Yep but I am still gonna peep it. I always go to matinees and get cheap or free tix. So definitely opening weekend.
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Yep but I am still gonna peep it. I always go to matinees and get cheap or free tix. So definitely opening weekend.
I know folks are hating due to them not being in Marvel studio, but I saw the last Xmen movie again last week and actually liked it better than the first time after seeing both that and the last Avengers it was way better...
I know folks want to see them bomb so they can go back to Marvel studios, but be real this shit is dope as fuck, besides even if they were to go back to Marvel they both would have to reboot both franchises at this point ..
I know folks want to see them bomb so they can go back to Marvel studios, but be real this shit is dope as fuck, besides even if they were to go back to Marvel they both would have to reboot both franchises at this point ..
Ok seen it...
It wasn't horrible.
Good summer comic book flick
Special effects some good acting some very nice surprises.
But unfortunately compared to the others?
No bueno.
The biggest complaint?
It was fine.
No more no less
It had no soul No spirit
and Jennifer Lawrence looked like someone kidnapped her puppy to do this role.
Nice little origin scenes the fights were good
As usual Quicksilver stole the movie but it was really redundant.
Dumb deaths really dumb.
Psylocke looked fantastic had 6 lines and just posed throughout the movie.
The surprise guest had no lines and was awesome.
The movie straiNed and struggled to find any semblance of levity and damaged the entire precedings.
It looked great...but felt hollow.
IF you gonna make a movie for the fans? Get the little things right.
And I think there was like one black person on this entire movie...did no one else notice?
This movie had no heart ho soul no agency no pain no umph.
The 3 big moments were CLOSE but no cigar.
It need something just some connection something visceral...
This was literally a comic book movie thin and 2 dimensional.
It wasn't horrible.
Good summer comic book flick
Special effects some good acting some very nice surprises.
But unfortunately compared to the others?
No bueno.
The biggest complaint?
It was fine.
No more no less
It had no soul No spirit
and Jennifer Lawrence looked like someone kidnapped her puppy to do this role.
Nice little origin scenes the fights were good
As usual Quicksilver stole the movie but it was really redundant.
Dumb deaths really dumb.
Psylocke looked fantastic had 6 lines and just posed throughout the movie.
The surprise guest had no lines and was awesome.
The movie straiNed and struggled to find any semblance of levity and damaged the entire precedings.
It looked great...but felt hollow.
IF you gonna make a movie for the fans? Get the little things right.
And I think there was like one black person on this entire movie...did no one else notice?
This movie had no heart ho soul no agency no pain no umph.
The 3 big moments were CLOSE but no cigar.
It need something just some connection something visceral...
This was literally a comic book movie thin and 2 dimensional.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/oscar-isaac-describes-excruciating-time-on-x-men-apocal-1830489880
Oscar Isaac Describes 'Excruciating' Time on X-Men Apocalypse, Is All of Us
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Don’t expect to see Oscar Isaac under layers of latex any time soon.
Photo: 20th Century Fox
Actors, they’re just like you and I. We all have expectations when we get into something. We all just sign on to multimillion-dollar superhero blockbusters hoping to have a fun time with interesting co-workers. And sometimes, what we wind up with instead is being trapped in a look akin to Ivan Ooze from Power Rangers: The Movie. Relatable, right?
Speaking to GQ as part of a retrospective of all his roles, the ever-relatable Oscar Isaac recounted his time working on the most recent X-Men film release...and didn’t exactly mince words when it came to how he really felt about being transformed into the film’s titular villain:
Apocalypse, that was excruciating. I didn’t know when I said yes that that was what was going to be happening. That I was going to be encased in glue, latex and a 40-pound suit—that I had to wear a cooling mechanism at all times. I couldn’t move my head, ever.
You’d think at some point someone might have actually shown Isaac a picture of what Apocalypse looked like, but hey! First time for everything, including working with full body makeup and prosthetics. But Isaac had been hoping that it was just going to be a fun time working with interesting actors. Instead, he got to not do that and be encased in sweaty latex for hours:
I was like, ‘oh, I get to work with these great actors that I like so much,’ but I couldn’t even see them because I couldn’t move my head. And I had to sit on a specially designed saddle, because that’s the only thing I could really sit on, and I would be rolled into a cooling tent in-between takes. And so I just wouldn’t ever talk to anybody, and I was just gonna be sitting and I couldn’t really move, and like, sweating inside the mask and the helmet.
Poor guy sounds miserable! Which, to be fair, is most people’s reaction toX-Men: Apocalypse anyway. But really, Isaac saved his best comment for last:
And then getting it off was the worst part, because they just had to kind of scrape it off for hours and hours. So, that was X-Men: Apocalypse.
Ouch. Given all he went through to be turned into the mighty mutant, honestly, that’s a reasonable assessment.
Oscar Isaac Describes 'Excruciating' Time on X-Men Apocalypse, Is All of Us
James Whitbrook
32 minutes ago
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Don’t expect to see Oscar Isaac under layers of latex any time soon.
Photo: 20th Century Fox
Actors, they’re just like you and I. We all have expectations when we get into something. We all just sign on to multimillion-dollar superhero blockbusters hoping to have a fun time with interesting co-workers. And sometimes, what we wind up with instead is being trapped in a look akin to Ivan Ooze from Power Rangers: The Movie. Relatable, right?
Speaking to GQ as part of a retrospective of all his roles, the ever-relatable Oscar Isaac recounted his time working on the most recent X-Men film release...and didn’t exactly mince words when it came to how he really felt about being transformed into the film’s titular villain:
Apocalypse, that was excruciating. I didn’t know when I said yes that that was what was going to be happening. That I was going to be encased in glue, latex and a 40-pound suit—that I had to wear a cooling mechanism at all times. I couldn’t move my head, ever.
You’d think at some point someone might have actually shown Isaac a picture of what Apocalypse looked like, but hey! First time for everything, including working with full body makeup and prosthetics. But Isaac had been hoping that it was just going to be a fun time working with interesting actors. Instead, he got to not do that and be encased in sweaty latex for hours:
I was like, ‘oh, I get to work with these great actors that I like so much,’ but I couldn’t even see them because I couldn’t move my head. And I had to sit on a specially designed saddle, because that’s the only thing I could really sit on, and I would be rolled into a cooling tent in-between takes. And so I just wouldn’t ever talk to anybody, and I was just gonna be sitting and I couldn’t really move, and like, sweating inside the mask and the helmet.
Poor guy sounds miserable! Which, to be fair, is most people’s reaction toX-Men: Apocalypse anyway. But really, Isaac saved his best comment for last:
And then getting it off was the worst part, because they just had to kind of scrape it off for hours and hours. So, that was X-Men: Apocalypse.
Ouch. Given all he went through to be turned into the mighty mutant, honestly, that’s a reasonable assessment.
He would be up shits creek if they did the costume correctly. Piece of shit movie piece of performance...that was a check for his ass nothing more. Actors don’t care about the source material anyway
Bryan Singer Makes Himself a Part of Bohemian Rhapsody’s Golden Globes Win on Instagram
By Jackson McHenry@McHenryJD
Bryan Singer. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Even though Bohemian Rhapsody won Best Actor in a Drama and Best Drama at the Golden Globes Sunday night, everyone involved studiously avoided mentioning Bryan Singer, who is credited as the Freddie Mercury biopic’s director. Singer was fired from the biopic, reportedly after an on-set fight with star Rami Malek (though the director insists that he was caring for an ill parent), but has retained his director credit, and also apparently decided to make himself a part of the Globes celebration through Instagram. Singer posted a photo of himself on the film set in the director’s chair writing “What an honor. Thank you,” and also shared two graphics celebrating Bohemian Rhapsody’s win as Instagram stories.
Days after Singer was fired from Bohemian Rhapsody in December 2017, he was sued for raping a 17-year-old boy at a party in 2003 (Singer denied all those allegations). The director was previously accused of forcing several minors to strip naked for a scene on the set of Apt Pupil in 1997 and sued in 2014 by a man claiming Singer raped him as a teenager, though that lawsuit was withdrawn by the accuser. After keeping a low profile throughout most of 2018, Singer made a deal to direct a movie in September, and in October, posted an Instagram preemptively denied the accusations made against himin an Esquire article that he claimed would rehash old allegations of sexual assault made against him.
That article is still yet to be published.
By Jackson McHenry@McHenryJD
Bryan Singer. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Even though Bohemian Rhapsody won Best Actor in a Drama and Best Drama at the Golden Globes Sunday night, everyone involved studiously avoided mentioning Bryan Singer, who is credited as the Freddie Mercury biopic’s director. Singer was fired from the biopic, reportedly after an on-set fight with star Rami Malek (though the director insists that he was caring for an ill parent), but has retained his director credit, and also apparently decided to make himself a part of the Globes celebration through Instagram. Singer posted a photo of himself on the film set in the director’s chair writing “What an honor. Thank you,” and also shared two graphics celebrating Bohemian Rhapsody’s win as Instagram stories.
Days after Singer was fired from Bohemian Rhapsody in December 2017, he was sued for raping a 17-year-old boy at a party in 2003 (Singer denied all those allegations). The director was previously accused of forcing several minors to strip naked for a scene on the set of Apt Pupil in 1997 and sued in 2014 by a man claiming Singer raped him as a teenager, though that lawsuit was withdrawn by the accuser. After keeping a low profile throughout most of 2018, Singer made a deal to direct a movie in September, and in October, posted an Instagram preemptively denied the accusations made against himin an Esquire article that he claimed would rehash old allegations of sexual assault made against him.
That article is still yet to be published.
BAFTA Removes Bryan Singer’s Name From Bohemian Rhapsody Nomination Following Abuse Allegations
By Hunter Harris@hunteryharris
Bryan Singer. Photo: Vianney Le Caer/Shutterstock
BAFTA has removed Bryan Singer’s name from Bohemian Rhapsody’s Best Film nomination, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “In light of recent very serious allegations, BAFTA has informed Bryan Singer that his nomination for Bohemian Rhapsody has been suspended, effective immediately,” BAFTA said in a statement. “BAFTA considers the alleged behaviour completely unacceptable and incompatible with its values. This has led to Mr Singer’s suspended nomination. BAFTA notes Mr Singer’s denial of the allegations. The suspension of his nomination will therefore remain in place until the outcome of the allegations has been resolved. BAFTA believes everyone has the right to a fulfilling career in a safe, professional working environment, and it will continue to collaborate with the film, games and television industries to achieve this.” The names of producer Graham King and writer Anthony McCarten will remain.
In an exposé published by The Atlantic last month, four men accused Singer of sexual abuse, dating back to the 1990s. After The Atlantic’s story, the GLAAD Media Awards removed Bohemian Rhapsody from consideration for Best Original Film. Singer called the report a “homophobic smear piece,” and his attorneys denied that he ever had sex with or had a preference for underage men.
By Hunter Harris@hunteryharris
Bryan Singer. Photo: Vianney Le Caer/Shutterstock
BAFTA has removed Bryan Singer’s name from Bohemian Rhapsody’s Best Film nomination, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “In light of recent very serious allegations, BAFTA has informed Bryan Singer that his nomination for Bohemian Rhapsody has been suspended, effective immediately,” BAFTA said in a statement. “BAFTA considers the alleged behaviour completely unacceptable and incompatible with its values. This has led to Mr Singer’s suspended nomination. BAFTA notes Mr Singer’s denial of the allegations. The suspension of his nomination will therefore remain in place until the outcome of the allegations has been resolved. BAFTA believes everyone has the right to a fulfilling career in a safe, professional working environment, and it will continue to collaborate with the film, games and television industries to achieve this.” The names of producer Graham King and writer Anthony McCarten will remain.
In an exposé published by The Atlantic last month, four men accused Singer of sexual abuse, dating back to the 1990s. After The Atlantic’s story, the GLAAD Media Awards removed Bohemian Rhapsody from consideration for Best Original Film. Singer called the report a “homophobic smear piece,” and his attorneys denied that he ever had sex with or had a preference for underage men.
Brian Cox defends Bryan Singer's on-set behavior on 'X2: X-Men United'
'Succession' star Brian Cox defended his 'X2: X-Men United' director Bryan Singer when it comes to allegations over his on-set behavior
Brian Cox defends Bryan Singer's on-set behavior on X2: X-Men United: 'I think he's an extraordinary director'
"He was under a lot of strain," the Succession star said of his former director.
By Maureen Lee LenkerFebruary 03, 2023 at 07:00 PM EST
Lately, Brian Cox seems to have about as much tact as Logan Roy.
After defending author J.K. Rowling over her transphobic comments, now he's throwing support behind his X2: X-Men United director Bryan Singer. Singer's reported "unprofessional" behavior on sets has often been a subject of controversy (and even led to his dismissal from Bohemian Rhapsody).
In 2020, The Hollywood Reporter published an exposé detailing an alleged toxic work environment on the first X-Men. The main cast reportedly threatened to walk away from the movie over Singer's behavior. Then, in a 2021 memoir, Alan Cumming, who played Nightcrawler in X2, described a similarly tense environment on set, including the cast staging an intervention for Singer over the director's use of painkillers.
But Cox, who starred as the film's non-mutant villain William Stryker and considers X2 the best of the mutant franchise, praised Singer and defended the director's on-set behavior in a recent interview with Yahoo! Entertainment.
Brian Cox as as William Stryker in 'X2: X-Men United.'
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Cox explained Singer's behavior, noting that the director was "under a lot of strain" throughout production. "One of his great things was that when he came to a new set, he would have to rethink it," Cox remembered. "He'd have a thought, and then have to rethink [the scene]. So that was always a difficult transition for him. But once he cracked it, he cracked it very quickly and was able to get on with it."
The Succession star also revealed that he was Singer's first choice for the role of Stryker, but that it took some back and forth between the director and the studio. "I think he's an extraordinary director — really, really gifted," Cox added "Certainly I will always be grateful to him because he had confidence in me and got me the role. I played a waiting game and it worked."
The Emmy winner also praised Singer's use of allegory in the film, as it pertains to the mutants and their sense of otherness. "There's real allegory in that film, and it serves a lot of purpose," Cox reflected. "That's why I love Bryan's view on it, because he sees it very much as those who are out of the norm as it were. It's very much an allegory film for him as well."
Singer came out as bisexual in 2014 and many have drawn parallels between the franchise's themes of feeling like an outsider and Singer's sexuality.
Brian Cox and director Bryan Singer
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Cox is just the latest X-Men star to weigh in on Singer's on-set antics. When asked earlier this year about his experiences making the X-Men films, Hugh Jackman told The Guardian, "This was my first movie in America, you gotta understand; it was all so new to me. I think it's fair to say that… There are some stories, you know… I think there are some ways of being on set that would not happen now. And I think that things have changed for the better."
He then spoke more broadly, saying, "There's way less tolerance for disrespectful, marginalizing, bullying, any oppressive behavior. There's zero tolerance for it now and people will speak out, and I think that's great."
Jennifer Lawrence, who played Mystique in several X-Men films, also called out Singer, albeit in a more offhand manner, while sitting down for a roundtable discussion with multiple actresses in the awards season conversation for THR and addressing the stereotype that women are too emotional in stressful work environments.
"I mean, I've worked with Bryan Singer," she said. "I've seen emotional men. I've seen the biggest hissy fits thrown on set."
Singer has been the subject of numerous controversies. In addition to the various reports of his on-set behavior, including Rami Malek saying his experience with the director on Bohemian Rhapsody "was not pleasant," Singer has faced numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, including multiple claims of sexual assault of minors.
The director has been sued multiple times since 1997, though all lawsuits have either been dropped or settled out of court. Singer has not been arrested or charged with any crimes and the filmmaker has repeatedly denied the allegations.
Not true, they made him the most known character through over exposure via the films.
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