X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX directed by Simon Kinberg (11/2/18) 4 4

[adampasz]

1 hour ago, paperheart said:

Didn't need clairvoyance to see this coming

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/dark-phoenix?ref=hp

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dark_phoenix/

Jeez. What a waste of an amazing cast.
I'm sure everyone involved would much rather be working on an MCU film.

[fantastic_four]

Wow.  . The train didn't just jump the tracks, the cargo exploded immediately upon impact.  The reviews are so bad I had to scroll back to the top of the Rotten Tomatoes page to make sure I hadn't accidentally clicked on a DC movie. 

This may be the only Marvel movie besides 2015 Fantastic Four that I skip entirely.

Edited June 5, 2019 by fantastic_four

[fantastic_four]

I just noticed that Simon Kinberg didn't just write this film, but he also wrote the previous Fox telling of the Dark Phoenix tale in "The Last Stand."  He also wrote the 2015 Fantastic Four film.

Wonder if he's ever been asked about what he wanted to do differently with Dark Phoenix the second time around?

[Bosco685]

Good Lord! You have to dig to find a review that is more positive than negative from all that has hit the air.

[Bosco685]

There's the good:

The bad:

And the ugly:

[Bosco685]

Zaki is a fairly level-headed reviewer with years covering comic book movies.

 

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[Bosco685]

WOW! Grace Randolph was so against Dark Phoenix as a big Disney fan, she had predicted it would never be allowed to play. Yet she at least considered it okay, and actually enjoyed Sophie Turner's performance.

 

[Bosco685]

Sophie Turner is a plus along with plenty of great acting in a dull film - C 

Edited June 5, 2019 by Bosco685

[fantastic_four]

21 minutes ago, Bosco685 said:

 

Oh, no, Famke succumbed to the knife.  Her eyes look bizarre now.  

[Bosco685]

All that time used to refine and reshoot this film was a big waste of time. The worst X-Men movie. 

[Bosco685]

Just now, fantastic_four said:

Oh, no, Famke succumbed to the knife.  Her eyes look bizarre now.  

I thought the same thing when I saw her face.

[Bosco685]

Dark Phoenix is not as bad as X-Men movies go. What helps it is the guiding hand of Simon Kinberg. 7.0/10.0 overall.

[fantastic_four]

I have no idea who actually made the call about whether or not to release the film after Disney acquired Fox, but I prefer to assume that Feige wanted it out there right after Captain Marvel and Endgame to remind everyone why he's the king.  

[Bosco685]

Turns out near the end of the critic screening a fire alarm went off. So some critics started cursing out the movie staff while they worked to turn it off.

[Bosco685]

Collider actually felt it was an okay X-Men movie. 

Sophie Turner's performance actually stood out. Overall, 6.0-7.0/10.0 and left feeling how they love the X-Men.

[theCapraAegagrus]

10 hours ago, mattn792 said:

And yet you don’t like War Zone.  You’re a complex individual @TwoPiece...

It sucks!

[theCapraAegagrus]

Told you so...

[Bosco685]

3 minutes ago, TwoPiece said:

Told you so...

What? That for all the negative, there are surprising positives mixed in all these reviews?

Grace Randolph swore July-2018 Disney would never let this mess come out. Now she notes it is worth watching, though troubled.

Collider - hardcore MCU supporters - notes this is worth seeing, though troubled.

Yup! You told us.