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>a fucking deadpool movie is more critically and commercially successful than the main event
What went wrong?

How many times can Magneto switch sides? It's pretty annoying.

It's bad but enjoyable at times.

>worst of the new xmen movies
Best one since X2.
>an absolute garbage villain
He should have been more powerful, but he's a good foil for Xavier and Magneto.
>fassbender flipping sides for the 3rd time
Magneto, the 4th time. At least they played a variation on it this time.
>mistique not being mistique and having zero reason to be in the movie
No argument, but she's hardly in the movie compared to DOFP.

I liked the scene where Stryker arrived

I don't even find Olivia Munn that attractive but her thighs were hot in that costume.

X2>DOFP>DP>X1>1C>AoA>X3>W>W

Olivia Munn has no business being an actress.

X2>Apocalypse>X1>DOFP>Deadpool>First Ass>X3>the Wolverine >Origins

a truly terrible movie that manages to lack both ambition and competence on multiple levels.

at least bvs was trying to do things, that's an admirable failure. this isn't. this was the worst movie of the year for me, until ghostbusters.

In the film, they have a joke about Return of the Jedi being the worst of the Star Wars trilogy, saying that the third one is always the worst, a scene completely pointless except to shit on the third X-Men film. Unfortunately, that also applies to this film if you consider the young X-Men series to be separate from the main series.

BvS wasn't admirable or a failure. It was hardly a movie.
Never heard that one before.

>Never heard that one before.
I'm assuming that's sarcasm? Not too sure, as I haven't heard it before.

An antagonist with Wolverine levels of regen, bullet time perception + the ability to manipulate matter on a quantic level somehow losing a fight to a group of people whose powers are basically all variations of "damage with kinetic energy"

Said antagonist seems adamant on fighting with the most ineffective elements in his vast arsenal of powers (i.e. punches and kicks) because that's something the capeshit audience can understand and immediately relate to

It's shit that's been said since the very first reviews.

>because that's something the capeshit audience can understand and immediately relate to
Well, it's a capeshit movie.

I wasn't aware. Sorry.

this

The way they hype up Apocalypse makes you go "how the fuck are they gonna beat this guy". He instantly turns a bunch of people's entire bodies into dust (the scene in which he meets Magneto in the foundry)

Turns out he just doesn't use any of his broken shit when it was an actual fight and gets fucking killed

I'm several posts saying this movie was actually good, (though it's probably by the same person). It seems like there's just a bunch of contrarians here who want to say it was good because the critics slammed it, forgetting that there's nothing avant garde or offensive about this movie, that if you enjoy it and the critics didn't, you just have worse taste and lower standards than they do.

In all fairness, it's Jean manifesting as Phoenix that wrecks his shit.

The director's one cheeky fuck and lacking in self-awareness. Apocalypse might actually be worse than X-Men 3 (or at the very least as bad)

I bet he chose the year of 1983 just to make that joke.

He's fighting them all in the dumbest way possible. A bunch of metallic debris would NOT hold him in place or even be an obstacle. But in the movie it holds him in place so he can be vaporized. I'm not even bringing the logic of the comics into this (i.e. other powers he might have like instant teleportation) - I'm using what the movie shows us about him

He could disintegrate everyone in that fight with a thought, but he keeps just tossing them around

>Magneto is throwing the remains of a broken city at Apoc and Apoc is just disintegrating it all with ease
>Beast jumps at Apoc and tries to punch him during this and somehow isn't disintegrated

>I'm several posts saying this movie was actually good, (though it's probably by the same person).
They are.
>It seems like there's just a bunch of contrarians here who want to say it was good because the critics slammed it,
I thought the reviews for the film were mixed, leaning negative?
>forgetting that there's nothing avant garde or offensive about this movie
Um, who cares?
>that if you enjoy it and the critics didn't, you just have worse taste and lower standards than they do.
Mainstream critics are just trying to approximate an opinion for general audiences/people most likely to see the movie. They can be taken with a grain of salt, as they've failed to appreciate both avante garde films and more conventional blockbusters in the past.

Maybe his power is overextended trying to fight them all at once and in Xavier's mind at the same time? I honestly can't see how something like this would deter from a person's enjoyment of the film, as it's a pretty dumb script all around, but whatever.

>I thought the reviews for the film were mixed, leaning negative?
No, they were pretty bad, though looking back, not as bad as I thought. Clearly better than BvS.

>Mainstream critics are just trying to approximate an opinion for general audiences/people most likely to see the movie.
Incorrect. See revies of Transformers past 1. There's a clear split between audience and critical reception.

> They can be taken with a grain of salt, as they've failed to appreciate both avante garde films and more conventional blockbusters in the past.
Okay, but this movie just kida sucks.

>munn's whip cuts through concrete like a lightsaber
>uses it to strangle beast
>it doesn't cut his head off

>movie is mainly about people with superpowers with a GI Joe-tier "work as a team" plot
>try to enjoy the depiction of cool superpowers since the plot is obviously not going to do anything for me
>their depiction is inconsistent to the point you have to make excuses for the movie

Maybe it's my fault for even bothering with capeshit on the first place

Beast confirmed GOAT

>No, they were pretty bad, though looking back, not as bad as I thought.
Nothing that really warrants the word "slammed."
>Clearly better than BvS
At least there's that.
>Incorrect. See revies of Transformers past 1. There's a clear split between audience and critical reception.
Um, this doesn't contradict what I'm saying. They're not always right.
>Okay, but this movie just kida sucks.
Great post, thanks.

1st half really good, then a really bad 2nd half. Makes no sense how you build the movie and villain up so well and then have him be taken down by Jean, who doesn't know the full extent of her powers.

Yeah, idk, maybe someday they'll find a cure for autism.

>Jean, who doesn't know the full extent of her powers.
She manifests her powers as Phoenix.

>Nothing that really warrants the word "slammed."
I hyperbolized. Fine, sue me, but it was clearly much lower than for previous installments,with the exception of Wolverine and III.

>Um, this doesn't contradict what I'm saying. They're not always right.
But they clearly aren't trying to approximate that opinion. Otherwise, the reviews would have been much better higher for films three and four, but they were just as critical. It's clear that critic have accepted that audiences seem to really like these movies when they don't.

>Great post, thanks.
That response doesn't really work when it was only part of my post.

fox lets them say fuck once every movie.

this plus
>thousand year old, lead humanity during most of the time
>picks four bodyguards to guard him during his ONE moment of weakness
>they are all shit except magneto

She literally says in the beginning of the movie she can't control her powers. So she can relate to Scott and build a relationship off that.

the worst performance by Jennifer "IM A STRONG WOMAN" Lawrence
and the best performance by Sophie turner

I love the X-men and no movie is perfect and there's definitely issues with this one but I still enjoyed it. Definitely tired of Mystique I just don't really get this obsession with her god damn it. I remember he said he was going of the original Fox cartoons for the first X movies, is he going off Evolution or some shit? Didn't Mystique change sides in that.

>I hyperbolized.
You called me a contrarian because I liked a film some critics did and some didn't, few of which fell too harshly on either side.
>Fine, sue me, but it was clearly much lower than for previous installments,with the exception of Wolverine and III.
Great. Who cares?
>But they clearly aren't trying to approximate that opinion. Otherwise, the reviews would have been much better higher for films three and four, but they were just as critical. It's clear that critic have accepted that audiences seem to really like these movies when they don't.
People like Transformers movies but hardly anyone thinks they're good films.
>That response doesn't really work when it was only part of my post.
Yeah, great post. Thanks.

Are you not familiar with the Phoenix storyline and its usual interpretation in X-Men media?

>You called me a contrarian because I liked a film some critics did and some didn't, few of which fell too harshly on either side.
I said contrarian thinking that there were actually several people posting here that liked this movie.

>People like Transformers movies but hardly anyone thinks they're good films.
This is missing the point. You said "Mainstream critics are just trying to approximate an opinion for general audiences/people most likely to see the movie," when this is clearly not what they're doing in reviewing these movies. Believe it or not, audiences do like these films and they are incredibly popular, yet they are very poorly received by critics.

>Yeah, great post. Thanks.
Would it work if I said the same thing?

>I said contrarian thinking that there were actually several people posting here that liked this movie.
So it's no longer contrarian because it's just one person?
>This is missing the point. You said "Mainstream critics are just trying to approximate an opinion for general audiences/people most likely to see the movie," when this is clearly not what they're doing in reviewing these movies.
Clearly...
>Believe it or not, audiences do like these films and they are incredibly popular, yet they are very poorly received by critics.
And again, Transformers are considered shitty movies by the average person, but they like them anyway. I've never heard anyone say, "Boy, the critics were really wrong about Transformers 2!" Even if you're right, and people think they're the best movies ever made, they could prove the exception based on just how atrociously made they are. Doesn't mean critics aren't mostly just writing for general audiences. Their opinions on film tend not to be very sophisticated and are often based on whether they liked the film, not trying ascertain the film's actual merit.

Trying to*

Daily reminder that Apocalypse was right and did nothing wrong

Just curious is this the one where the mansion gets destroyed?

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>So it's no longer contrarian because it's just one person?
Honestly, I think it's more likely you're being genuine at this point, so I won't say it.

>Transformers are considered shitty movies by the average person
No, I don't think so. They keep on going to them, would probably find them epic, funny, and fast-paced. I see no reason to believe that most people think they're bad movies, but enjoy them.

>they could prove the exception based on just how atrociously made they are.
This goes back to my point that critics give reviews generally based on whether they think it's a good or bad movie.

Other exceptions to this would be movies like the Tree of Life, which was very polarizing to audiences, but fairly well-reviewed by critics. Similar examples would Willow Creek, Mr. Turner, Haywire, etc. Then there's movies like Boyhood which audiences like, but probably not nearly as much as critics do. And then there's shit like Sharknado, which critics review highly because they're frauds and hacks.

>Hey mutant, want someone to power level you?

>Thanks, Poe Dameron!

This whole fuckin movie, man.

Also, Quicksilver has the best scene in the movie. Again.

I wish they didn't put that shit on his forehead like worf from star trek. It really makes it hard to see that widows peak shape.

storm is fairly decent

What's with the hate for BvS ?

Pretty much everybody hated it, senpai. I'm sure you can find plenty of reasons people have given for hating it online.

Not much.

It featured symbolism for twelve year olds and tried to be every level of grim and deep while it was completely moronic and involuntarily funny. The only good moments of this near three hour shitflick were the opening scene and that one scene with the batmobile.

Compared to Cara Delevingne she's fucking Daniel Day Lewis

Shit

Absolutely no character development, outside of some light Magneto stuff
Obligatory Wolverine appearance
Saturday morning cartoon villain who uses Magneto to build a new house
Bad, corny effects
A good Quicksilver scene that still pales in comparison to his first appearance

best opening sequence

Not Apocalypse