It's a hammy spectacle edging closer to Raimi's comic book style rather than the style Bryan Singer established with the original X film. James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender turn in some great performances but not good enough to make us forget Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen.
Vaughn does manage to fit in enough style from the '60's but never really enough to make it feel outdated. A lot of dialogue is forced and silly as is the music which is quite distracting when heavy Limp Bizkit style rock music kicks in, in what should be a movie taking place in the '60's.
Not a film to write home about but still a fun time out and by far my favorite since the first X film.
3 Leland Palmers? out of 5
3 comments:
Nice cover. You liked it more than I did. Then again, I liked all the movies that came before it. Prequels usually don't add much to the table.
I haven't seen the film but I love the poster you used, very Saul Bass.
I like that Xavier was kind of a twat when he was young. Jennifer Lawrence...rowr. Why did he say no again?
3½ Rose Byrne and January Jones have no asses out of 5
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