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Dark Phoenix : How Not to Make a Movie
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If you had never read a comic book about the X-men, X-men: Dark Phoenix was a good capstone movie to the franchise. It had action, heart, good special effects, aliens, and wrapped up stories that had been in all the other X-men movies.
The problem is that X-men Dark Phoenix is based on one of the most well-known comic book stories of all time.
Much like the last Star Wars movie that emphasized all the wrong parts of Star Wars, X-men: Dark Phoenix took all the pieces of the comic story but wove them together in a way that was NEVER going to please any X-men fan.
1. Death of Jean's parents. Do we have to start every movie with a death.
2. D'Bari as alien menance. The D'Bari are at the center of the Dark Phoenix's evil, victims of it's twisted power, not Hellfire Club inspired, super-fast, tree monsters.
3. If we need aliens, where were the Shi'ar?
4. Jean Grey is a vibrant super-model, not a sheltered wall-flower.
5. Where was Mastermind?
6. Jean does kill, but not Mystique.
7. Nightcrawler and Magento are German. No accents in the movie.
8. Beast is blue all the time. He's not the Hulk.
9. Who are the no-namer mutants who help Magneto? We have an entire catalog of mutants. Why are we making up some new characters?
10. The last Jean Grey movie was a disaster. Why did we borrow her wardrobe? Long coats again.
11. The Phoenix is a giant, cosmic bird. Most of the movie it's a fire blob.
Maybe Disney will learn from failed mistakes and give us a proper Phoenix trilogy of movies.
1. X-men: Shi'ar - Xavier saves Lilandra, Jean is consumed by the Phoenix.
2. X-men: Hellfire Club - this is what happens when mutants go bad. Jean is manipulated by Mastermind into becoming an evil version of herself and this twists the Phoenix into Dark Phoenix.
3. X-men: Phoenix Song - Bring the first two movies together, ends with Jean sacrificing herself to save the universe.
The goal here is that America falls in love with Jean Grey in movie #1. She's America's sweetheart. She's everywhere on everything. In movie #2, every guy wants a bad girl. In movie #3, Jean returns to the woman we know and save her friends.
The problem is that X-men Dark Phoenix is based on one of the most well-known comic book stories of all time.
Much like the last Star Wars movie that emphasized all the wrong parts of Star Wars, X-men: Dark Phoenix took all the pieces of the comic story but wove them together in a way that was NEVER going to please any X-men fan.
1. Death of Jean's parents. Do we have to start every movie with a death.
2. D'Bari as alien menance. The D'Bari are at the center of the Dark Phoenix's evil, victims of it's twisted power, not Hellfire Club inspired, super-fast, tree monsters.
3. If we need aliens, where were the Shi'ar?
4. Jean Grey is a vibrant super-model, not a sheltered wall-flower.
5. Where was Mastermind?
6. Jean does kill, but not Mystique.
7. Nightcrawler and Magento are German. No accents in the movie.
8. Beast is blue all the time. He's not the Hulk.
9. Who are the no-namer mutants who help Magneto? We have an entire catalog of mutants. Why are we making up some new characters?
10. The last Jean Grey movie was a disaster. Why did we borrow her wardrobe? Long coats again.
11. The Phoenix is a giant, cosmic bird. Most of the movie it's a fire blob.
Maybe Disney will learn from failed mistakes and give us a proper Phoenix trilogy of movies.
1. X-men: Shi'ar - Xavier saves Lilandra, Jean is consumed by the Phoenix.
2. X-men: Hellfire Club - this is what happens when mutants go bad. Jean is manipulated by Mastermind into becoming an evil version of herself and this twists the Phoenix into Dark Phoenix.
3. X-men: Phoenix Song - Bring the first two movies together, ends with Jean sacrificing herself to save the universe.
The goal here is that America falls in love with Jean Grey in movie #1. She's America's sweetheart. She's everywhere on everything. In movie #2, every guy wants a bad girl. In movie #3, Jean returns to the woman we know and save her friends.
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Into the Spiderverse
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I was disappointed when Tom Holland was cast as Spider-man. He does a great job, but as Into the Spiderverse showed, there's a new audience hungry for Miles' story. He's this generation's Peter Parker.
Marvel and Disney really missed an opportunity.
Marvel and Disney really missed an opportunity.
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Game of Thrones s8e3
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OMG.
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Avengers : End Game
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After a disappointing part 1, part 2 started slow, but finished really strong. Our only disappointment was no cut scene launching the next series of movies. Grab something to eat. Visit the restroom. Chat with your friends for the first 45 minutes. Then strap yourself in for a fantastic ending to years of Marvel movies.
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Assassin's Creed and John Wick 2
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Assassin's Creed would have been a brilliant movie, if it had focused only on the past. Mixing the future with the past plus all the back-story made a very difficult to follow movie. The action sequences and visual effects were incredible.
John Wick 1 was very fun. John Wick 2 felt like half the movie was cut out. The John Wick 2 fight scenes weren't fun or dynamic. John spends most of the movie beat up. John Wick 3 should be lots of fun, but let's keep John healthy until the very end.
John Wick 1 was very fun. John Wick 2 felt like half the movie was cut out. The John Wick 2 fight scenes weren't fun or dynamic. John spends most of the movie beat up. John Wick 3 should be lots of fun, but let's keep John healthy until the very end.
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