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Could you please do a Neil Breen review, you don’t have to do all of the movies and I don’t mind which one you choose, I’d just love to see NC review one.
Yeah Magneto and Quicksilver were easily the best performances. Magneto and his family should've been an entire story by itself. That was a part of the movie that deserved to be in a better movie. Quicksilver was entertaining tho too.
Even if it is a bad movie, you can at least enjoy the performance that Michael Fassbender gives if he is in the movie because he is just so damn talented.
So Magneto is doing this because he lost his family, quicksilver reveals he is family....AND THEY DONT USE THIS! It’s baffling, why wasn’t that used to motivate him to fight Apocalypse?
That was actually quite stupid, they could have had Quicksilver tell him he is his son and that would be the motivation Magneto would get to turn against Apocalypse. Hell even have a scene at the end of the movie where they start to kind of bond because Magneto and Quicksilver are usually the two best parts of those movies.
But... they DO use it. He talks his dad out of it, or you skipped that part of the movie??? He runs up and tells him about his father and Magneto realizes HE is his father. It's pretty blatant.
I never got the Mystique love in this, like one minute she's trying to assassinate the president, the next she's some great liberator who inspires Mutants around the planet. - Isn't thst what Xavier and Magneto are supposed to be, with younger Mutants falling into either ideology.
@@franohmsford7548 Thanks for this line you make it even more problematic than it could be better to say. SIW - i heared about those, saw those and it's just more annoying to be honest than questioning Mystige being great here suddenly (not that I 100% watched without having mixed feelings about that, but still).
@@Devilsblood It's ok if you don't like the character but no need to be rude! Also, you could explain why you hate him instead of just saying '' He sucks! '' and nothing else.
@@ladypool1404 why? I'm getting sick of the whole "explain yourself" line. I'm just letting you know that this character is overblown and overhyped. He was the most annoying part of the xmen movies.
16:15 there’s actually a deleted scene of them going to the mall, in fact it’s kind of charming. There were a lot of scenes focusing on the young x-men that got cut and honestly I think that’s this movies biggest downfall.
"He's the most hated X-Men, why?" Because all of these movies never got Cyclops' character right and for a lot of people this is their only experience with him.
I have a lot of problems with Cyclops, but after talking with my brother a lot, I’ve realized that it’s a very personal dislike. I actually have a lot in common with Scott, and I always see the worst of myself reflected back at me. I’ve never seen a version of him that fails to make me want to punch him.
He was being facetious, having just said that line after Cyclops was a dick to Jean, which is unlike him obviously. Not saying Cyclops wasn't an ass in the comics/show but not so blatantly and rarely is he such a dick to Jean.
13:15 “My god, he’s really trying!” “He does realize this is the 9th of these films, right?” I lost my shit laughing at this line, Doug. Perfect execution!
Well I guess every story's gotta have an origin on why the bald dude's bald. At least I can safely say this film did it better than Lex "Not" Luthor in Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Wonder Woman's Upcoming Film. >:3
Troubled Production: To what extent isn't fully known, but what is known is that Singer’s habit of being absent from set caused problems on set of X-Men: Apocalypse, meaning Newton Thomas Sigel (the film’s cinematographer) and Simon Kinberg (the writer and producer) had to direct some scenes. Olivia Munn revealed that Singer abruptly left the Montreal set to fly down to LA to deal with a “thyroid problem” (something most on set questioned as to why he didn't treat in Canada), returning after only 10 days while simply texting actors “Keep filming” or “It’s fine. Just keep filming without me” in-between. Sophie Turner revealed that Singer was, in her words, "unpleasant" and implied that the on-set tension between Singer and Rami Malek on Bohemian Rhapsody also happened with her. Oscar Isaac also hated the costume and makeup he had to wear to play Apocalypse, which according to him prevented him from being able to properly move or even turn his head to face the actors due to how restrictive and heavy the full-body suit was. Jennifer Lawrence also described the production as "all chaos, no fun" in an interview and it’s understandably theorized by fans that her experience on this set was the main reason Lawrence decided to leave the franchise, though she came back for Dark Phoenix. Olivia Munn also later complained about Singer's and Kinberg's lack of knowledge of the original comics, revealing that the two knew almost nothing about Psylocke's backstory, and originally wanted the character to wear a generic Movie Superheroes Wear Black outfit, resulting in her having to lobby for something closer to her comic outfit.
So the exact same problems faced by other Singer productions ranging from Superman returns to Bohemian rhapsody. Also why does the guy keep leaving his own movie?
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As you all know, this commentary was typed with a keyboard, by a man with hands, and those who keep cramming that line into a big-budget blockbuster should read a couple of scripting textbooks.
22:12 For whatever reason, I will never get tired of that Quicksilver slo-mo cliché. I've seen it in X-Men Apocalypse, DoFP, Angry Birds Movie, Sonic the Hedgehog and Space Jam 2 and it's still fun to watch.
Olivia Munn was the best thing about the movie, she fought so hard to get a comic accurate Psylocke costume and would accept nothing less than a purple Jim Lee outfit. For that she has my eternal thanks.
@@funkyweapon1981 I just want people to look like the character they are playing, Olivia got that job done in spades while having the bonus of looking sexy as hell. I was so happy Olivia wanted the iconic Jim Lee costume, even knowing how many people would criticize it being to sexualized or 'objectifying' and didn't go with a safer modern Psylocke costume. The Jim Lee outfit is iconic and I never thought I'd get to see it in live action like that. I would give anything to see her get to play Psylocke where she got to look like Psylocke and also act like Psylocke as well, it's very rare to get an actor/actress who cares that much for the character they are playing... and Fox wasted her.
Hey now, no need to criticize her physical appearance. Can't we all just be positive and talk about how she has absolutely nothing to offer and has all the talent of a cardboard cutout?
I just love Lawrence's delivery on the "what I have left" line. It sounds like she's gonna be like, "I'm gonna go fight for what I have left. Anyone want me to pick up anything on the way back?"
That sounds like a cool idea indeed. My only concern/worry is how Doug/Critic will talk about Shrek Forever After. I know it came after… that movie, but I consider it to be a fantastic and underrated conclusion to the trilogy. Yeah, I said “trilogy”… I don’t like to think about that abomination.
14:01: "Yes. They actually think you *don't know* what 'apocalypse' means!" Technically it doesn't mean "the end of the world;" it comes from a Greek word meaning "revelation." It's just that The Apocalypse (the biblical Book of Revelation) spent so much of its time discussing prophecies of the end of the world that the term has become widely misunderstood in pop culture.
6:29 As you know, you must never use the phrase “As you know” when writing exposition in a screenplay. However, I have found that even good movies are guilty of having one instance of this lousy phrase. Here is a list of them: - Chinatown - Enter the Dragon - Isle of Dogs - A Charlie Brown Christmas - The Shawshank Redemption - Life is Beautiful - The Book of Life - Balto
Suggestions for future Reviews: The Mummy Returns (2001) The Belko Experiment (2016), City Of Ember (2008), Circle (2015), Power Rangers (2017), Jonah: A Veggietales Movie (2002), Meteor Man (1993), Weekend At Bernie's 2 (1993), Superman 3 (1983), Old Vs. New of Watership Down (1978 Vs. 2018), Episode Vlog of Amphibia (2019).
Well, I mostly consider it the real end to X-men film series, and Logan the end of the film franchise as a whole...Oh amd the Deapool films exist in their weird timeline bubble at the moment.
My issue with Logan is that regardless of how well done it is as a movie it still basically invalidated the rest of the movie series by having the X-Men killed off by Xavier of all people and to top it off doing away with almost every other mutant on the planet and nobody doing anything about it. Hence I prefer to see Days of Future Past as the conclusion to the series too.
It does seem like leaders of superhero teams tend to get hated on: Cyclops, Leonardo, Superman, etc... Hell, I remember the Honest Trailers for Avengers (2012) claiming that Captain America was "no one's favorite character". Perhaps it's b/c they're usually the boy scout type that many find to be bland by default. Though there are lots of exceptions such as Optimus Prime.
The Marvel films had to undo all the damage of the 90s. The reason the X-Men exploded in popularity by that era was because they were seen as the bad boys of the Marvel Universe. The MCU re-envisioned characters like Captain America; he was no longer the patriotic doo-gooder of old always spouting war stories, but just a kid out of time wanting to stand up to bullies.
And yes to all of this there are some exceptions like prime but even hes boyscouty here and there but all these characters have dimensions here and there and are relatable on a level that's why they are so good and so bad as well
@@shindean "he was no longer the patriotic doo-gooder of old always spouting war stories, but just a kid out of time wanting to stand up to bullies" That a good thing?
@@dylansharp8471 it makes him relevant to modern audiences who don't care about war propoganda. You do know that the armed forces are NOT a popular topic with young fans, right?
One of my least favorite parts about this movie is how lazy Apocalypse was included. Imagine this alternative for a second: after the Apocalypse opening scene in Egypt and the credits, we cut to 1973, where Magneto has barricaded the White House, and is announcing the existence of mutants to the public decades before they were in the previous timeline. Watching this on a tv screen is a couple: David and N’Dare Munroe. They had previously agreed they were going to stay in America. But now that mutants were just revealed in a terrorist attack, they fear the backlash their daughter will face, since she’s one of the few mutants who shows signs before puberty (her white hair). They decide to move somewhere that news is slower to reach, in hopes she will be kept safe. Cut a decade later, and we see Ororo, like in the comics, being trapped in a building with her dead parents after a bombing. The fear, anger, and grief all combine to awaken her mutant abilities, and she summons a chaotic storm to free herself. This immense display of power registers on Apocalypse instruments, which are designed to seek out the strongest mutants, and the protocol awakens him. We have a clear illustration of how this is a branch timeline, and rather than Apocalypse apparently having never been woken up in the previous timeline due to extra-vigilant rug-placement, we get a more comics accurate epic scene. (Not to mention it’d give us the chance for Storm to finally have an accent).
Agreed. And if they really wanted to show Apocalypse backstory, just have ocasional flashbacks of him explaining his motivations. maybe evn having him actually say his "only the storngest will survive" mindset
Actually, Psylocke was meant to have a very different outfit in the movie, the actress is the one who requested for the outfit to be loyal to the comics
Yeah I thank Olivia Munn for that effort. Originally it was meant to be all black with a purple sash. She said the costume was Purple with a red sash. They then tried to say what about black with a purple sash? And she almost lost it as the sash is red and not purple. As someone who SUPER cares about comic costume accuracy, finding out Olivia Munn was/is as anal about getting costumes right as me made me adore her. Olivia forced the costume to be as Jim Lee costume accurate as possible. She even brought a ton of comics about Psylocke to Singer and Kinberg and asked where her character was going and was very let down to find out they both knew absolutely nothing about Psylocke and her role was basically just Fox mandated and had no care from Singer or Kinberg. She had to fight to get anything Psylocke onscreen. She and January Jones are both actresses who were really screwed over by their directors. January Jones was in similar situation in First Class where she had to beg to be able to do anything onscreen and was very unhappy she kept being directed to be cold and lifeless despite her saying Emma Frost from her studies was a lot more lively and snarky... but director said 'no your cold and emotionless' so all the reviews of her performance being cold and lifeless were a directing choice.
@@Fordo007 The costume still looks pretty ridiculous... the worst shots are when they're on the rock face and she's just doing a power stance the whole time.
@@Fordo007 Ugh, tell me about it, Enma is my favourite X-MEN, she got an awful appearanc ein Origins Wolverine, very underwhelming and forgetable role in first Class (even tough the actress looked JUST LIKE HER and in the Hellfire club saga non the less) and then she got killed off-screen on Days of future past. Like seriously, way to get your favourite character botched on the big screen, twice.
Apocalypse should have a body like Thanos. I was expecting some CGI but no... they had to make a story that he transfers his consciousness into another body which explains why he looks like that.
Giving him a CGI body would have been a lot better if it was done well... and a lot worse if it was done poorly. I for one am grateful that they didn't give us a terrible CGI bad guy, because let's face it, the odds weren't in their favor.
@@Darkprosper Apocalypse is one of those guys, who actually would work better as a CGI character, but with the writing he got it'd be just polishing a bowl of diarrhea.
They didn't need CGI to make him look taller and more menacing. Could have been the same dude in the same costume but using forced perspective and other camera tricks to make him look like he was 8 feet tall.
I really wish that they had done the “Age of Apocalypse” storyline from the mid-90’s instead of the direction they went with this film. How cool would it have been to see all the alternate versions of these characters? And it would have followed perfectly from the “Days of Future Past” messing with the timeline story.
Age of Apocalypse is one of the best storylines from the comics. Well done it would be amazing, but I think they would have ruined it. I mean, look what they did to Storm.
@@NataliaHerrera-ul4gq Same is true to Dark Phoenix Saga. They literally make same mistake three times in the row. How the hell this did happen? Why they make dedicated movie if they still refused to adopt this story in correct way? This literally make no sense!
@@TheRezro Dude, the Dark Phoenix movie was based on the Hellfire Club arc of the Saga, not the entire Saga. The only major difference was that the villains were different. Do you know long the Saga is in the comics? It is called a Saga for a reason and to expect it to be told in a single film is silly and the movie was suppose to have a sequel.
@@theraVen27 Alexandra Shipp and Evan Peters gave good performances as Quicksilver and Storm, though. Heck, they should have been the main characters of this movie.
@@chasehedges6775 Hell, why couldn’t Storm have been the heart of this film? She joins Apocalypse at first, but then after he turns Magneto into one of his horsemen, she has second thoughts after seeing him prey on a broken man’s grief and sadness. When they go with Apocalypse to the mansion to capture Charles, she turns on him and attacks him and the horsemen, joining the X-Men, and he can barely escape by teleporting.
Every time I see Scott and Jean together, I always wonder what do they actually see in each other? Even in the animated series I always felt like her being with him had a "only because I was head cheerleader and he was captain of the football team" vibe.
Everyone who knows about Darwin's potential was pissed about that. In the comics, his powers were so broken he literally evolved to have a genius intellect for the sole purpose of pleasing his mom and survived a fight with Hulk. But here he was killed by an energy pellet being shoved down his throat. He was basically killed to make the villain look badass even though it made no damn sense. Easily the worse part of that movie.
I remember after First Class when everyone was expecting a direct sequel with the X-men vs the Brotherhood and kept expecting Darwin to come back in that movie with his powers more evolved. Then Singer came back and got rid of almost everything First Class set up...
@@MoostachedSaiyanPrince His power is so extensive in the comics he literally evolved the ability to teleport away from the Hulk because that was the best way to survive that fight. Yet in the movie a guy can just walk up and force feed him to death.
@@b.chaline4394 Ahhh come on, he is trying... Like I don't know, but I don't think the character is meant to be German, and I've heard much worse pronunciations from foreigners living in Germany
@@chasehedges6775 To draw attention to a particular point and / or to remind people of something they SHOULD know but might have forgotten, or just in case someone doesn't know. Despite what NC says, there isn't actually anything wrong with the term and it can be used appropriately. It was hardly worth dwelling on in THIS movie either, given all of the other problems it had that he glossed over.
@@jonathancampbell5231 It's used best when we the audience know exactly as much as our protagonist, but someone else in the plot either does not, or is at a loss to explain current circumstances. Shows depicting investigations of past events use this often, such as crime dramas or private investigator TV series. However, many poor writers use it very lazily or when we don't need to reminded of what has happened, similar to a sloppy flashback sequence.
I personally go out of my way to say 'As you know' as much as I can in real life so if for some reason I ever become famous or do something famous when they make a movie about me... they'll be forced to have 'as you know...' used a ton in the movie and the excuse it's not realistic will not be able to be used.
The way I see it, if you are used to the comic characters looking like themselves... you don't really notice it as it's what you expect. When you are used to all black leather grounded outfits... it seems distracting. That's how I've seen most of the complaints go.
@@dannymffanta4286 The actor fits that outfit fine, albeit could use more muscle (as do a loooot of the actors for their respective characters). The outfit just looks tacky when everyone else's outfits look sleek and minimal.
Danny MF Fanta Out of shape? Are you fucking kidding me, you consider Olivia Munn of shape?! Also that’s how she looks in the comics, so don’t blame the movie.
To be fair, we don't really get a full explanation of Apocalypse's powers in the comics either. He basically can do anything the writer needs him to do.
The Pyramids in the “Revenge of the Fallen” were mostly shots of the real pyramids. The only time they used CGI was when the one pyramid was being destroyed. Hell, the scene where John Turturro was climbing the pyramid was real. Yes, the Egyptian government let an actor climb one of the pyramids.
Brian Humerez Yep. At one point while filming the pyramid scene, Turturro started crying and said "You just don't get to do this in movies. You don't get to shoot in a place that's 4,000 years old."
It's like the directors failed to understand that a big reason why Wolverine was so popular was because out of all the characters, he was the one that was most similar in behavior/personality to the animated TV show
I disagree. Let me give u examples of of Comic book characters that were adapted differently from the source and were liked more than in the comics: Heath Ledger's Joker, Iron Man, Cap America ,Thanos and many others.
James Marsden's Cyclops was pretty close to the comics as well and not many people liked him because Cyclops is just dull. It's not about being accurate.
Shadow Priest uhm no they liked Cap because Evans not because of the character or it’s interpretation (hell they had to do Civil War just to make a billion) Cap in general is a hard sell outside of the USA , given that he’s tied to American and its patriotism Tony was an adaptation from Stark earlier in his life Heath Ledger still didn’t knock off Hamill Joker of the throne though and that one is as close as they come with interpretation
Shadow Priest yeah, but he said the CARTOON, not the comic. The cartoon allowed people to get attached without having to read. It’s kinda like Batman tas, where people are still saying that those were the best versions
Jubilee: “There’s alternate timelines, and then there’s insanity! Who’s behind this?” Me: “Good question. Who do we know that likes screwing the timeli-oh, wait...DAMN IT, BARRY!”
I actually had the opposite reaction. I was expecting a deadpool joke, so the Harry Potter joke got a huge laugh out of me.... until it ended up being a deadpool joke anyways....
Wouldn’t make a tad bit more sense if he did it around the 1 year anniversary of Cats. Although, I don’t mind if he reviews it for Nostalgiaween. Movie’s terrifying as shit
Am I the only one who was disappointed at the lack of a tease for next month at the end of the review like there usually is? Because I was expecting one
23:25 As well, Infinity War established that Thanos was the main character, & in Endgame I would say Tony, Cap, & Thor were the main characters for that one.
I love bow everyone forgets that when striker pulls wolverine from the river in Days of Future Past, the film makes a point to show that it was actually Mystique who had taken Striker's place which is never acknowledged or explained again.
20:52 I definitely agree with that issue. 😆 when Tony Stark sees Natasha (Black Widow) & Steve (Captain America) again in Avengers Endgame, they're not happy to see each other again either but that makes more sense, they don't even like each other since their first team up movie.
Jubilee was so robbed here. She was built up to be a main character with Cyclops and the rest, only to suddenly disappear from the film when they got back to the school.
@@edslushie570 But don't you know? Disney is evil. Unlike the other film studios, Disney wants to make money. So, they want people to like their movies. Can you imagine?
@@wind-upboy939 They’ve kept their corrupted mitts off the rest of the MCU so far. You do know that Marvel has still done all the work on it, right? Disney makes the merchandise.
A friend of mine and I just watched Guardians of the Galaxy via group watch on Disney+ and we were texting each other questioning why Marvel Studio is connected when all or most have swearing in the movies. Sure kids are still into comic books and these movies but will that guaranteed they know not to swear at least around other people?
It all depends on how the studio does it. If it gets the woke SJW treatment like Feige and Disney has been pushing recently then of course it's gonna be shit. But if they actually do the property well with good writers and directors then it could turn out a lot better then Fox's films.
Technically In Days Of Future past Magento being Quicksilver’s dad was hinted at. When he rescues him from prison and asks what he can do And he says he can control metal quicksilver says “You know... My Mom used to know a Guy who could do that” so yes it was hinted at and further expanded in this one so it isn’t really out of nowhere
29:46 Does anyone else notice the green screen aura visible around Jean's hair? How bad are your effects if you can't even remove a green screen correctly. Even amateurs know how to do that.
I feel so bad for her. She deserves better. Along with Alexandra Shipp as Storm. Honestly, they could have both been the main leads and it would have been awesome.
Well, you're talking about the same movie continuity where they actually cut a fan favourite Mutant's screentime in Dark Phoenix by making him injured halfway in the movie.
Since, unlike that OTHER Marvel franchise, this one was loose with its continuity, its easy for me to view Days of Future Past as the true finale to X-Men, with the films after it being shitty alternate timelines, and still enjoy it and X2: X-Men United without being burdened with a connection to a depressing finale.
I found Logan was the true finale to X-men, given that... well, timeline wise, it was the last event. But the best movie to end with is probably Days of Future Past. The ending to that movie just felt like a good way to end the series overall.
Look, I consider Logan to be an alternate timeline, since Mystique pretended to be Striker to take custody of him at the end of Days of Future Past (thus sparing him the trauma that he suffered as a result of becoming Weapon X). I know a lot of you liked Logan, I'm just personally not a fan of bleak futures in movies like that one where nearly all of the world's mutants are dead (since the whole point of sending him back in time was to ensure a bright future for humanity AND mutants).
@@redhood7650 I hated Logan, one of the worst movies and timelines. No way in freakin' hell did Xavier kill every single mutant and no way in hell is Logan taken down period and the guy above me got it right Days of Future past was the end and rewrote that awful movie.
28:45 "Apocalypse" and "Easy to Kill" together sounds crazy when you realize that, in the comics, if even ONE drop of blood remains, he'd still heal from it.
Is he finally going to give in and review dark tower...maybe even something as obscure as Q The Winged Serpent...possibly Night of The Lepus?...Halloween 3?....Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond...the prequel of The Thing......Creepshow?
This was the movie that showed me that Fox just can’t do quality X-Men movies consistently. Such a shame. I was super hyped for it too. Apocalypse is dope.
The biggest issue with this movie and Dark Phoenix is that those storylines in the comics are HUGE. There's a ton of build up that makes the impact hit harder. When X-Men Evolution did the Apocalypse storyline, there was buildup over several episodes that culminated in a huge climax. Here, its just another generic bad guy that's really powerful and wants to destroy the world. Why should we care?
@@nahor88 Putting aside lack of foresight, planning and consistency (so why MCU work and SW sequels don't), generally build up can be rushed if creators know what they doing. Problem is that they clearly don't. Dark Phoenix largest crime was that they adopt same flawed story for the third time instead finally adoption the proper story! WTF! X2 version is still the best because at least I understand why they did rush it and Wolverine-Jean relation was developed in previous movies. Why the hell they didn't adopt actual story instead adopting X2 subplot? It make no sense!
15:44 Well, Gambit was already an adult in the late 70s, as seen X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I know that movie has been deemed non-canon, and also contradicts Cyclops being a teen in the 80s now, but that’s the only version of Gambit we got in this series.
16:16 actually we would see then go to the mall,interacting with the other people,acting like teentagers........and then they cut this scene from the movie........just search for the Xmen apocalipse deleted scenes
And not only does it do what Doug complained about (giving the kids some personality), but it is a contrast to how Mutants are looked at in America which is supposed to be a mirror to how Europeans see mutants. It was a positive scene that should have been left in (if I cared about this movie at all)
Years before Disney bought 20th Century Fox, the studio and Marvel made an even split; Disney Marvel would get to keep Scarlet Witch, while Fox Marvel would get Quicksilver. Of course, now that Disney owns both, that's all out the window.
@@goldenstatewarriors9418 There was a scene in "Days of Future Past" that alluded to Scarlet Witch, but she wasn't mentioned by name; Quicksilver's mom tells the little sister to go upstairs and not to annoy 'Wanda', who's upstairs sleeping offscreen and little sis says "She annoys me!"; however this scene didn't make it to the final cut of the film.
I'm just going to say it: as fun as the Quicksilver scenes are in the X-Men films, I think the MCU Quicksilver was the far better Quicksilver because he had more of a character, and it is a real shame that he had to be abruptly killed off just because each studio got one Maximoff twin.
What do you think is the Best and Worst X-Men movie?
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xmen 2 was best, wolverine origin the worst, could you review dylan dog the movie? it's probably the worst comic book adaptation ever
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Could you please do a Neil Breen review, you don’t have to do all of the movies and I don’t mind which one you choose, I’d just love to see NC review one.
The Quicksilver scene with Sweet Dreams is great.
Who am I to disagree?
Well I'm traveling the world and the 7 seas. Because everybody is looking for me.
Some of them want to abuse you.
Some of them want to be abused
The scene is around 3 minutes long, in a 150 minutes long movie...
Oooooooooooh oooh oooooooh ooo-ooooooooh ooooooooooooooooh
Fassbender's not just trying. He's succeeding. This is definitely a bad movie, but that man just doesn't give bad performances.
Yeah Magneto and Quicksilver were easily the best performances. Magneto and his family should've been an entire story by itself. That was a part of the movie that deserved to be in a better movie. Quicksilver was entertaining tho too.
@@goldenstatewarriors9418 Dare we call it Venom Syndrome? Lord knows I wish Tom Hardy's performance had a movie to match it!
Even if it is a bad movie, you can at least enjoy the performance that Michael Fassbender gives if he is in the movie because he is just so damn talented.
He's physically incapable of it
You should watch the film frank!
Its my fav role he's ever done
So Magneto is doing this because he lost his family, quicksilver reveals he is family....AND THEY DONT USE THIS! It’s baffling, why wasn’t that used to motivate him to fight Apocalypse?
They...they didnt?!
@@FireflyArc yeah that was cus if I remember marvel went and retconned that. Let's hope it's fixed for the MCU's sake
That was actually quite stupid, they could have had Quicksilver tell him he is his son and that would be the motivation Magneto would get to turn against Apocalypse. Hell even have a scene at the end of the movie where they start to kind of bond because Magneto and Quicksilver are usually the two best parts of those movies.
@Dylan Sharp originally in the comics, scarlet witch and quicksilver were Magneto's kids
But... they DO use it. He talks his dad out of it, or you skipped that part of the movie??? He runs up and tells him about his father and Magneto realizes HE is his father. It's pretty blatant.
"As you know" should be replaced with, "For those unaware". Makes far more sense then just repeating obvious information.
It sounds smarter too.
You're right.
That requires effort to think of though xD
Yep, that's brilliant.
Exactly. Hell even “as some of you may know” is better because it implies that some of the people they are speaking too are unaware.
Why the hell did quick silver not get thanked he literally saved everyone in the mansion and what is so great about mystige
She's a strong independent woman didn't you know
@@franohmsford7548 thanks for that also that made me laugh 😂
I never got the Mystique love in this, like one minute she's trying to assassinate the president, the next she's some great liberator who inspires Mutants around the planet. - Isn't thst what Xavier and Magneto are supposed to be, with younger Mutants falling into either ideology.
@@Deathlygunn like grandpa said in dbz evelution "there are no rules"
@@franohmsford7548 Thanks for this line you make it even more problematic than it could be better to say. SIW - i heared about those, saw those and it's just more annoying to be honest than questioning Mystige being great here suddenly (not that I 100% watched without having mixed feelings about that, but still).
I found it insanely cute that Quicksilver took the time to save that one girl's goldfishes in that scene too.
Quicksilver sucks
@@Devilsblood It's ok if you don't like the character but no need to be rude! Also, you could explain why you hate him instead of just saying '' He sucks! '' and nothing else.
@@ladypool1404 why? I'm getting sick of the whole "explain yourself" line. I'm just letting you know that this character is overblown and overhyped. He was the most annoying part of the xmen movies.
@@Devilsblood He's basically the only interesting part of the movies
@@Devilsblood Being a contrarian just for the sake of it is not a personality trait.
nostalgia critic: *breaths*
every movie studio ever: but the chart says
The charts never lie.
@@wstine79 "IM NOT ASKING THE CHART, IM ASKING YOU!"
@@icya1798 I speak for the graphs.
FORGET ABOUT THE CHART!!!!
🥂
Now all he needs to do is First Class, The Wolverine, Days of Future Past, Deadpool, Logan, Dark Phoenix, and New Mutants.
Why didn’t he go in order?
I was gonna say he already did Deadpool but I remembered that he did Deadpool 2 and not Deadpool 1
What about New Mutants?
I could have swore he already did Logan...
And new mutants
16:15 there’s actually a deleted scene of them going to the mall, in fact it’s kind of charming. There were a lot of scenes focusing on the young x-men that got cut and honestly I think that’s this movies biggest downfall.
Making it Mortal kombat by making the characters really like so of the MK characters in the past.
Amazing Spider-Man duology: Hello There! :)
Even features Jubilee
Couldn't agree more that Quicksilver's "Sweet Dreams" scene was the most entertaining
Followed by the Wolverine scene
I really don't like it at all. It's trying to hard to capture the magic of the previous movie and is overly silly.
Although the Quicksilver scene is larger in scope in this one the special f/x are a lot shoddier
김영범 not really!
I also never liked it much. Looks like something people would out on TH-cam just to impress
"He's the most hated X-Men, why?"
Because all of these movies never got Cyclops' character right and for a lot of people this is their only experience with him.
Cyclops was my favorite mutant growing up. Cyclops, Emma Frost, and Psylocke were my top 3.
I have a lot of problems with Cyclops, but after talking with my brother a lot, I’ve realized that it’s a very personal dislike. I actually have a lot in common with Scott, and I always see the worst of myself reflected back at me. I’ve never seen a version of him that fails to make me want to punch him.
The movies definitely got cyclops right. He alway been an ass in the tv shows and comic
He was being facetious, having just said that line after Cyclops was a dick to Jean, which is unlike him obviously. Not saying Cyclops wasn't an ass in the comics/show but not so blatantly and rarely is he such a dick to Jean.
Dakota Johnson naw this is his 1st time ever meeting her. I’m pretty sure he would be an jerk to her the 1st time they met
13:15 “My god, he’s really trying!” “He does realize this is the 9th of these films, right?” I lost my shit laughing at this line, Doug. Perfect execution!
Quicksilver carried this whole movie with that one scene
No he didn't
@@jackbalance6695 well it is the only memorable scene
Literally the only scene I've watched repeatedly since I saw the movie.
Also Michael fassbender
7 year old Daughter loves that scene
X-men: Origin of Professor X’s bald head
And Storm's white hair. It's like making characters old with out actually aging them.😁
I bet 10 bucks this video was posted 30 sep 2020
Well I guess every story's gotta have an origin on why the bald dude's bald. At least I can safely say this film did it better than Lex "Not" Luthor in Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Wonder Woman's Upcoming Film. >:3
@@bluestreaker9242 but not better than The Pick of Destiny :v
@George Webster Retcon! Because if it ain't broke, fix it...or...maybe don't, but do, but don't...maybe... XD
Troubled Production: To what extent isn't fully known, but what is known is that Singer’s habit of being absent from set caused problems on set of X-Men: Apocalypse, meaning Newton Thomas Sigel (the film’s cinematographer) and Simon Kinberg (the writer and producer) had to direct some scenes. Olivia Munn revealed that Singer abruptly left the Montreal set to fly down to LA to deal with a “thyroid problem” (something most on set questioned as to why he didn't treat in Canada), returning after only 10 days while simply texting actors “Keep filming” or “It’s fine. Just keep filming without me” in-between. Sophie Turner revealed that Singer was, in her words, "unpleasant" and implied that the on-set tension between Singer and Rami Malek on Bohemian Rhapsody also happened with her. Oscar Isaac also hated the costume and makeup he had to wear to play Apocalypse, which according to him prevented him from being able to properly move or even turn his head to face the actors due to how restrictive and heavy the full-body suit was. Jennifer Lawrence also described the production as "all chaos, no fun" in an interview and it’s understandably theorized by fans that her experience on this set was the main reason Lawrence decided to leave the franchise, though she came back for Dark Phoenix. Olivia Munn also later complained about Singer's and Kinberg's lack of knowledge of the original comics, revealing that the two knew almost nothing about Psylocke's backstory, and originally wanted the character to wear a generic Movie Superheroes Wear Black outfit, resulting in her having to lobby for something closer to her comic outfit.
So the exact same problems faced by other Singer productions ranging from Superman returns to Bohemian rhapsody. Also why does the guy keep leaving his own movie?
@@kazinadbiralamadit6905 to go abuse minors, probably
"there's alternate timelines, and then there's just INSANITY!"
Fate Franchise: "that's rough, buddy"
@James J.M.S.S yeah... outside of a few releases, every new series is actually an AU of the Fate Franchise
*inhales*
Stay Night, Unlimited Blade Works, Heaven's Feels, Zero, Hollow Ataraxia, School Life, Kaleid Liner PRISMA☆ILLYA, Srange Fake, Unlimited Codes, Tiger Colosseum, EXTRA, Carnival Phantasm, Prototype, Apocrypha, EXTRA CCC, Grand Order, Grand Order -First Order-, Grand Order x Himuro's Universe Seven Most Powerful Figures Chapter, Grand Order -Moonlight/Lostroom-, Emiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohan, Learn with Manga! FGO, Grand Order - The Absolute Demon Battlefront Babylonia, Grand Order - The Sacred Round Table you know what, screw this shit, I'm done!
I just stop at the main timeline which is for me: Zero, Stay Night, Unlimited Blade Works, and Heaven's Feel.
Those are also AUs of each other. Even FSN is just three AUs
@@Gioppdumister True, but that doesn't mean I won't stop watching, in my opinion, good stuff whether or not if they're AU.
As you know Doug is the Nostalgia Critic
As you may know this comment makes sense
As YOU know, everyone knows that.
As you know this cliche ruins a film
As you know, he remembers it so you don't have to
As you all know, this commentary was typed with a keyboard, by a man with hands, and those who keep cramming that line into a big-budget blockbuster should read a couple of scripting textbooks.
22:12 For whatever reason, I will never get tired of that Quicksilver slo-mo cliché. I've seen it in X-Men Apocalypse, DoFP, Angry Birds Movie, Sonic the Hedgehog and Space Jam 2 and it's still fun to watch.
And Over The Hedge!
Olivia Munn was the best thing about the movie, she fought so hard to get a comic accurate Psylocke costume and would accept nothing less than a purple Jim Lee outfit. For that she has my eternal thanks.
@@BWMagus I'd rather Psylocke look comic accurate than all the modernized female costumes. Frumpy AF!
@@funkyweapon1981 I just want people to look like the character they are playing, Olivia got that job done in spades while having the bonus of looking sexy as hell. I was so happy Olivia wanted the iconic Jim Lee costume, even knowing how many people would criticize it being to sexualized or 'objectifying' and didn't go with a safer modern Psylocke costume. The Jim Lee outfit is iconic and I never thought I'd get to see it in live action like that. I would give anything to see her get to play Psylocke where she got to look like Psylocke and also act like Psylocke as well, it's very rare to get an actor/actress who cares that much for the character they are playing... and Fox wasted her.
@Brian Babin She had something called good genetics, why did she bother messing that up with surgery?
Nah. She stinks
Hey now, no need to criticize her physical appearance. Can't we all just be positive and talk about how she has absolutely nothing to offer and has all the talent of a cardboard cutout?
I just love Lawrence's delivery on the "what I have left" line. It sounds like she's gonna be like, "I'm gonna go fight for what I have left. Anyone want me to pick up anything on the way back?"
27:16
An idea I had is that he should do "Shrek month" where every week he reviews each of the Shrek movies. It could be fun.
He should do that the month where shrek first premiered
@@axelnilsson5124
True
@Captain Phoenix That sounds awesome! I loved the Shrek movies growing up!
Hed rip into shrek 3
That sounds like a cool idea indeed. My only concern/worry is how Doug/Critic will talk about Shrek Forever After. I know it came after… that movie, but I consider it to be a fantastic and underrated conclusion to the trilogy. Yeah, I said “trilogy”… I don’t like to think about that abomination.
"Jubilee - Yellow Enthusiast" that came out wrong
Not to mention the eyeliner..
*Stormfront triggers*
@@JaredRmz i was literally about to mention storrmfront lol
@@theussmirage It came out... Wong.
For people who don't know. Jubilee is Japanese-American. Actually Chinese-American as corrected by John.
14:01: "Yes. They actually think you *don't know* what 'apocalypse' means!"
Technically it doesn't mean "the end of the world;" it comes from a Greek word meaning "revelation." It's just that The Apocalypse (the biblical Book of Revelation) spent so much of its time discussing prophecies of the end of the world that the term has become widely misunderstood in pop culture.
Huh. the more you know. thank you random internet comment
So Apocalypse saying "everything is revealed" when Jean kills him, is really him saying "everything is Apocalypse".
Huh.
Weird flex, but ok.
How very interesting. Thanks for your insight.
Well, words change meaning over time, so there's that.
Came in the comments to point that out too
6:29
As you know, you must never use the phrase “As you know” when writing exposition in a screenplay. However, I have found that even good movies are guilty of having one instance of this lousy phrase. Here is a list of them:
- Chinatown
- Enter the Dragon
- Isle of Dogs
- A Charlie Brown Christmas
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Life is Beautiful
- The Book of Life
- Balto
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, The Princess Bride, and even The Departed should also be added on your list of Good Movies that have that phrase.
Suggestions for future Reviews:
The Mummy Returns (2001)
The Belko Experiment (2016),
City Of Ember (2008),
Circle (2015),
Power Rangers (2017),
Jonah: A Veggietales Movie (2002),
Meteor Man (1993),
Weekend At Bernie's 2 (1993),
Superman 3 (1983),
Old Vs. New of Watership Down (1978 Vs. 2018),
Episode Vlog of Amphibia (2019).
*clears throat
DOOGAL
Water ship down new v old please!!!!
Jesse Torres Add Superhero Movie (2008) to the list
CITY OF EMBER! I was trying to remember the name of that movie! Also, might I suggest:
Marmaduke
Catch that kid
Zathura
Song of the Sea and/or Secret of Kells
Darwin: I can never die
Kevin Bacon: allow me to introduce myself
*plays footloose in the background*
Darwin should have known not to mess with the Baconator
It's allegedly Nightcrawler's father who kills Darwin in the movie
@@Vamroc It's the Baconator...not Azazael who kills Darwin.
"The third one's always the worst"? And out came Captain America: Civil War, Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War to disapprove that
And Toy Story 3
But Civil War does suck (just like the comic book).
@@mikewarns it's my favourite mcu movie!
Not to mention Logan.
Thor: Ragnarok was a dumpster fire
You brought the puppet and didn't get him to say "CYPHER RAAAGE"
Shame, Doug, shame
Yeah he did. You missed it. 18:42
Damn it, I so completely forgot the meaning or significance of Cypher Rage once again.
Denied!!
I just pretend that Days of Future past was the end of this series.
And Logan. A comic book masterpiece.
Well, I mostly consider it the real end to X-men film series, and Logan the end of the film franchise as a whole...Oh amd the Deapool films exist in their weird timeline bubble at the moment.
Chase Hedges67 I consider the three wolverine movies spinoffs. Same with the two Deadpool movies
My issue with Logan is that regardless of how well done it is as a movie it still basically invalidated the rest of the movie series by having the X-Men killed off by Xavier of all people and to top it off doing away with almost every other mutant on the planet and nobody doing anything about it. Hence I prefer to see Days of Future Past as the conclusion to the series too.
@@Ryodraco If Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix weren't made, I'd agree with you. But since they are, I consider Logan erasing a mistake.
It does seem like leaders of superhero teams tend to get hated on: Cyclops, Leonardo, Superman, etc... Hell, I remember the Honest Trailers for Avengers (2012) claiming that Captain America was "no one's favorite character". Perhaps it's b/c they're usually the boy scout type that many find to be bland by default. Though there are lots of exceptions such as Optimus Prime.
The Marvel films had to undo all the damage of the 90s. The reason the X-Men exploded in popularity by that era was because they were seen as the bad boys of the Marvel Universe. The MCU re-envisioned characters like Captain America; he was no longer the patriotic doo-gooder of old always spouting war stories, but just a kid out of time wanting to stand up to bullies.
And yes to all of this there are some exceptions like prime but even hes boyscouty here and there but all these characters have dimensions here and there and are relatable on a level that's why they are so good and so bad as well
The 90's ? They gave the boyscouts their best goddamn arcs and villains.
@@shindean
"he was no longer the patriotic doo-gooder of old always spouting war stories, but just a kid out of time wanting to stand up to bullies"
That a good thing?
@@dylansharp8471 it makes him relevant to modern audiences who don't care about war propoganda. You do know that the armed forces are NOT a popular topic with young fans, right?
One of my least favorite parts about this movie is how lazy Apocalypse was included.
Imagine this alternative for a second: after the Apocalypse opening scene in Egypt and the credits, we cut to 1973, where Magneto has barricaded the White House, and is announcing the existence of mutants to the public decades before they were in the previous timeline.
Watching this on a tv screen is a couple: David and N’Dare Munroe. They had previously agreed they were going to stay in America. But now that mutants were just revealed in a terrorist attack, they fear the backlash their daughter will face, since she’s one of the few mutants who shows signs before puberty (her white hair). They decide to move somewhere that news is slower to reach, in hopes she will be kept safe.
Cut a decade later, and we see Ororo, like in the comics, being trapped in a building with her dead parents after a bombing. The fear, anger, and grief all combine to awaken her mutant abilities, and she summons a chaotic storm to free herself. This immense display of power registers on Apocalypse instruments, which are designed to seek out the strongest mutants, and the protocol awakens him.
We have a clear illustration of how this is a branch timeline, and rather than Apocalypse apparently having never been woken up in the previous timeline due to extra-vigilant rug-placement, we get a more comics accurate epic scene. (Not to mention it’d give us the chance for Storm to finally have an accent).
Agreed. And if they really wanted to show Apocalypse backstory, just have ocasional flashbacks of him explaining his motivations. maybe evn having him actually say his "only the storngest will survive" mindset
Love it, so much better than how the film handled him
you know that normal human children in the real world can have white hair too, right? It would not be seen as a sign of X-men level mutation lol.
Samur/Aye Fair enough, but reactionary bigots rarely tend to look at nuance, especially in times of crisis.
@@ursaminor9780 I doubt any reactionary bigots would be smart enough to even think there was anything odd about white hair in the first place.
Actually, Psylocke was meant to have a very different outfit in the movie, the actress is the one who requested for the outfit to be loyal to the comics
Yeah I thank Olivia Munn for that effort. Originally it was meant to be all black with a purple sash. She said the costume was Purple with a red sash. They then tried to say what about black with a purple sash? And she almost lost it as the sash is red and not purple. As someone who SUPER cares about comic costume accuracy, finding out Olivia Munn was/is as anal about getting costumes right as me made me adore her. Olivia forced the costume to be as Jim Lee costume accurate as possible. She even brought a ton of comics about Psylocke to Singer and Kinberg and asked where her character was going and was very let down to find out they both knew absolutely nothing about Psylocke and her role was basically just Fox mandated and had no care from Singer or Kinberg. She had to fight to get anything Psylocke onscreen. She and January Jones are both actresses who were really screwed over by their directors. January Jones was in similar situation in First Class where she had to beg to be able to do anything onscreen and was very unhappy she kept being directed to be cold and lifeless despite her saying Emma Frost from her studies was a lot more lively and snarky... but director said 'no your cold and emotionless' so all the reviews of her performance being cold and lifeless were a directing choice.
@@Fordo007 The costume still looks pretty ridiculous... the worst shots are when they're on the rock face and she's just doing a power stance the whole time.
@@Fordo007 Ugh, tell me about it, Enma is my favourite X-MEN, she got an awful appearanc ein Origins Wolverine, very underwhelming and forgetable role in first Class (even tough the actress looked JUST LIKE HER and in the Hellfire club saga non the less) and then she got killed off-screen on Days of future past.
Like seriously, way to get your favourite character botched on the big screen, twice.
Credit to Olivia, she does look the part perfectly.
The only thing missing was her butterfly insignia, when she uses psychic energy. Hope she joins the MCU at least.
Apocalypse should have a body like Thanos. I was expecting some CGI but no... they had to make a story that he transfers his consciousness into another body which explains why he looks like that.
Budget reasons I guess?
They did use cgi to raise his height to about 7-8 feet
Giving him a CGI body would have been a lot better if it was done well... and a lot worse if it was done poorly. I for one am grateful that they didn't give us a terrible CGI bad guy, because let's face it, the odds weren't in their favor.
@@Darkprosper Apocalypse is one of those guys, who actually would work better as a CGI character, but with the writing he got it'd be just polishing a bowl of diarrhea.
They didn't need CGI to make him look taller and more menacing. Could have been the same dude in the same costume but using forced perspective and other camera tricks to make him look like he was 8 feet tall.
I really wish that they had done the “Age of Apocalypse” storyline from the mid-90’s instead of the direction they went with this film. How cool would it have been to see all the alternate versions of these characters? And it would have followed perfectly from the “Days of Future Past” messing with the timeline story.
Age of Apocalypse is one of the best storylines from the comics. Well done it would be amazing, but I think they would have ruined it. I mean, look what they did to Storm.
damn
Nah, that one needs a friggin animated OVA series format to work.. in the style of that Street Fighter animated movie....
@@NataliaHerrera-ul4gq Same is true to Dark Phoenix Saga. They literally make same mistake three times in the row. How the hell this did happen? Why they make dedicated movie if they still refused to adopt this story in correct way? This literally make no sense!
@@TheRezro Dude, the Dark Phoenix movie was based on the Hellfire Club arc of the Saga, not the entire Saga. The only major difference was that the villains were different. Do you know long the Saga is in the comics? It is called a Saga for a reason and to expect it to be told in a single film is silly and the movie was suppose to have a sequel.
The actors for Jean and Cyclops were so unenthusiastic it ruined a good chunk of the movie
You HAVE to add in Lawrence. She was outright abysmal
@@theraVen27 Alexandra Shipp and Evan Peters gave good performances as Quicksilver and Storm, though. Heck, they should have been the main characters of this movie.
one of the many things to ruin it. I can actually only think of very few good things in it.
@@chasehedges6775 Hell, why couldn’t Storm have been the heart of this film? She joins Apocalypse at first, but then after he turns Magneto into one of his horsemen, she has second thoughts after seeing him prey on a broken man’s grief and sadness. When they go with Apocalypse to the mansion to capture Charles, she turns on him and attacks him and the horsemen, joining the X-Men, and he can barely escape by teleporting.
@@thefilmwatcher1302 👍👍👍👍👍
Every time I see Scott and Jean together, I always wonder what do they actually see in each other? Even in the animated series I always felt like her being with him had a "only because I was head cheerleader and he was captain of the football team" vibe.
Well she did cheat on him with a Chinese constellation. I mean Marvel kinda vetoed that implication but I still stand by it.
@@mattphillips3537wow just wow
@@ChiGuy251 nothing, sinister pre programed them that way so they'd make cable
Well the real answer is that she's a cute busty red head and he's 6'3 with a chiseld jawline
The films never got Scott or Jean right it’s upsetting and their relationship was crazy especially with the psych link
I disagree with you on Jean. Dark Phoenix was pretty true to origin story and her Phoenix characterization.
@@agentofchaos7456 they may have gotten Dark Phoenix right but they never really got Jean's character quite right
2:12 I knew I wasn't the only who was pissed about how Darwin died in First Class.
So dumb they picked the one character that literally adapts to all attempts to kill him and kills him 🤦😒...sigh
Everyone who knows about Darwin's potential was pissed about that. In the comics, his powers were so broken he literally evolved to have a genius intellect for the sole purpose of pleasing his mom and survived a fight with Hulk. But here he was killed by an energy pellet being shoved down his throat. He was basically killed to make the villain look badass even though it made no damn sense. Easily the worse part of that movie.
I remember after First Class when everyone was expecting a direct sequel with the X-men vs the Brotherhood and kept expecting Darwin to come back in that movie with his powers more evolved. Then Singer came back and got rid of almost everything First Class set up...
@@MoostachedSaiyanPrince His power is so extensive in the comics he literally evolved the ability to teleport away from the Hulk because that was the best way to survive that fight. Yet in the movie a guy can just walk up and force feed him to death.
If it wasn't for you and Pitch Meetings, I don't know what I'd do!! You guys make this entire lousy, dreadful 2020 year worth it! Thank you!!
My favorite part of the movie was when Angel was becoming one of Apocalypse's horseman you can hear The Four Horsemen by Metallica.
Kill em All is still my favourite album of theirs.
@@proevofan That's cause Dave Wrote 'Em All!
Don't you mean "The Mechanix" ;)
@@northwindkey he co wrote 6 songs in total 🙄
@@chrisvetor The best songs. Except Jump In The Fire. Idk what Dave was thinking on that one.
You can't even imagine how bad this Polish sounds for actual Poles...
Yup and simple worker lives in gigantic house in Wood in 80ies xd
Kevin Bacon’s German in First Class was equally as hilarious
@@b.chaline4394 Ahhh come on, he is trying... Like I don't know, but I don't think the character is meant to be German, and I've heard much worse pronunciations from foreigners living in Germany
Actually not that bad ...
You tell me, I sat through John Wick and its terrible Russian xD
6:35
"You see, madness as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push" - The Joker
“AS YOU KNOW”
“AS YOU KNOW “
AS YOU KNOW”
AS YOU KNOW
Again, if it's already known, why is it being said?
@@chasehedges6775 Well as you know...
@@chasehedges6775 To draw attention to a particular point and / or to remind people of something they SHOULD know but might have forgotten, or just in case someone doesn't know.
Despite what NC says, there isn't actually anything wrong with the term and it can be used appropriately. It was hardly worth dwelling on in THIS movie either, given all of the other problems it had that he glossed over.
@@jonathancampbell5231 It's used best when we the audience know exactly as much as our protagonist, but someone else in the plot either does not, or is at a loss to explain current circumstances. Shows depicting investigations of past events use this often, such as crime dramas or private investigator TV series. However, many poor writers use it very lazily or when we don't need to reminded of what has happened, similar to a sloppy flashback sequence.
I personally go out of my way to say 'As you know' as much as I can in real life so if for some reason I ever become famous or do something famous when they make a movie about me... they'll be forced to have 'as you know...' used a ton in the movie and the excuse it's not realistic will not be able to be used.
Was psylocke’s costume really that distracting I remember focusing on the scene just fine.
Her outfit seem to fit in to the world the created for the film as far as I was concerned.
The way I see it, if you are used to the comic characters looking like themselves... you don't really notice it as it's what you expect. When you are used to all black leather grounded outfits... it seems distracting. That's how I've seen most of the complaints go.
Her out fit was bad I’m sorry
She was not prepared for that role at all
Out of shape n all
@@dannymffanta4286 The actor fits that outfit fine, albeit could use more muscle (as do a loooot of the actors for their respective characters). The outfit just looks tacky when everyone else's outfits look sleek and minimal.
Danny MF Fanta Out of shape? Are you fucking kidding me, you consider Olivia Munn of shape?! Also that’s how she looks in the comics, so don’t blame the movie.
To be fair, we don't really get a full explanation of Apocalypse's powers in the comics either. He basically can do anything the writer needs him to do.
The Pyramids in the “Revenge of the Fallen” were mostly shots of the real pyramids. The only time they used CGI was when the one pyramid was being destroyed. Hell, the scene where John Turturro was climbing the pyramid was real. Yes, the Egyptian government let an actor climb one of the pyramids.
God, that's awesome for Turturro. :D
Brian Humerez Yep. At one point while filming the pyramid scene, Turturro started crying and said "You just don't get to do this in movies. You don't get to shoot in a place that's 4,000 years old."
Reminder that when he was climbing the pyramid he was underneath the “enemy scrotum”
@@doomy_mcdoomerson He was out for like 700 years more but still.
Man that I didn't expected it.
It's like the directors failed to understand that a big reason why Wolverine was so popular was because out of all the characters, he was the one that was most similar in behavior/personality to the animated TV show
What about Xavier and Magneto?
I disagree. Let me give u examples of of Comic book characters that were adapted differently from the source and were liked more than in the comics: Heath Ledger's Joker, Iron Man, Cap America ,Thanos and many others.
James Marsden's Cyclops was pretty close to the comics as well and not many people liked him because Cyclops is just dull. It's not about being accurate.
Shadow Priest uhm no they liked Cap because Evans not because of the character or it’s interpretation (hell they had to do Civil War just to make a billion) Cap in general is a hard sell outside of the USA , given that he’s tied to American and its patriotism
Tony was an adaptation from Stark earlier in his life
Heath Ledger still didn’t knock off Hamill Joker of the throne though and that one is as close as they come with interpretation
Shadow Priest yeah, but he said the CARTOON, not the comic. The cartoon allowed people to get attached without having to read. It’s kinda like Batman tas, where people are still saying that those were the best versions
Jubilee: “There’s alternate timelines, and then there’s insanity! Who’s behind this?”
Me: “Good question. Who do we know that likes screwing the timeli-oh, wait...DAMN IT, BARRY!”
In fairness Eobard had his hand in doing it as well xD no wonder he admired barry. Both mess with time xD
@@DarkEclipse23 “It was me, Barry!”
"I'm going to fight for what I have left."
Well, shouldn't be a long battle.
When I saw Harry Potter, I thought, "Okay but Deadpool would've been funnier." My wish got granted in 5 seconds.
I actually had the opposite reaction. I was expecting a deadpool joke, so the Harry Potter joke got a huge laugh out of me.... until it ended up being a deadpool joke anyways....
I like Nightcrawler's Thriller jacket when they're coming out of the movie. He wears it just as well as Michael did.
I just can’t wait for his Logan review
Ummmmmmm you do realise it's October right
spynx I meant for a later review
@@spynx3167 Ok? He can do it later
@@puppylover4865 oh ok
@✊🏿 Mrsotiredofthenewyoutubes✊🏿 exactly! Lol
I'm gonna laugh if he reviews Cats for Nostalgiaween
Me too
Wouldn’t make a tad bit more sense if he did it around the 1 year anniversary of Cats. Although, I don’t mind if he reviews it for Nostalgiaween. Movie’s terrifying as shit
He said he's waiting to get back to the studio for that
Am I the only one who was disappointed at the lack of a tease for next month at the end of the review like there usually is? Because I was expecting one
It would make sense
"Meanwhile, on a PureFlix set..."
Best line ever!
Nobody:...
Cyclops: *"I'VE BEEN DREAMING OF A WOLVERINE'S KISS"*
I love that movie
Or better yet *"I'VE BEEN DREAMING OF A HEDGEHOG'S KISS"*
"Can I go to the bathroom?"
"Go to the principal's office."
17:08 Every time I see that puppet, I think to myself "CYPHER RAAAAAIGE"
Almost forgot he still had that, wonder if James Rolfe still has his
23:25 As well, Infinity War established that Thanos was the main character, & in Endgame I would say Tony, Cap, & Thor were the main characters for that one.
Apocalypse in this film his looks reminded me of Ivan Ooze.🤔😆
In the comics he had a blue colour sceme.
I KNEW i saw that costume somewhere else!
“Half the worlds a sandbox.”
Thanos: “Oh Snap!”
How fitting that Nostalgia critic reviews a movie about the end times XD
COVID,
Political tensions,
Disney remakes,
We’re pretty much there.
In hindsight, this years isnt 2020
You beat me to saying it
Pretty accurate
Aw yes 2016 that was a year
And we all thought that was worst year we ever had!
It...... just happened.
At least TitanFall 2 came out
I love bow everyone forgets that when striker pulls wolverine from the river in Days of Future Past, the film makes a point to show that it was actually Mystique who had taken Striker's place which is never acknowledged or explained again.
20:52 I definitely agree with that issue. 😆 when Tony Stark sees Natasha (Black Widow) & Steve (Captain America) again in Avengers Endgame, they're not happy to see each other again either but that makes more sense, they don't even like each other since their first team up movie.
Deadpool: Which Professor? These timeslines are confusing....
He didn’t say “which professor” he said the last name of the actors
"McAvoy or Stewart? These timelines are confusing."
"We already know who survives because of the end of Days of Future Past..."
Dark Phoenix: *"Allow me to introduce myself"*
Yeah, and we didn't see Mystique among the survivors.
24:21 - "Meanwhile, on a PureFlix's set"
Bravo, sir👏👏👏🤣
That got me too hahaha
@@nikrattlehead9285 This whole feels like a bad Pureflix movie. Heck, Courageous, AN ACTUAL PUREFLIX FILM, WAS MORE WATCHABLE THAN THIS!
Jubilee was so robbed here. She was built up to be a main character with Cyclops and the rest, only to suddenly disappear from the film when they got back to the school.
"It has to be given to people who can add more things instead of taking them away..."
Sorry Critic, X-Men belongs to Disney now...
Yeah, but Marvel Studios specifically...
@@edslushie570 But don't you know? Disney is evil.
Unlike the other film studios, Disney wants to make money. So, they want people to like their movies. Can you imagine?
@@wind-upboy939 They’ve kept their corrupted mitts off the rest of the MCU so far. You do know that Marvel has still done all the work on it, right? Disney makes the merchandise.
A friend of mine and I just watched Guardians of the Galaxy via group watch on Disney+ and we were texting each other questioning why Marvel Studio is connected when all or most have swearing in the movies. Sure kids are still into comic books and these movies but will that guaranteed they know not to swear at least around other people?
It all depends on how the studio does it. If it gets the woke SJW treatment like Feige and Disney has been pushing recently then of course it's gonna be shit. But if they actually do the property well with good writers and directors then it could turn out a lot better then Fox's films.
Technically In Days Of Future past Magento being Quicksilver’s dad was hinted at. When he rescues him from prison and asks what he can do And he says he can control metal quicksilver says
“You know... My Mom used to know a Guy who could do that” so yes it was hinted at and further expanded in this one so it isn’t really out of nowhere
I‘m so glad Oscar Isaac got another chance to proof what a fantastic actor he is in „Moon Knight“ after this disaster.
Militia (not Police) in 80s Poland according to:
X-Men: Wooden bows
Reality: Rubber batons
I'm pretty sure they're using wooden bows because they knew about Magneto's powers.
I don't know about the rubber batons though...
"Sweet Dreams are made of these "
I see you everywhere
Omg yes
Who am I to disagree.
Ends who am I to disagree
I travel the world from the seven seas
29:46 Does anyone else notice the green screen aura visible around Jean's hair?
How bad are your effects if you can't even remove a green screen correctly. Even amateurs know how to do that.
Harry: Go to Hogwarts, It's a Better School
Luz: You Sure about that Kid?
The owl house reference. Good one
9:54 Cyclops: We’re not going to fall in love, (singing) I’ve not been dreaming of your true loves kiss.
Apocalypse - "A Papa Smurf rendition of King Tut" 🤣🤣
Totally dropped the ball by not inserting a pic of Victor Buono.
That quicksilver scene it’s so iconic dude
6:50 Even Captain Holt gave in to exposition cliche of “as you know”? Santiago would be displeased with you, sir.
Olivia Munn was the perfect casting for Psylocke, and she was wasted on this movie.
I feel so bad for her. She deserves better.
Along with Alexandra Shipp as Storm. Honestly, they could have both been the main leads and it would have been awesome.
I loved the story she told on a TV interview of the time she split the crotch out of her Psylocke costume during filming a stunt.
Well, you're talking about the same movie continuity where they actually cut a fan favourite Mutant's screentime in Dark Phoenix by making him injured halfway in the movie.
@Brian Babin Question: Is she a nice person?
@@chasehedges6775 Is anyone within Hollywood an actual nice person? No. But that's not why we watch movies.
“Apocalypse” actually means “revelation”.
Really?
@@legoking6165 Yes.
@@legoking6165 Yeah, it's the bible that makes the connotation with the ending of the world. You know, Revelations.
As you know, words can have more than one meaning. "revelation" is only one meaning.
Since, unlike that OTHER Marvel franchise, this one was loose with its continuity, its easy for me to view Days of Future Past as the true finale to X-Men, with the films after it being shitty alternate timelines, and still enjoy it and X2: X-Men United without being burdened with a connection to a depressing finale.
Even Logan? That was a fuckin masterpiece!!
@@redhood7650 Yeah I feel Logan was the true finale.
I found Logan was the true finale to X-men, given that... well, timeline wise, it was the last event. But the best movie to end with is probably Days of Future Past. The ending to that movie just felt like a good way to end the series overall.
Look, I consider Logan to be an alternate timeline, since Mystique pretended to be Striker to take custody of him at the end of Days of Future Past (thus sparing him the trauma that he suffered as a result of becoming Weapon X). I know a lot of you liked Logan, I'm just personally not a fan of bleak futures in movies like that one where nearly all of the world's mutants are dead (since the whole point of sending him back in time was to ensure a bright future for humanity AND mutants).
@@redhood7650 I hated Logan, one of the worst movies and timelines. No way in freakin' hell did Xavier kill every single mutant and no way in hell is Logan taken down period and the guy above me got it right Days of Future past was the end and rewrote that awful movie.
Malcolm: My power is to adapt to anything which basically makes me immortal.
Me: Scp 682, when did you become human?
SCP 682 is doomsday?
28:45 "Apocalypse" and "Easy to Kill" together sounds crazy when you realize that, in the comics, if even ONE drop of blood remains, he'd still heal from it.
Can't wait for Nostalgiaween.
What movies should he review?
Top 11 best Treehouse of Horror episodes!
Is he finally going to give in and review dark tower...maybe even something as obscure as Q The Winged Serpent...possibly Night of The Lepus?...Halloween 3?....Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond...the prequel of The Thing......Creepshow?
He didn’t even tease it at the end of the review this year!
I hope that its good this year bc last years was awesome
This was the movie that showed me that Fox just can’t do quality X-Men movies consistently. Such a shame. I was super hyped for it too. Apocalypse is dope.
And they never will...You know, becuase of the whole Disney merger and the film rights going back to Marvel.
Just give the rights back to Marvel and let them make X-Men movies damn it!
The biggest issue with this movie and Dark Phoenix is that those storylines in the comics are HUGE. There's a ton of build up that makes the impact hit harder. When X-Men Evolution did the Apocalypse storyline, there was buildup over several episodes that culminated in a huge climax. Here, its just another generic bad guy that's really powerful and wants to destroy the world. Why should we care?
They never did. In total they made 5 movies that were either good or watchable.
@@nahor88 Putting aside lack of foresight, planning and consistency (so why MCU work and SW sequels don't), generally build up can be rushed if creators know what they doing. Problem is that they clearly don't. Dark Phoenix largest crime was that they adopt same flawed story for the third time instead finally adoption the proper story! WTF! X2 version is still the best because at least I understand why they did rush it and Wolverine-Jean relation was developed in previous movies. Why the hell they didn't adopt actual story instead adopting X2 subplot? It make no sense!
15:44 Well, Gambit was already an adult in the late 70s, as seen X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I know that movie has been deemed non-canon, and also contradicts Cyclops being a teen in the 80s now, but that’s the only version of Gambit we got in this series.
This Nostalgiaween could you review Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999) and Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (2000)?
Yeah I would love if he reviewed them as a double feature
Don't touch the CAP!!!
@@LTJfan 😆
Yes please
YES!!!!
"I hope we never see that guy again"
Come on, that was actually pretty funny
I like the cartoon music he plays with it.
It's groan worthy.
"I am as far beyond mutants as they are beyond you" I wanted that Apocalypse😢
16:16 actually we would see then go to the mall,interacting with the other people,acting like teentagers........and then they cut this scene from the movie........just search for the Xmen apocalipse deleted scenes
16:24, now to be fair, that costume upgrade was the coolest part of the movie for me, next to the quick silver sequence, obviously
3:42
That was Matthew Vaughn's exact thought process as well. Fox disagreed, and it's why Vaughn didn't return to direct any other X-men movies.
13:00- How the flying hell- Not even Hawkeye or Green Arrow on their best day could pull off an arrow show that stupid!
There is a deleted scene were Cyclops, Jean, Nightcrawler, and jubilee go to the mall and seeing them having fun
Oh yeah, and they're in the record store and find an album by Dazzler. And Jubilee finally uses her powers, to get free games in the arcade.
I wish they kept it in.
And not only does it do what Doug complained about (giving the kids some personality), but it is a contrast to how Mutants are looked at in America which is supposed to be a mirror to how Europeans see mutants. It was a positive scene that should have been left in (if I cared about this movie at all)
Xmen should be a tv show where each episode focuses on the battle between using talents for good, bad or ugly.
An X-Men review! And it's not even X-Month.
I just realize that quicksilver dies in the MCU and then “scarlet witch” does in the fox Marvel universe
Since when is Scarlet Witch in Fox's Universe?
Years before Disney bought 20th Century Fox, the studio and Marvel made an even split; Disney Marvel would get to keep Scarlet Witch, while Fox Marvel would get Quicksilver. Of course, now that Disney owns both, that's all out the window.
@@goldenstatewarriors9418 There was a scene in "Days of Future Past" that alluded to Scarlet Witch, but she wasn't mentioned by name; Quicksilver's mom tells the little sister to go upstairs and not to annoy 'Wanda', who's upstairs sleeping offscreen and little sis says "She annoys me!"; however this scene didn't make it to the final cut of the film.
@@Silverstar_ Oh I haven't seen that.
I'm just going to say it: as fun as the Quicksilver scenes are in the X-Men films, I think the MCU Quicksilver was the far better Quicksilver because he had more of a character, and it is a real shame that he had to be abruptly killed off just because each studio got one Maximoff twin.
They actually hinted that Magneto was Quick Silvers father, remember the line ‘you control Metal? My mom dated a guy like that.”