X-Men: Apocalypse announced for May 2016
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Or maybe their honest opinion is that Batman v Superman sucked, and they think Apocalypse wasn't very good. God knows I agree with them about BvS, and so do a lot of people. I have the feeling that less people would be rallying against critics if the critics agreed with their opinions on certain movies
^ I don't like critics in general, and haven't for a very long time. It doesn't matter if their opinions on something are good or bad, I still think they're useless.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/75135
Aint It Cool News loved it.
Aint It Cool News loved it.
Den of Geek have only given it two stars, which is a bit disappointing. But then I think it would be hard to top DoFP:
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/x-men/40529/x-men-apocalypse-review
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/x-men/40529/x-men-apocalypse-review
shouldn't that make us question their credibility?
I was thinking the same thing.
I was thinking the same thing.
I watched the video and they said the biggest faults they had were JLAW (who allegedly phoned it in hard), the QS subplot that goes nowhere, the film going down hill after the first 40 minutes, the action scenes (Singer is known for not being an action director) and the finale looking fake and just feeling unresolved.
With BvS, they had less to complain about, by virtue of the movie not being as awesome and epic as they thought a movie with Batman and Superman fighting each other should've been.
I don't get how that's supposed to make sense.
They were expecting more of a versus movie. A dueling of ideologies, a jousting wits and an exploration why each character does things the way they do. Not, Batman being a psychotic mad man whose out to kill Superman to assuage his own paranoia.
Like everyone, they were annoyed with the JL set ups that stopped the movie, and not everyone was sold on Eisenberg's Luthor. However, from what we're hearing about X-Men Apocalypse, it seems like Singer may just have laid an egg with his crescendo X-Men film. We have 18 days in the US, to wait and find out for ourselves.
The fact that X3 remains the second-highest-grossing film in the X-franchise in spite of negative critical response is a direct counter to the idea that the negative critical reception for X-Men Apocalypse actually means/will mean anything whatsoever, even some 18 days ahead of said film's release.
Technically, X3 is now 3rd in line. Deadpool supplanted DOFP with a worldwide gross of $762 million, to DOFP's $748 million.
The sentiment is correct though. Compare X3 to the films it competed against back in the summer of 2006.
X3 in early May
The Da Vinci Code in late May
Superman Returns in June
POTC Dead Man's Chest in July
Superman Returns as a "Certified Fresh" rating on RT, and all the other movies I listed are scored rotten. And yet, Superman Returns was the lowest grossing big budget movie of the summer of 2006, with only $391 million world wide to show for it's 19 week run.
POTC broke a billion
The Da Vinci Code $758 million
X3 $460 million
Also look at the Transformers and Twilight movies. All rotten, and all are multi billion dollar franchises.
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Most of the reviews have focused on the plethora of moving parts - too many characters, too many fights. That seems to be the primary complaint, which depending on your perspective isn't that big of a deal anyway.
Excellent point re: Deadpool. And certainly fits with the "want to have a good time" as a common element rather than taking things on their own merits.
Or maybe their honest opinion is that Batman v Superman sucked, and they think Apocalypse wasn't very good. God knows I agree with them about BvS, and so do a lot of people. I have the feeling that less people would be rallying against critics if the critics agreed with their opinions on certain movies
Could be. And could be Apocalypse is a case of laying an egg; certainly I've been concerned about it since they have such an uninspiring choice for Apocalypse himself. But too much of the criticism I read about BvS had an underlying "This movie isn't doing it right by Marvel's [and Deadpool's] Golden Standard."
But obviously critics shouldn't be dismissed without consideration.
Box Office Mojo lists X-Men: The Last Stand second in terms of total grosses behind Deadpool and ahead of Days of Future Past, although DoFP did gross more worldwide than TLS.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=xmen.htm
Well they loved BVS too after giving it negative reviews the first time round.
Doesn't help when a movie critics paned is eventually considered a classic.
Is it not out till May 27th in America? Out May 18th here in Britain. Man I love getting all these movies early 
It gets 4/5 on Digital Spy at least. Not that I've read the review; I don't see the point of reading a review and potentially spoiling a movie I'm definitely going to see regardless. I'll make my own mind up.
It gets 4/5 on Digital Spy at least. Not that I've read the review; I don't see the point of reading a review and potentially spoiling a movie I'm definitely going to see regardless. I'll make my own mind up.
