you? Would you go see that movie? Camp needs to stay within its own genre. Airplane, the naked gun, White Chicks, that type of humor does not belong in a superhero/comic book movie.
Just because they're called comics doesn't mean they have to make you laugh.
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06/05/2011 2:45:00 PM
It is clear that you in fact did not see this movie. That last lines of the review are indicative of this. As well as everything that precedes it. Your review serves only to be different and stand out, which based on mine, and other peoples responses, has in fact worked! So kudos to you. How are "movie critics" allowed to write reviews WITHOUT seeing the movie? I don't understand. Do you not have fact checkers and bosses to report to? While EVERYONE has opinions, and their right to them, few are paid to not do the work and blatantly cobble lies like this for the masses. X-MenFC, while not flawless, was and incredible piece of storytelling. Great performances, fast pacing, and the single best use of the F-word in a pg-13 movie ever... Which lends itself to the most MEMORABLE JOKE of the movie. Passionless? You need look no further than the relationships between Erik and Charles, or even Charles and Raven. Touching, heartbreaking, complicated... Karina's work should be reviewed, and she should be held accountable for her intentional misdirection as a film critic.
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06/05/2011 2:03:00 PM
A distinct level of ignorance is shown in this review. Typified by the assertion that Matthew Vaughn was replaced by Brett Ratner as though it is a negative against Vaughn.
No... Vaughn quit the production because it was a shambles.
Everything else in this review is contradictive to what a lot of people have said about the movie. So it kinda stinks of "hey look at me! i'm different"
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06/05/2011 7:43:00 AM
I'm amazed that more critics haven't shown mild dislike to X-men: The reboot. It really is quite the mediocrity. It looks good, and the acting is okay, but aside from the interior production design's brilliance it's really lacks suspense, excitement in it's actions scenes. or real emotional pulling to root for any of the characters. Star Trek the recent reboot was perfect in it's true witty delight in the characters. Compared to that: X-men: First Class is flat not even a near miss. I was completely disappointed at the hollowness of this film. Good story, no real spark.
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Ronoranina 06/05/2011 6:45:00 AM
How could you get it so wrong?
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06/05/2011 6:29:00 AM
Karina longworth totally missed the boat on this one, X-men first class is a well done and entertaining summer movie. Well casted, well written and well executed by Matt Vaughn. Karina stick to reviewing documentaries about oppressed people and vegetables, leave the standard summer block buster movie reviews to the pros.
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MJR 06/05/2011 6:07:00 AM
This film didn't mesh with the others. Vaughn and Singer made obvious detractions from the previous trilogy. They are too numerous to name here.
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bluelion 06/05/2011 5:37:00 AM
Dear Ms. Longworth: There are indeed comic book movies that suck, but this isn't one of them. You clearly know nothing about these characters or the world in which they live, which is actually okay, but the presumption that you do coupled with your incorrect comments about the plot itself makes it obvious that you just didn't get it. This isn't just a movie; this is filmic representation of nearly 50 years of beloved, complex mythology. This is the kind of criticism that makes me hate the Village Voice. Why don't you just stick to movies about Middle Eastern lesbians and leave the comic book movies to your less "intellectual" colleagues. I'm sure you cringed at this very assignment. Couldn't you have withdrawn the corncob of holier-than-thou attitude from your tightly clenched anus long enough to have a good time at an X-men move for a couple hours? Also, in what universe (Marvel's our ours) does the magnificent James McAvoy look puffy?
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06/05/2011 5:07:00 AM
I hope you get paid for hits. Typically, people who do, sensationalize and hope for the best. "Yes I wrote I hated X-Men and that should piss off some nerds who the movie was made for. I'll get millions of hits!"
I had a long typed out response but I thought to myself maybe you are trolling. Oh wait, you are trolling; you only did this dumbass review for the hits!
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06/05/2011 4:28:00 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee_%28comics%29
Fuck you.
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Kristen 06/05/2011 1:12:00 AM
thankyou. i was seriously disappointed by this movie. did the director have a check list of things he needed to cover so that this prequel meshed with the others? sure felt that way.
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MooncatX 06/04/2011 8:24:00 PM
Saw the movie last night and LOVED IT!!! Karina may be forgiven her slighting review as it's clear she's not to type of person who gets what comic books and the epic friendship of what Charles and Eric and it's inevitable tragedy as clashing outlooks on mutant human relations tears them into different, conflicting camps. Karina isn't the right reviewer for this kind of film because she isn't into the genre it's for and should review some chick flick movie which is probably more her style. Most X-men fans will enjoy this movie. Most people who love comics and gets Origin Stories will love it. This movie is AWESOME on so many levels, and as someone who loved comics as a little girl and still is very fond of them today, I will be seeing this movie again in theaters, will be getting the dvd, and will be loving it for what it is suposed to be, the fresh movie verse origin story of how it all began with Charles and Erik, at the beginning of the X-men.
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Mcrutch 06/04/2011 7:55:00 PM
Not a single joke? It's NOT a comedy, brainchild! Get a real job.
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Johnnyboy33 06/04/2011 5:59:00 PM
This review is hilarious
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06/04/2011 5:28:00 PM
I don't see how this person is a top critic at RT. This movie is "Dumbass"? Are you Rebecca Black or are you from the asylum?
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06/04/2011 5:01:00 PM
wow who sh*t in your cereal? I hope you don't get paid for these reviews.
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06/04/2011 4:15:00 PM
Dear Lord...Who is writing this review, a 15 year old?!?! "First Class is dumbass"........ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! I hope whoever is in charge of this page fires this idiot, I was actually embarrassed for the guy reading his review. Oh, and just to be clear, I thought this movie was horrible...So I'm not just saying this in a misguided attempt to defend the X-Men franchise. I only read this review because I noticed most were giving this film high praise. I thought...."well here's a reviewer who knows what he's doing...I should read what he has to say"....Wow...That was a mistake! You can be assured I'll never read another review from this page again,...That is of course unless you fire this guy. You can hire me on!....Heck, you could hire on just about any random individual off the street and be assured they wouldn't write a review as inept as this!
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Joejoe 06/04/2011 2:56:00 PM
"Like" "Like" How about a "Totally" and an "OK".
The vapid conversational style of certain film critics is embarrassing.
Go write a gossip column.
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John89 06/04/2011 6:34:00 AM
You and your review are, like, dumbass. :)
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Ben13534 06/04/2011 5:43:00 AM
totally agree. sorry peeps. There was about three to four sentences per scene. I never got a chance to really know the characters as their younger-selves... It's not like the child actors were anywhere close to doing them justice. I realize that it can't be a six hour movie but if I don't care about the characters, why would I care what happens to them? The thing about cutting to the black guy after that "enslavement" line made me laugh out loud in the theater. Totally ridiculous and out of place. Lost some of the humor. I however did find many parts visually appealing. They retold the exact same story as the other movies. It presents nothing new besides Magneto's briefly visited past and Mystique's insatiable desire for fellow blue people. It could have been so much more.
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Kid 06/04/2011 5:32:00 AM
What an awful review. No substance, just a writer failing to be clever in insulting the subject matter.
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Simonred 06/04/2011 5:30:00 AM
I like Vaughn. I like X-Men. I like Fassbender. Something went a bit wrong here, though. I just saw the movie and it's just sort of...flat, and unbearably lame and more 'first-pass' than first-class, with some really silly and borderline laughable scenes (anything with the sonar boy dressed in a flying squirrel suit, for example). It also bares a striking resemblance to Fantastic Four in both plot and half-assed execution. Disappointing. Have to agree with you, Karina.
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06/04/2011 4:31:00 AM
I'm guessing the sexist joke is what caused the review to be so negative.
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Jumpit 06/04/2011 3:18:00 AM
And yet you really enjoyed "Human Centipede"....
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06/04/2011 2:39:00 AM
The only explanation for you not liking Magneto crushing Nazis is that you are a Nazi yourself.
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Lindquistw 06/04/2011 1:18:00 AM
Slut bag
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Lindquistw 06/04/2011 1:18:00 AM
cunt face
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Lindquistw 06/04/2011 1:17:00 AM
you stupid girl, it was a really really fun movie
