The stingy Foss once again brought out a big killer, as if to say: I am not bad for money, but I am reluctant to bear it.
The new trilogy has also reached the final stage, but it seems to have returned to ten years ago, which is also the end of a trilogy, and a similar situation has traveled through time and space and is repeated at this moment. The mutants in the movie you didn't watch also made sharp complaints, referring to Sang and scolding Huai, more like Bryan Singer's self-deprecating.
The time of the film jumped to 1983, which was exactly 10 years apart from the reversal of the future timeline. What an amazing coincidence. If you didn't notice the obvious date marks in the film, then Jean Grey and her party went to see Star Wars: Return of the Jedi to make you realize the year. Several protagonists discussed which Star Wars is the best. Some people say that The Empire Strikes Back must be the first choice, while Cyclops said that if there is no first movie, then the following movies will not exist. Just when everyone is at a stalemate, we are cute The Phoenix Girl made up for it: at least everyone agrees that the third part is the worst. Is this complaining about X3: The Last Stand, or is it implying the quality of the apocalypse in this film.
Three rounds, let's do some simple comparisons between the old and new X-Men. Both the new and the old X1 introduced many main characters. The old X1 focused on the confrontation between the two factions, while the new X1 talked about cooperation, but the difference in the concepts of the two factions became more and more huge as the plot unfolded until it split and confronted. Both films have laid a good foundation for the series, especially the new X1, which perfectly combines political background and conspiracy theory with mutants, and the topic discussion is quite serious. The two X2s are also about the racial topic of mutants, and there is that pesky Stricker, and it is more coincidental that both of them have the plot of Magneto being imprisoned and then released. The old X2's performance of racial conflicts is very profound and cruel, and the action scenes are also very exciting. The overall rhythm and style are excellent, and it is the best episode of the old trilogy. The new X2 continues to take the politics of the times as the background, alternately narrating in the future and the past, depicting the dangerous survival situation of mutants, and reshuffles the entire X series timeline, which is also one of the new X trilogy. The best pacing and narrative. As for the last X3, humanity's fear of mutants broke through the threshold, and war broke out. The old version of the scene did not say that the plot is much weaker than the previous one, and even left a laughing stock to the X series. So when the word of mouth of this apocalypse came out, many people laughed and said, sure enough, the third X-Men will be bad. But the author feels that this Apocalypse is much better than the old X3, and it definitely cannot reach the point of rottenness.
Apocalypse changed the style of the first two works that were linked to the politics of the times and played with conspiracy theories, and staged a pure comic film, the plot and narrative were not as complicated as the previous works. The film seems to be creating gods and debunking false gods, and has a little discussion on idol worship and human domination. In addition, the human fear of mutants in this film has also reached its peak. But in fact, the finished film shows us more of the ambition of a crazy big boss who wants to conquer the world. The topic of survival of mutants is only mentioned at the beginning through the encounters of Angels, Nightcrawlers and Magneto. It is more just a stepping stone for the ambition of the apocalypse, and it is not placed at the core like the previous two. So what we can be sure of is that what the series has to say has been said before, X-Men: Apocalypse is to let everyone see enough scenes at one time, to make up for the regret that the first two battles are too small. The new X-Men has always been a return to reality, but this film is uncharacteristically detached from reality and returning to science fiction.
After watching the IMAX zero-point show, the author is very sure that the scene of Apocalypse is breathtaking. Basically, the superpowers of mutants are close to the level of comics. Of course, the shape is very similar. The film is like a gorgeous fashion show to show us all the way Uniform temptation. The 3D effect of this film can't be praised any more. There are many out-of-screen shots, and the three-dimensional depth of field is also very obvious. Finally, I can cheat money without complaining about Fox 3D. And the soundtrack is even better, quite grand and beautiful. The three BGMs that impressed me the most, one is the majestic Egyptian style in the opening, the other is the graceful and tactful when the nuclear bomb is launched, as if enjoying the art of nuclear weapons in the world, and the other is of course the BGM of Xiao Xianrou Kuaiyin. It is worth mentioning that Kuaiyin's role in the film has greatly increased, and it is also quite a scene.
There are too many easter eggs in this movie, and the online inventory has been written in enough detail. The author will write about the few that make my eyes shine. Needless to say, the Easter eggs of Star Wars are more like the director's self-deprecation, in addition to allowing fans to recognize the era markers. But in fact, there is also an Easter egg that fans of American dramas must not miss - the opening music of Knight Rider on the TV at Quicksilver's home. This rhythmic music is definitely unforgettable by old American drama fans. It's also the first American drama I've ever watched.
There are even more Easter eggs on mutants. The image of the professor's final suit and shoes is very close to the old version of Professor X, and he even changed into the same wheelchair of the old Professor X. The newly added characters, Spirit Butterfly and Storm, don't look like the comics, and everyone may feel that it is inconsistent. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have no armor attached to the Spirit Butterfly, so don't be too sexy in a swimsuit; of course, after Magneto wears the Apocalypse Royal Gift It is also closer to the classic look in the comics; even the witch finally changed into a white sleeveless uniform similar to the temptation in the comics.
The characters of many mutants in the film are worthy of praise, and their combat power is closer to the level of the comics. DC's movies are dedicated to restoring the destructive power in comics, but the M family always loves to weaken their heroes and villains. This time we can finally see a Marvel work with amazing combat power. Let's talk about Magneto, his ability to manipulate the earth's magnetic field should be regarded as a top-level combat power in the movies of M's family, very close to the level that this character should have. And the power of the phoenix in Qin Gelei's body was praised to the top, especially the moment when the flames she burst out looked like a phoenix, which set the stage for the black phoenix. The weak combat value of super villains has always been a common problem of M movies. Of course, their ability to talk guns is naturally not inferior to Naruto Uzumaki. Apocalypse is a bit different. Although he is also arrogant, he does not talk about it. Basically, he can do things and never force him. His control and lethality of sand and gravel is amazing, killing a human in minutes is like pinching an ant, and he can also transform and enhance mutants. The X-Men's fierce battle against Apocalypse is not thrilling, but the process is still very difficult. The protagonists have been defeated several times. In the end, the power of the phoenix, which is magnified like an opening and hanging, and the combined force of Magneto and Cyclops, can only be achieved. Kill Apocalypse. So if you haven't seen enough boss battles in other superhero movies, this movie will not disappoint.
The cameo of Uncle Wolf was also mentioned earlier, which is like the last movie that reversed the future of Uncle Wolf and went back to restart the timeline. In the last film, Uncle Wolf prevented Mystique from killing the president, thus correcting the future timeline developed by the old X-Men to a new future developed from the new X series. But at the end of the film, Uncle Wolf was still captured, and it seems that the rewrite of the timeline did not affect his fate. Fortunately, Stricker, who was transformed into Mystique, allowed us to see a little historical deviation. Finally, in this film, Uncle Wolf appeared in the image of weapon X, escaping from Stricker's dam base, which just corresponds to the plot of Wolverine 1. And after he escapes, he can pick up the old X-Men 1 very well. It's just that Uncle Wolf escaped this time because he was released by the X-Men. At the same time, he met Qin Ge Lei and recovered part of his memory. Poor Uncle Wolf no longer has to spend two episodes in the old X series to find what he lost. something. Uncle Wolf's timeline was revised, and thus, the restart of the timeline from the reverse of the future was completed. Subsequent X movies can completely cover the old X series.
The end credits are very interesting. Mr. Sinister's Essex company, who likes to study genetically cloned mutants, shows up and collects Wolverine blood at Stricker's base, and there are many other people's blood in the suitcase. Thinking of the origins of Mr. Sinister and Gambit, I guess that this easter egg may not point to the next X-Men but Gambit's personal movie. But only then will it be confirmed.
This year, three two-and-a-half-hour multi-hero comic films were released at the same time. Different from the bloated and seriousness of Captain America and Bat Chao, Apocalypse has neither many plot clues, nor complicated branch details, nor does it discuss serious political topics. Apocalypse did not make himself very bloated in order to return to reality deliberately, just stuffing all kinds of small easter eggs, and laying a small foreshadowing for the sequel is enough. The whole is concise, capable and relaxed, and staged a pure film for us. A heroic movie against good and evil.
Fox's stinginess is well known, but he has always held on to the X-Men copyright. The series will continue, otherwise it will be taken back by Marvel using various means. If Fox doesn't take a step to win-win cooperation, then we want to see a lot of big events involving mutants in the Marvel universe, and I'm afraid it will be decades away.
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Shige on June 3, 2016
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