Anyone seen the new X-Men movie?

[lovemydog]

I saw it last night. It kind of blew my mind. If anyone can fill me in on some of this universe, or point me to a site to learn more, it's appreciated. Having known nothing about any of it, I found it riveting. It's audacious and visually mind-blowing.

[LaurenG]

1. It was a great movie. We loved it.

It should be interesting since the past is now different than it was. Marvel.com/universe/X-Men

[lovemydog]

2. Yeah, the visuals alone were worth watching it.

And the story is amazing. Thanks for the link. That will be some great reading to find out more. I used to kind of look down on, or not quite understand, the appeal of these sci fi and marvel movies. But the more I think about this one, there's so many things that are applicable to the real world.

[riderinthestorm]

3. I've never read the comics but I loved the entire X-men movie series

You might want to watch the other movies too!

[lovemydog]

6. Good idea riderinthestorm

I will! I've been catching up on all this cool info http://marvel.com/universe/X-men

[arcane1]

26. I second that. I am vaguely familiar w/the comics from childhood (1970's)

So I knew who some of the main characters were, and I had seen the first three movies when they came out. I saw the most recent one ("First Class&quot about 20 times at home because I enjoyed it so much

The new one did a great job of combining the older movies that are set in the present with the new cast representing the past. "First Class" caught some grief over apparently not matching up with the story details old movies, and this one kind of rebooted the future and cleaned all of that up for the new cast. It was cool!

[shenmue]

4. I will go

[lovemydog]

8. You will love it

[Flaxbee]

5. I saw a sneak preview last weekend.

I do NOT like 3D, but I really thought this X-Men installment was excellent. I've seen the others and found them to be uneven, and sometimes boring. This one was really quite good. I was impressed.

[lovemydog]

7. Yeah, I read that this is the first one they shot in 3D

I'm not a fan of 3D either. So we decided to see this in non 3D. I agree, it was quite good!

[OriginalGeek]

16. I will see it this weekend

but not in 3D either - 3D just gives me terrible headaches, my wife can't see it anyway as she has no depth perception (bad eye problems when she was young) and it makes my daughter queasy.

Plus it costs extra usually - that's good beer and nacho money!

[lovemydog]

19. Yeah, save the moolah for beer & nachos!

I saw it in the regular non-3D and it was just fine. Amazing, really.

[arcane1]

27. Hmm, it was shot in 3D? Damn.

I only ever see 3D movies if they were shot as such, but I didn't realize this one was.

[The Second Stone]

9. The only thing revelatory in it was Jennifer Lawerence, once again

this young woman just blows me away with her charisma on screen.

[First Speaker]

10. I've been an X-fan for over 50 years now...

...since the original Lee-Kirby comic in 1963, in fact...if you're really into the concept, try picking up those early issues...you can get them in trade paperback in any Barnes and Noble. The original 1980 "Days of Future Past" comic is also available in trade paperback...they're worth reading.

[lovemydog]

13. Thanks First Speaker

I intend to read some of those early ones. Then that reboot from 1980. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were awesome. I'm currently reading Captain America: Operation Rescue by Waid / Garney. A buddy told me about it. Have you seen this new X-Men movie yet? If so, I'd like to know what you think. Welcome to DU by the way. Have fun!

[First Speaker]

23. Glad to be here...

Thanks for the welcome! Yes, I saw the film today...and as an original X-fan, I loved it. My God--that cast! Jackman, McKellan, Berry, Stewart--and that's just for openers. And a cameo or two at the end that made it all even more distinguished than *I* thought...LOL... I also liked how the story had a phantom echo of a long X-Men fan novel I wrote a couple years ago, my ultimate moment of geekdom, getting 50 years of all this out of my system...LOL... All in all, my favorite Marvel film...

[lovemydog]

24. I'm so glad you, as a long-time fan, loved it

Yes, the cast was awesome. I loved some of the younger ones in the cast too, like the guy who played the young Professor X and the dude who played Quicksilver and Michael Fassbender as young Magneto (maybe the best part in the movie). Wow, you wrote a fan fiction novel. That is sooooo cool. Take care & have fun here.

[sakabatou]

11. I want to see it more now

Maybe I should go watch it next weekend.

[lovemydog]

14. I think you'll love it sakabatou

It's worth seeing for the visuals alone. The story rocks too.

[Behind the Aegis]

12. We saw it last night.

It was very good. More intellectual than fisticuffs, IMO. The interesting thing is while it was basically a combination of "X-Men 4" and "First Class: The Saga Continues", this film now allows for "X-Men" to be re-launched, and provides a jumping off place for "earlier" versions to occur. They have done an INCREDIBLE job with this franchise!

[lovemydog]

15. Yes! More intellectual than fisticuffs.

That's exactly what I was trying to say. I saw it with a couple of friends who are more into it than me. They explained to me about how it's definitely about culture & politics. That Game of Thrones actor, he was trying to get Richard Nixon to essentially commit genocide on all mutants. When I think more on it, that's not so different from what was actually happening at that time, regarding Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. I think great science fiction can actually handle some incredibly difficult matters in our world intelligently and sensitively and get us to watch things in a way that we can handle better than if we see literal representations. It can get us to think deeply about these kinds of things. Kind of like how many Star Trek fans see that too. I agree they have done an incredible job with the franchise. Now I'm going to go back and watch the earlier movies. Like you, I look forward to seeing how they will use this re-launch to explore so many other wild & crazy topics. Did you see the post-credits scene? That was amazing!

[Liberal Veteran]

18. I almost started chanting "En Sabah Nur" along with the post credits.

And the Quicksilver "Time in a Bottle" scene was worth the price of admission. Then again, I have a crush on Evan Peters anyway, but I love seeing mutants have fun with their powers.

[lovemydog]

20. Oh, agree.

That was so unbelievably cool. If I could save time in a bottle. Buahahaha. I'm still laughing on that scene.

[Behind the Aegis]

22. I got into the X-Men in college.

That's when I saw the cartoon. It had some serious parallels to being gay. I even started using clips from the show in diversity presentations. I was always a DC person, but I can appreciate the Marvel universe. Comics often reflected what was happening in real life and could, sometimes, get away with making social commentary where others could not.

The post credit scene was awesome. But, I didn't know the reference because I do like Marvel, but I am not as well versed in it as DC.

[lovemydog]

25. That is way cool.

I can see how that could bring in some parallels, as the mutants are viewed by some as 'the other' and of course, some mutants view some humans as 'the other' too.

I won't provide the spoiler here, but that post credit scene, you can look it up on imdb. It's especially mind-blowing when you learn who that person is, and how that may fit in to other stories later.

[Behind the Aegis]

28. Thanks for the tip!

I am not familiar with that story line. I will have to look into it.

The parallels I saw to the GLBT community were some were "obvious" mutants, others could "pass." Some wanted to be separate from the non-mutant community, others wanted to assimilate. Despite being a mutant was obviously genetic, many still were "opposed" to the "mutant lifestyle." There was even a line in on the X-Men movies when Bobby's (Iceman) mother asked: "Have you ever tried not being a mutant?" The parallels, as it turns out, were purposely placed in the movies; I am not sure about the cartoons or the comic book versions.

[lovemydog]

29. Very interesting

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I love it. X-Men also deals with matters of race. Some looking down on others for having 'too much mutant blood' or 'too little mutant blood'.

I found this song by Paul McCartney & Wings. He was a fan of X-Men comics a while back too. We're in good company, Behind the Aegis.

[Liberal Veteran]

17. I saw it on Saturday. It was very good.

An enjoyable movie all around. The only thing I think was missing from the movie was perhaps something like this scene from the comic book:

[lovemydog]

21. Oh my gosh, that is so cool Liberal Veteran

Thanks for sharing it here. There's a whole world of this X-Men stuff out there, that I'm just beginning to see. It will provide lots of enjoyment. Whoo hoo!