In 2000, an "X-Men" came out, opening a new path for superhero movies. I still remember that in 1997, DC's "Batman and Robin" next door successfully stinks the entire superhero film industry with its touching quality, and superhero films have not been favored since then. This pioneering work was launched after Fox bought the X-Men copyright sold by the dying Marvel. The relationship between mutants and humans is very much like the racial issue that still attracts attention today. That's when people realized that superhero movies can be profound. Then Fox struck while the iron was hot, and launched the last two sequels in 2003 and 2006 respectively, maintaining a consistently high level and achieving good box office achievements around the world. Qu and the "Iron Man" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have extremely important reference significance. Then in 2009, "X-Men Prequel: Wolverine" and "Wolverine 2" were launched with the extremely high character popularity. But the older generation of X-Men actors are already very old and must be injected with fresh blood to continue the development of "XCU". So the 2011 blockbuster "First Battle" perfectly brought the perfect successors of "One Beauty" James McAvoy and "Fresh Shark" Michael Fassbender and more young faces.
But if you want the movie to constantly update the content, and new actors to gradually replace the old ones, there must be an opportunity for a major change of blood, and at the same time, the timeline must be restarted to tell a new story. So in 2014, we saw that "Future Reversal", which had an explosion in the cast lineup, rich content and high quality, won the global box office of more than 700 million US dollars, becoming the highest box office in the series, and also the best in the series in my opinion. work. At the same time as the release of the "X" movie, Wolverine, played by the extremely popular Hugh Jackman, also released two other solo films. Although the plot of "Wolverine 2" is highly criticized, it still contributes many wonderful fights, and at the same time buys the foreshadowing for "Reversing the Future"; "Wolverine 3" sets the timeline in 2029, telling the story of Professor X and the late twilight in the 90s. The Wolverine ended tragically, the western style was refreshing and made fans cry, and it became the first superhero movie nominated for the Oscar for the best adapted screenplay. In addition, "Deadpool", which has been placed in a unified universe but has few stories, has become an R-rated box office dark horse with its distinctive features. It is extremely popular and is also an outlier among superheroes. The stage film begins.
In 2016, "Apocalypse" was released, and its reputation was very mediocre, which was far from the level of the previous "Future Reversal" and "Wolverine 3". Although it is not an excellent work, it also tells a lot of content, and at the same time allows the audience to slowly accept the new actors. Although the quality of "Apocalypse" is unsatisfactory, it is of great significance in the universe, setting the timeline and laying the foreshadowing of the next film. In 2018, Disney (the parent company of Marvel Studios) announced the start of its acquisition of Fox, which is expected to be completed in 2020. In this way, in the years to come, we may also witness a battle between the X-Men and the Avengers. While fans chanted Mickey Mouse's awesomeness, Disney also axed Fox's post-Dark Phoenix X-Men project. That means Dark Phoenix will be the end game for the franchise, which is in its twentieth year. However, this ending, I am afraid, is as disappointing as the millions of people requesting a remake of the eighth season of "Game of Thrones". The above is a bit too much, let's start to get to the point. First, let's review the plot of the movie. The mutant Jean Grey awakened to her mutant abilities at the age of eight, causing her mother to die in a car accident, and her father who survived the accident thought he could not support her, so he gave her to the young Professor X to take her to the mutant school. In order to keep Qin from leaving a shadow, the professor erased the fact that Qin lost control and killed her mother, leaving her only her parents who died in a car accident in her memory. Years later, Professor X established the X-Men. In order to maintain relations with humans, he sent the X-Men to perform more and more dangerous missions again and again. Finally, in a space rescue, Jyn was struck by a solar flare. But it seems that nothing happened to Qin, and instead it became stronger. It turned out that it was not just an ordinary solar flare, but a group of cosmic energy representing life and destruction. This group of energy has just destroyed a planet, the survivors of the planet (a group of aliens similar to the Skrulls, suspected It is the Shi'a Empire in the original comic "Dark Phoenix Legend"), led by Vok, came to Earth to find the energy absorbed by Qin. At school, Jean couldn't control herself and accidentally hurt her school friends. At the same time, as she became stronger, she felt that her father was still alive, so she immediately left the school and set off to find her father. After finding her father, her father recalled the memory of her death that caused her mother to die. It was her father who took the initiative to hand her over to the professor. At this point, the professor realized that things were getting out of hand and led the X-Men to Jean's house. Qin lost control again, wounded Kuaiyin and killed Mystique accidentally. Jean left and went to the mutant base assigned to Magneto by the United Nations (Kenosha in Africa in the comics) to ask Lao Wan how to stop killing people, but concealed the murder of the demon. The Facts of the Shaped Woman. After the confrontation between the two, Qin left again. The heartbroken Hank broke up with the professor, and also found Lao Wan and told the fact that the Mystique was killed. Lao Wan directly exploded, and he must kill Rui Wen's Qin. At this time, Vok found Qin, told her the true face of power, and wanted to control Qin's phoenix power. After Lao Wan found Qin's location, the professor also came to the place to try to stop it. However, Lao Wan still wanted to fuck her, but he was hanged and beaten. The professor was also controlled by Qin, but he was moved by the truth, kindness and beauty in the professor's heart. Vok took the opportunity to capture the power of the phoenix, in an attempt to capture it and then use it to occupy the earth. Of course the professor couldn't let her succeed, letting Cyclops stop absorbing the power. Then the Mutant Control Bureau (MCU) took all the mutants present and put on the control collars in "Deadpool 2". Vok brought other aliens to snatch the rest of the power. Lao Wan suddenly turned against them and joined the professor to deal with them, but his strength was not as strong as Vok. Then Qin wakes up and fights with Vok for 300 rounds and they both perish together, turning into the power of the real phoenix and roaming in space. After the war, Xavior School was renamed Jean Grey School, Hank served as the principal, the professor retired, and Lao Wan remarried. Let's analyze this movie 1. Let's start with the director. For many years the X-Men series were mostly directed by Brian Singer. "Dark Phoenix" is director Simon Kimberg's debut. Before that, he had been involved in the production of films as a screenwriter or producer. "Dark Phoenix" is his first time directing a film, even though he has been one of the screenwriters of the X-Men series, it really makes me uneasy to direct a film of this size for the first time, so I can only console myself in case the director is a blockbuster. , travel in space. After the war, Xavior School was renamed Jean Grey School, Hank served as the principal, the professor retired, and Lao Wan remarried. Let's analyze this movie 1. Let's start with the director. For many years the X-Men series were mostly directed by Brian Singer. "Dark Phoenix" is director Simon Kimberg's debut. Before that, he had been involved in the production of films as a screenwriter or producer. "Dark Phoenix" is his first time directing a film, even though he has been one of the screenwriters of the X-Men series, it really makes me uneasy to direct a film of this size for the first time, so I can only console myself in case the director is a blockbuster. , travel in space. After the war, Xavior School was renamed Jean Grey School, Hank served as the principal, the professor retired, and Lao Wan remarried. Let's analyze this movie 1. Let's start with the director. For many years the X-Men series were mostly directed by Brian Singer. "Dark Phoenix" is director Simon Kimberg's debut. Before that, he had been involved in the production of films as a screenwriter or producer. "Dark Phoenix" is his first time directing a film, even though he has been one of the screenwriters of the X-Men series, it really makes me uneasy to direct a film of this size for the first time, so I can only console myself in case the director is a blockbuster.
2, the plot structure. On the plot, "Dark Phoenix" makes people unable to complain. My personal impression is: Huh? ho~ ho. The plot is too casual, the logical explanation is not clear, and the character trends will change if they change. It is said that Lao Wan is determined to kill Qin all the way, and when the villain comes, he will defect directly after saying "I changed my mind". The professor wanted to get Qin back on track, playing the unbearable emotional card, and it was so easy to succeed. And there are no waves in the overall plot. If the reversal of the future is a stormy wave, "Dark Phoenix" is probably just a trickle. After seeing most of it, you can guess that the ending must be the duel between the two Phoenix forces. At the same time, there is also a long time between Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix, and there are many stories to tell. The most unacceptable thing to me is that the father-son relationship between Lao Wan and Kuaiyin has not progressed at all. It was obvious that they had already laid the groundwork for their relationship in "Reversing the Future" and "Apocalypse", and they did not meet in the last episode. Makes me super lost. 3. Character shaping. The characterization of "Dark Phoenix" has been widely criticized. For me, Dark Phoenix's characterization is the worst. And without the word "collapse", let's analyze the strangeness of the characters in this film. Professor X: Professor X was a dove in the two camps of mutants last night, advocating peace. But the professor of this part seems to have become a human licking dog. There was no such a foreshadowing of such a Charles in any of the previous films, but the film directly gave us such a professor from the very beginning. Want to make the mutants live better, in order to have a good relationship with humans, let the mutants, friends, and relatives around you perform more and more dangerous tasks again and again? After the mission has been completed as best as possible, but because of his self-confidence or conceit, he insists on letting the mutants risk sacrifice to save mankind? Rui Wen felt that it was already the limit, and the mission could not go on any further. Since there is such a big risk, shouldn't the rescuer control his own life and make his own decision, should he be ordered? Professor, is this protecting mutants, protecting the X-Men? Don't cherish the people closest to you, is this still a reversal of the professor who abandoned Rui Wen and abandoned himself in the future?
Magneto: In the previous series of movies, Lao Wan has always been a scheming conspirator, but this one has become a reckless man who has not exerted his subjective initiative at all, and was led by the nose. Qin came: what are you doing, don't ignore her. Here comes Hank: It turns out that Jyn killed Mystique, so I will kill her. It turns out that the white-haired girl is going to destroy the earth: then I will change my mind. Did you find it? In the previous movies, Lao Wan could always influence the plot with careful thought, instead of becoming a passive puppet following the plot in "Dark Phoenix".
Qin: It's quite cliché that a person with such a great hatred and such a powerful force can still be moved by the truth, kindness and beauty to directly change from an enemy to an allied army. The villain played by the model worker is also too face-to-face, boring, and has no characteristics
In addition, I Kuaiyin actually had so few parts in this drama, so I didn't have much room to play, so I went to rest,
The lines are also bad enough 3: visual effects. As a commercial film, the visual effects of "Dark Phoenix" are quite satisfactory. There is no big scene, there is no slow motion of the fast silver standard, but for this level of film, it gives me a feeling of limited funds. Fortunately, the presentation of the power of the Phoenix in the movie is not bad, after all, it still has the basis of the previous work.
4: The theme of the film. The theme of the X-Men has always revolved around the contradiction between mutants and humans, but this one suddenly appeared an alien and took away all the contradictions. Many fans expect "Dark Phoenix" to become the real villain, but they turned their backs in a few words. They wanted to see a blackened piano like "The Last Stand", but they didn't expect to have sex with aliens directly, so this is an adolescent movie. Self-control education film? Without deep racial contradictions, what is the charm and character of X-Men movies? Mutant and proud? But as a purely commercial film, "Dark Phoenix" is not a bad film. After all, it tells a complete story, and it also has good visual effects. The only ones I'm sorry are fans who have followed the X-Men for years. Poor me, the X-Men series has come to its twentieth year, but this is what it ended up with. The MCU is only eleven years old, but it can use a "Final Battle" to take into account the quality of the film and the feelings, giving us a regrettable but real ending. I hope Disney dad will try to restart the X-Men series within five years after the acquisition is completed, and treat them well.
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