X-Men: Apocalypse' Review: It's A Franchise-Killing Disaster
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I finally watched this on Kodi last night. I didn't completely hate the movie, and it did have some good moments for me:
Professor Xavier stumbling all over himself in regards to Moira McTaggert.
Quiksilver's action sequences were on point, especially the mansion rescue scene with "Sweet Dreams" playing in the background.
Nightcrawler was pretty damn funny at time. I was rolling at how he was cheesing when they were taking his picture at the school.
The meta moment when the kids were leaving the theater after seeing Return of the Jedi and Jean Gray saying "the third movie is usually the worst." lol
However, the movie left a whole lot of questions:
How the hell did Wolverine end up in the Weapon X program? That whole scene felt like one big excuse to include him in the movie.
Angel and Psylocke were complete wastes.
J-Law seemed like she just phoned it in.
Jean Grey saying that she can't control her powers, yet she's able to use them to take down Apocalypse.
Marvel needs to send some goons over to Fox and hold someone over the balcony until they sign over the rights so that this franchise can get some true justice.
Professor Xavier stumbling all over himself in regards to Moira McTaggert.
Quiksilver's action sequences were on point, especially the mansion rescue scene with "Sweet Dreams" playing in the background.
Nightcrawler was pretty damn funny at time. I was rolling at how he was cheesing when they were taking his picture at the school.
The meta moment when the kids were leaving the theater after seeing Return of the Jedi and Jean Gray saying "the third movie is usually the worst." lol
However, the movie left a whole lot of questions:
How the hell did Wolverine end up in the Weapon X program? That whole scene felt like one big excuse to include him in the movie.
Angel and Psylocke were complete wastes.
J-Law seemed like she just phoned it in.
Jean Grey saying that she can't control her powers, yet she's able to use them to take down Apocalypse.
Marvel needs to send some goons over to Fox and hold someone over the balcony until they sign over the rights so that this franchise can get some true justice.
Its been 20 years since First Class - why do they both look unchanged?
Its been 10 years since DoFP why is Quicksilver un-aged and still in mom's basement? only now seeking out Xavier?
Just thought about another sign of the lazy writing in X-Men Apocalypse. This movie takes place in the 80s yet both Magneto & Professor X look like they're still in their prime. Magneto was in his preteen years, which is typically when a mutant first displays any mutant abilities. This would put him in his 50s by the time this movie took place. 
just came from the movies seeing this and I am definitely in the minority on this forum when i say, i like this movie more than the captain america movie. I hear all the problem you all have with it and how deep y'all are looking into it but as a movie the shit was good to me and i prefer it to civil war. Maybe the darkness of it and the happy go lucky shit in civil war made the difference but i went in thinking like most of you and came out pleasantly surprised unlike i was with civl war.
my reply in another thread.... v v v
man i just got back...
i`m glad i read some of these negative comments cuz i went in not expecting much...
man that shit was good as fuck to me....some of y`all just say the shit garbage cuz other people say the shit garbage...
replies trend on this mutha fucka always...
not better than civil war but shit was good ..right in line with the other 2....
obviously it`s not gonna b perfect but what movie is...i think apocalypse should have been taller...
the wolverine part was tight...a R rated wolverine would b the shit....i liked their reaction to him when he was straight going berserk...
... anyway ...i say it`s worth the money...go c it & judge for urself...
i think thats how it happened in the comics...they just tied it in to this story...
comic heads correct me if i`m wrong...
I think he meant how did he get there from where he was at the end of DOFP. Mystique was pretending to be Stryker at the end of DOFP and took him.....and he ends up with the real one here 10 years later with no explanation.
It's been 10 years. She could only keep him safe for so long. Somewhere in those 10 years striker was gonna get him. He was gonna get him no matter what, that's really the only way to explain how he get the adamantum.
I believe it is subjective on who likes or dislikes the film.
In my opinion, there was some decent action in it but it just
failed miserable with the lazy screenplay and awful direction.
Only best parts I liked was the QuickSilver 'Sweet Dreams' sequence
and the Magneto story of his new life.
Once again a Marvel villain was wasted in a motion picture.
Everything about the portrayal of Apocalypse in this film was garbage.
From the costume design, actor being used, sound audio and movie
lines was cheesy and awful.
There was nothing menacing of this character in the film.
J.Lawrence looked so disinterested in this film.
There were some scenes that she was meant to be serious
but with the lazy writing it became laughable because of
the awkwardness of her scenes.
I am not gonna mention the various plot discrepancies in this film;
there is just too many to mention.
If I had a choice I liked BvS more than this movie.
All in all, this is the worst of all the Xmen films.
In my opinion, there was some decent action in it but it just
failed miserable with the lazy screenplay and awful direction.
Only best parts I liked was the QuickSilver 'Sweet Dreams' sequence
and the Magneto story of his new life.
Once again a Marvel villain was wasted in a motion picture.
Everything about the portrayal of Apocalypse in this film was garbage.
From the costume design, actor being used, sound audio and movie
lines was cheesy and awful.
There was nothing menacing of this character in the film.
J.Lawrence looked so disinterested in this film.
There were some scenes that she was meant to be serious
but with the lazy writing it became laughable because of
the awkwardness of her scenes.
I am not gonna mention the various plot discrepancies in this film;
there is just too many to mention.
If I had a choice I liked BvS more than this movie.
All in all, this is the worst of all the Xmen films.
Theres no room for opinion on some matters...this is one. You're a fool.
Nah X-Men Last Stand still holds that title
Yeah I hear ya
If I had a choice of which was worse,
I would say xmen apocalypse but
the Last Stand could've been a whole lot better.
X-Men: Apocalypse finished in second with an estimated $22.3 million, a 66% drop from its opening weekend, much steeper than expected and is now likely to find the film finishing somewhere in the range of $160-165 million domestically. For some perspective, that's just over where the first X-Men film finished back in 2000, is right around where X-Men: Days of Future Past was after just ten days in release, where Deadpool was at after just five days and less than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice made in its opening weekend.
Internationally, however, X-Men: Apocalypse is delivering. The film brought in an estimated $84.4 million this weekend, which includes an estimated $59 million in China, the second largest Fox opening in China behind only the Titanic re-release and $20 million more than Days of Future Past opened with. The film's international total is now up to $286 million, bringing its global cume to just over $400 million, currently placing it within the top ten for 2016. Should this trend continue, Apocalypse would end somewhere around $650 million globally, which is about $100 million less than Days of Future Past.
Internationally, however, X-Men: Apocalypse is delivering. The film brought in an estimated $84.4 million this weekend, which includes an estimated $59 million in China, the second largest Fox opening in China behind only the Titanic re-release and $20 million more than Days of Future Past opened with. The film's international total is now up to $286 million, bringing its global cume to just over $400 million, currently placing it within the top ten for 2016. Should this trend continue, Apocalypse would end somewhere around $650 million globally, which is about $100 million less than Days of Future Past.
the first xmen movie is the worst to me, it came out a year or so after Blade so I had great expectations but I remember thinking what kind of bullshit is this
smh. no.
". X-Men: Apocalypse is essentially the title sequence from that ’90s X-Men cartoon stretched out for two and a half hours. Loud, flashy, and extremely true to the comics,"
the reviewer obviously has NEVER read an XMen comic book - just pretending he has...
damn shame a review on a site named dorkshelf - has a non geek review of XMen
so shouldn't alex and scott's parents be studied in a lab somewhere?
my reply in another thread.... v v v
man i just got back...
i`m glad i read some of these negative comments cuz i went in not expecting much...
man that shit was good as fuck to me....some of y`all just say the shit garbage cuz other people say the shit garbage...
replies trend on this mutha fucka always...
not better than civil war but shit was good ..right in line with the other 2....
obviously it`s not gonna b perfect but what movie is...i think apocalypse should have been taller...
the wolverine part was tight...a R rated wolverine would b the shit....i liked their reaction to him when he was straight going berserk...
anyway ...i say it`s worth the money...go c it & judge for urself...
Just saw it last night with the lady... we both loved it, but again I dont follow the comics too close so I wouldnt know certain details of what may have been jacked up.
can't get over him being in george costanza size heel boots and still ain't even as tall as storm lol
that's probably why they did so many low angled shots too.
make his stature seem bigger.
make his stature seem bigger.
They should have had her like this in the movies
I don't think they have ever really hit the mark on casting her
They actually killed him in 5 minutes. It was a one short "battle" if you will. A battle in which Apocalypse didn't do anything.
I swear they don't read the source material at all. It's like they just read the first paragraph of a wikipedia page, say, "Ok we got it", and make up the rest.
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