I did MCU movie marathon with my 65year old mom and we watched 20th Century Fox X-Men movies in between. Here is what she thought about them
I watched most of MCU movies with my mom while she was looking after me after my ACL surgery. She got bit bored during phase 5. So we watched 20th Century Fox X-Men movies for change of pace. Here is what she thought.
X-Men - 8/10. Really liked it. Really liked Charles, Magneto , Scott and Storm. Big fan of Wolverine but did not appreciate him shooting his shots with Jean. Did not like Rogue but loved Mystique. She liked Magneto the most. Scott is close second.
X2 - 7/10. Liked it. Again really liked Charles and Magneto. Appreciated lack of "flirting" from Logan to Jean. Got really excited when Colossus appeared. Liked Iceman. Still did not like Rogue. Loved Nightcrawler and Storm. She really liked Iceman and Logan in this movie. Did not care for Striker.
X-Men: The Last Stand - 5/10. She thought concept was very neat. Did not like Magneto or Charles in this movie like before. Liked Wolverine. She was heartbroken for Scott. Heavily disliked Storm in this movie. She called her hypocrite. Went on whole rant about how beautiful or blessed people acting like we are all the same. Got disappointed at Storm for suggesting they are perfect the way they are to girl who kills whoever she touches. Cheered for Mystique when she told on Magneto. Questioned Logan's ability for critical thinking because he kept running into Magneto.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - 9/10. Really liked the movie. She loved the opening montage. LOVED Victor. Really really liked Logan. Quite liked concept of weapon XI but called him needlessly ugly. She said Logan really need to learn some fight moves.
X-Men: First Class : 9/10. Loved this movie. Especially liked Magneto and Charles in this. Liked Villians. Got really excited at cameo of Wolverine. Did not like Mystique in this. Said she really liked other one better. Liked Hank a lot. Said he looks like my brother. (So we are all Beast after all?)
The Wolverine : 5/10. Loved Wolverine in every second but did not care for anyone else. Really appreciated Logan seemed to fight better.
X-Men: Days of Future Past : 9.5/10. Loved it. Really really loved Sentinels. Liked everything in this movie. Only nitpick was how much weaker Logan is without adamantium claws. Liked Mystique much more in this movie.
Deadpool - We could not finish it because she did not R rated dialogue and gore.
X-Men: Apocalypse : 4/10. Did not like it. She really liked the opening scene where they bury Apocalypse. Really loved Magneto in this again. She did not care for anyone else including charles and hank. Called this movie "Keeps getting worse every 10 minutes". And said "If it wasnt for Magneto 2/10 and 1 point is for opening scene"
Logan - 8/10. Loved it. Really liked the concept and adored Laura. She did like villians. Got bit sad everytime logan and charles struggled. Got especially sad when Logan couldnt pull out his claws easily anymore.
X-Men - 8/10. Really liked it. Really liked Charles, Magneto , Scott and Storm. Big fan of Wolverine but did not appreciate him shooting his shots with Jean. Did not like Rogue but loved Mystique. She liked Magneto the most. Scott is close second.
X2 - 7/10. Liked it. Again really liked Charles and Magneto. Appreciated lack of "flirting" from Logan to Jean. Got really excited when Colossus appeared. Liked Iceman. Still did not like Rogue. Loved Nightcrawler and Storm. She really liked Iceman and Logan in this movie. Did not care for Striker.
X-Men: The Last Stand - 5/10. She thought concept was very neat. Did not like Magneto or Charles in this movie like before. Liked Wolverine. She was heartbroken for Scott. Heavily disliked Storm in this movie. She called her hypocrite. Went on whole rant about how beautiful or blessed people acting like we are all the same. Got disappointed at Storm for suggesting they are perfect the way they are to girl who kills whoever she touches. Cheered for Mystique when she told on Magneto. Questioned Logan's ability for critical thinking because he kept running into Magneto.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - 9/10. Really liked the movie. She loved the opening montage. LOVED Victor. Really really liked Logan. Quite liked concept of weapon XI but called him needlessly ugly. She said Logan really need to learn some fight moves.
X-Men: First Class : 9/10. Loved this movie. Especially liked Magneto and Charles in this. Liked Villians. Got really excited at cameo of Wolverine. Did not like Mystique in this. Said she really liked other one better. Liked Hank a lot. Said he looks like my brother. (So we are all Beast after all?)
The Wolverine : 5/10. Loved Wolverine in every second but did not care for anyone else. Really appreciated Logan seemed to fight better.
X-Men: Days of Future Past : 9.5/10. Loved it. Really really loved Sentinels. Liked everything in this movie. Only nitpick was how much weaker Logan is without adamantium claws. Liked Mystique much more in this movie.
Deadpool - We could not finish it because she did not R rated dialogue and gore.
X-Men: Apocalypse : 4/10. Did not like it. She really liked the opening scene where they bury Apocalypse. Really loved Magneto in this again. She did not care for anyone else including charles and hank. Called this movie "Keeps getting worse every 10 minutes". And said "If it wasnt for Magneto 2/10 and 1 point is for opening scene"
Logan - 8/10. Loved it. Really liked the concept and adored Laura. She did like villians. Got bit sad everytime logan and charles struggled. Got especially sad when Logan couldnt pull out his claws easily anymore.
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That take is so hot it could fry an egg!
Oh and also the claw CGI was awful, almost forgot to add.
But I get it.
It doesn't really bother me (no, really, I'm not just dissociating) but I often think about how much he would have enjoyed the MCU and X-Men movies. If I could stand to spend time with him, I know we'd have had fun watching them together.
When I was a teenager, I remember watching X2 on cable while he was chilling in the room with me and my sister - when Wolverine ejected that policeman's bullet from his skull, my dad sat bolt upright in his chair.
* 1994 - The Fantastic Four (unreleased Roger Corman film)
* 2000 - X-Men (July 14)
* 2003 - Daredevil
* 2003 - X2
* 2005 - Elektra
* 2005 - Fantastic Four (July 8)
* 2006 - X-Men: The Last Stand
* 2007 - Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (June 15)
* 2009 - X-Men Origins: Wolverine
* 2011 - X-Men: First Class
* 2013 - The Wolverine
* 2014 - X-Men: Days of Future Past
* 2015 - Fantastic Four (Josh Trank reboot)
* 2016 - X-Men: Apocalypse
* 2016 - Deadpool
* 2017 - Logan
* 2018 - Deadpool 2
* 2019 - Dark Phoenix (June 7)
* 2020 - The New Mutants
Probably in my personal top 5 superhero films
*And* specifically didn’t like Korg!
I don’t get it.
All of her other takes were great.