Preparing for the Apocalypse

So ahead of X Men Apocalypse coming soon i have finally watched First Class and Days of Future Past.

First Class to start with! I really enjoyed it. James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender are a great fit for the younger McKellen and Stewart!

Erik is such a confusing character. I find it quite difficult to see him as a proper baddie because he’s not really. He’s just not the best ideas of how to deal with things, but does want to protect mutants. I had the same problem with Ian McKellen’s version. I can’t help but like him a bit. Also seeing his back story in this film just reinforced that further. I mean I’m not into murder being a good thing but the way he got back at Shaw in the end – cheering at my TV! Bloody brilliant.

Interesting to see Mystique (sp?) being Charles’ good friend knowing it flips to her siding with Erik in the later set versions. Seems through Days of Future Past she’s still a bit between the two of them. Let’s see how Apocalypse goes.

I wish i remembered more about the cold war and cuban missile crisis from my GCSE history days as i felt a bit muddled up at times but it made for an interesting setting and i like how it shows mutants being part of everyday life and history we know.

One of my favourite moments was meeting Hank. Realising he wasn’t scary furry blue man yet so when he was suggesting an experimental drug i though…well Hank…think we all know how this is going to go buddy.

Also A+ cameo from a never aging Hugh Jackman…but i suppose that ability of his is explained.

Speaking of! Days of Future Past.

Well this was a fun one! Fantastic way to bring both generations of Erik and Charles together! All very dramatic. That speedy kid who sits around playing games is that the same fella from Avengers: Age of Ultron? Friends with Scarlet Witch? Quicksilver is it? He’s been doubled up a bit there.

I spent most of this film thinking “ERIK..WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING?!” We just never know what is going on inside his head. You think he wants one thing then he changes his mind. Yes, we need to get rid of Raven so she doesn’t kill that guy that leads to the destruction of all mutants. General plan seems to be…don’t let people see mutants as dangerous. No..Erik has a better idea…make them see mutants as so dangerous that they’re a massive threat. HOW IS THAT HELPING ERIK?! The only side he’s on is his own.

Final thing, cleverly done X-Men folk. Zooming back into the past and treading on a few butterflies..what a way to pretty much wipe out the original X-Men trilogy. Or at least any fatalities. Excited to see where it all goes.

Marvel Madness

So! Finally i get to write this post! Over the past few weeks i’ve been delving into the Marvel universe for the first time!

Well..that’s sort of a lie. I have seen the Spiderman films with Tobey McGuire which i adore (except the 3rd one…i mean..just why), i have seen the first Amazing Spiderman (i shall hopefully watch the second one soon) and the first 3 X-Men films, which I really need to re-watch. Plus First Class and all that jazz I’ve not seen. Anyway.

So i set about watching them in the order of release date because given a few of the interlocking story-lines at times i figured it would be sensible. Like i did when i watched a bunch of films for the Oscars, i wrote down my thoughts at the time so i can give a few quick fire thoughts now! I’ll list them in their order/the order i watched them.

Iron Man: Loved it! Super fun! Fun introduction to the tone of the films. I was fairly familiar with names and faces and things (happens if you’re on the internet long enough and everyone has seen these films except you) but stories not so much so it was still new to me! Lots of laughs, good story. Love a good origin story. There was lots of moments where i was like “woah that’s cool!”. Thought Pepper was quite a sort of typical comic book girl but it’s all fun! (also i know better now i’ve seen the other films).

The Incredible Hulk: Rather cheesy, but what superhero movie doesn’t have that! I zoned out a bit during all the dark monster smashing but overall i quite enjoyed it! It was interesting that they didn’t address the “becoming of” …well they did in a sort of mini-movie montage at the beginning…but more the “dealing with” which i think was probably a good move for this character. I knew Edward Norton didn’t carry on into The Avengers but i thought he was good! I think my favourite part was when he’d just been hit by gun blast after gun blast and explosions and helicopters had crashed into him and exploded and then 2 minutes later he bumped his head on the side of a cave and was really bothered by it!

Iron Man 2: Fun! Was a bit confused as to what to happening for a while i had to pause and check with somebody that i was understanding what was going on because i was too busy trying to figure things out than watching at some points! But yes i enjoyed it! Will take this opportunity to say looking out for Stan Lee’s cameos in all of these films has been a highlight! The after credits scene made me really excited this time haha! Shows i was getting into it at least!

Thor: Super cheesy but lots of fun! Lots of laughs! Enjoyed understanding the fun references to Hulk and Stark! I really like the whole Thor sort of world with Odin and Loki etc. I do remember saying at one point “HELL YEAH THOR IS THE COOLEST!” And hey! Hawk-Eye nice to meet you! Fun cast too! Love Stellan Skarsgard.

Captain America: Aw i loved it! Some rather gratuitous fighting at times but that’s what superhero films are for right? AWESOME cast! Think they have every actor in the world in this film! I adore Hugo Weaving and he was fab, kinda looked like the spawn of Darth Maul and The Mask. Really love Cap’s story, the whole history aspect to it! Interesting!

The Avengers: My exact quote here is “WOOOO! That was fun!! Hilarious and awesome all in one. Lovin’ it”. It’s possibly my favourite of all the films i watched i’m certainly looking forward to the second one out next month! Now i think about it i should really watch the trailers for that! The writing for this film was fantastic so much fun and such good banter! I really see why everyone adores Coulson too! He’s such a cute Captain America fan! Also i think my favourite moment of his was in..possibly the first Iron Man when he attaches an explosive to a door and turns his back to it with a proper little gangster pose while it detonates.

Iron Man 3: Poor Tony..it was a bit ‘destroy everything he has and send him out into the cold’ this film. Same issue as with Iron Man 2 the plot doesn’t really make sense until about three quarters of the way through so i spent quite a lot of time a bit confused but i still enjoyed it. The twists were fun!

Thor 2: Okay this is up there with The Avengers. I really loved this. I’m not even sure why i loved it so much! I just got so into it, so much fun and lots of twists and turns. I spent quite a lot of time shouting at Loki with a mixture of love and frustration. I’ll say it again, i really love the whole Thor universe. I hope they do a third one soon.

Captain America 2: Had heard good things about this one! Again i really enjoyed it. Had some points where i was a bit confused again but it was a really interesting story and i caught on eventually. Also…so….when is Black Widow getting a film? She’s ace.

Guardians of the Galaxy: I did enjoy this, it was a lot of fun. I sort of likened it to if i had watched The Avengers without watching the other films before it. I’d have enjoyed it and it would have been fun but i wouldn’t have cared about the characters as much. I think for this film there were a lot of characters and stories to take in in a short space of time and by the time you’d decided who you could and couldn’t trust you were half way through. I got more into it towards the end though. Plus i really loved Groot. What an epic cast too!! Lee Pace being awesomely evil and Karen Gillan was pretty freaky too!