tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18360914.post4141965078566543499..comments2024-03-25T16:57:51.919+00:00Comments on Bina007 Movie Reviews: X-MEN: FIRST CLASS - Gentlemen, you can't fight in here: this is the war room!Bina007http://www.blogger.com/profile/01622085135305501711noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18360914.post-48178942533672466702011-06-27T00:46:53.674+00:002011-06-27T00:46:53.674+00:00I hated this movie. Won't bother explaining wh...I hated this movie. Won't bother explaining why, but I'll just say that I dislike almost all comic superheroes. Batman and The Shadow are the only characters I ever actually found interesting. <br /><br />As for X-Men, I agree that the arbitray nature of their powers is extremely annoying. You always have the feeling that at any moment they'll stumble across another mutant who just so happens to be able to turn himself into doorkey at just the moment when they need a doorkey.<br /><br />But may I ask a question as I'm vexed: am I right to feel sympathy for otherwise excellent actors like Fassbender who slum it for sacks full of money in rubbish like X Men? I saw Hunger for the first time a few months back, after I'd seen him in Inglorious Basterds, and thought he was magnificent - an actor to watch and admire. Then, today, I go watch this film and find him stomping about in a dodgy leather jacket with a bucket on his head being all menacing-like.<br /><br />Rank silliness.<br /><br />I felt embarrassed for him. But he's a grown man who made a conscious decision to be in this stuff. So he surely doesn't deserve any sympathy, and nor would he ask for it, I'm sure. So then why do I feel this way?!<br /><br />By the way, can't believe you thought Vaughn's direction was adroit in any way. I think he's a hack in the truest sense. Like that Zack Synder character, it's all shallow imitation of films their favourite movies, punctuated by booming soundtracks and oh-so-serious furrowed brows for the fellas and squinting for the gals.BillFenner1967noreply@blogger.com