X-MEN – Why Did It Choke?
X-MEN:FIRST CLASS didn’t quite ace the box office exam over the weekend, and we examine just how it falls in the scope of other Marvel films. Meanwhile, Greg Grundberg talks more about LOVE BITES with a comparison to another heroic series he was associated with.
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Do you think the lack of Wolverine hurt X-MEN:FIRST CLASS? Drop us a comment below!
X-men first class was awesome you’re all crazy.
Haven’t listened to the podcast (yet!) but I had to comment on the “lack of Wolverine” thing. Quite apart from his presence screwing with the movieverse continuity, I am fed up to the back teeth with the Hairy One’s omnipresence in anything X-related. The X-Men did exist before someone thought up Wolverine, remember? And I for one am not convinced his inclusion was an improvement, bub. The character has become, and was never that far from to begin with, a mess of overdone cliches, and has dated badly from his first appearance.
As for the movies, well, he dominated them in a way that just got worse and worse as the series went on; Last Stand was just ridiculous that way; other characters like Cyclops and Professor X (!) were shoved to one side and then summarily killed off so that Wolvie could “shine” — oh, and kill Jean.
First Class was refreshing in its lack of Logan, and I didn’t miss him. Whether the Hugh Jackman fans did to the point of depressing the film’s takings is debatable — I’m more inclined to think that there were too many comics blockbusters out this summer, and a prequel was less interesting to the general audience than the fresh stuff — but if an X-Men movie has to have Wolverine in it to succeed, then IMO we’re better off resting the franchise for a while.
Just saw X-MEN: FIRST CLASS.
I liked it.
'Specially the Charles-Eric relationship.
Mindy