"X-Men: Days Of Future Past" review!

Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Superhero.
Starring: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Patrick Stewart, Michael Fassbender, Ian McKellen, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters, Ellen Page, Peter Dinklage.
Year Of Release: 2014
Certificate: 12A
Runtime: 131 minutes
Director: Bryan Singer

Synopsis: "The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants." IMDB

So after the last time Simon Kinberg wrote an X-Men movie, and obliterated all we love in "The Last Stand" I was extremely worried that he had signed on to write "Days Of Future Past". All I can say is "welcome back Bryan Singer!".

You're off to a good start when the incredible voice of Sir Patrick Stewart begins the movie setting the tone of this dystopian world in which mutants are living. The 2023 apocalypse is upon them in which Sentinels are out to kill of mutant kind, and they incorporate the great idea of sending Wolverine back in time to 1973 in order for him to help save the First Class team and mutant kind alike.

Upon arriving back in 1973 is extremely clear that Professor X (McAvoy) is in a pretty bad way, becoming a social recluse hiding away since the Cuban incident which left him paralysed with now having Beast (Hoult) help look after him. While Mystique is off on her merry mission to try and kill the creator of aforementioned Sentinel creator Bolivar Trask (Dinklage) an assassination that is set to escalate Trasks Sentinel programme.

I don't really want to delve anymore into the story that they go with in the movie, it is that good I would rather you watch it yourselves to get deep in the story, it is that phenomenal. There is some scenes that will blow your mind! I will say there may or may not be a scene when Charles meets Charles, you have to see it to believe it. But the scene stealer goes to Evan Peters, he went from a casting we ALL laughed at, to stealing the whole film in this one scene.

In conclusion the movie is a masterpiece, not only is it an overly great Superhero movie it also holds its own against the biggest movies of the year. Not only was it one of the best movies of the year, for me it is one of the better releases in recent years. A thoroughly enjoyable watch, for Marvel fans and none comic book fans alike. Singer was completely on point with this movie, it was a very ambitious project yet he delivered in the biggest way.

10/10

"X-Men: Days Of Future Past" new trailer

20th Century Fox has just released a new trailer for their upcoming X-Men movie "X-Men: Days Of Future Past".
"The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men: Days of Future Past. The beloved characters from the original "X-Men" film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class, in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future."

"X-Men: Days Of Future Past" Sentinel Mark X explained!

This years X-Men film is set to be the mega blockbuster in their franchise, to say this project is ambitious is beyond an understatement. The film is set to bring together two different generations of mutants as old and new come crashing together. If the film is as successful as Fox are projecting then they are set to create their own Marvel-esque cinematic universe with their other Marvel property Fantastic Four.

Yesterday during Empire Magazines 25 covers unveiled, we were shown our first look of the Sentinels and they look pretty sweet. Well, the Mark X version did cause a bit of controversy among fans, none of us for the life of us could work it out too much speculation. So production designer John Mayhre has an explanation for the Mark X. Head over to ScreenRant to check out the 25 covers, plus a few surprising bonus'.

"They’re biomechanical weapons. We had to come up with what would be the ultimate version that could actually, in principle, stop the X-Men. We started with this idea that they were almost made up of magnetic plates slapped over one another, imagining that the plates could contract or grow, so the Sentinel can be skinny to get through a small space or the plates can open up to become a bigger shape. So they have become virtually unstoppable."

Four new "X-Men: Days Of Future Past" images

Empire magazine have revealed four new images from the upcoming "X-Men: Days Of Future Past", check them out below.

Hugh Jackman casts doubt on Wolverine future!!!

Hugh, Hugh why would you do this to me? Are you trying to destroy me?

This news comes at a huge shock considering the third instalment on the "Wolverine"film, Hugh Jackman himself has cast doubt on returning as the character.

"I don’t know whether or not I will do this next movie. I am really proud of (The Wolverine) and I am excited to develop something with Jim Mangold from the beginning because that is a great ride. That’s exciting, to see what we come up with but I have a very high expectation of what it would need to be [for me to star in it] and if it doesn’t reach those, I won’t be doing it."

Jennifer Lawrence talks Mystique

Speaking with IGN recently Jennifer Lawrence talked about where we are going to find Mystique in the upcoming sequel.

"We find Raven, she's split off from Eric and Charles and she's kind of her own agent. She has one mission of trying to assassinate somebody and it will be her first kill basically, and because we've seen her in the future and what she becomes and this is kind of a turning point for her."

Bryan Singer answers "Days Of Future Past" questions

Bryan Singer took to Twitter to answer fans questions about "X-Men: Days Of Future Past", some beautiful person has collected all the X-Men related questions and bundled them together and here they are for you.

"Can you give us another hint at what we might see in the full trailer tomorrow?” --from Neil Sutton on Facebook
Bryan Singer: Tomorrow's trailer is primarily a character piece, as most of our VFX are not yet finished.

FB fan Vlad Micu asks: “How was it to bring the cast of the original X-Men and the cast of X-Men First Class together in the same Movie?”
Singer: Awesome, and slightly intimidating.

#AskSinger #XMen was it challenging working with such a big varying cast?
Singer: .@lawrencer_ I was real comfortable with the original cast and knew the #FirstClass cast as a writer/producer but not yet as a director. With the exception of @NicholasHoult of course -- but they were all fantastic and made the experience fun.

“What was the funniest moment on set with the entire cast?” --from Daniel Long on Facebook
Singer: In between shooting a serious scene on Xavier's private jet, Michael, Nick, Hugh and James dancing to #BlurredLines #IHaveTheFootage

How does this movie make itself new and fresh, while still keeping the traditional feeling we all loved from the previous movies?#AskSinger
Singer: .@pluckthestrings It's all in the cast. They are great actors who know their characters - who know how to bring them to life.

“Have you ever attempted Hugh Jackman's legendary workout regimen?” --from Jacob Parker on Facebook
Singer: Someone tweeted that I was gaining weight, so I tried the workout... for a day.

Mystique has been a fun character to see in the movies. What can we expect to see from her in DOFP #ASKSINGER #XMEN
Singer: .@irturner She's a much more hardened kick-ass character than she was in #FirstClass.

"What scene are you editing right now?" --From Kevin Lieu on Facebook
Singer: I'm tinkering with a piece in the opening that helps set up the story - but I'm in a good place with the cut. A bit ahead of schedule

“Mr. Singer, how would you characterize the tone and style of ‘Days of Future Past’?” --from Ben Ferguson on FB
Singer: Although there is a great deal of humor, the overall tone is a bit darker than previous films, particularly because of the stakes.

How many new x men characters are in the new film #XMen #AskSinger!
Singer: .@Jason_Payton82 A lot -- Blink, Bishop, Sunspot, Warpath, Ink, Quicksilver, etc.

"Are there any practical jokers among the stars of Days Of Future Past? #XMen #AskSinger" --from Charlene John Crisp on Facebook
Singer: Yes. Two words. James. McAvoy. #IHaveTheFootageOnMyiPhone

#x-men #AskSinger What is it, do you think, that keeps drawing you back to the X-Men? Also... Welcome back!
Singer: .@TPF1138 I love the the characters. There's always a new place to go in the #XMen universe. #TimeTravel #Sentinels

Is their any X-Men character that you haven't used that you would like to? #AskSinger #XMen
Singer: .@Bmike3030 Yeah, Gambit, Deadpool, and a few others I'd rather not mention.

#xmen #AskSinger Stylistically, First Class echoed the Bond movies of the 60's. Should we expect DoFP to echo 70's cinema in some fashion?
Singer: .@TPF1138 Yes, in the colors, some of the style & music. I also used 16 & 8mm footage which I operated myself for some scenes which was fun.

“Will we finally get to see the sentinels in action?” --from Brandon Williams on Facebook
Singer: Yes. :)

Hugh Jackman talks "Days Of Future Past"

Next Summer we get to see the ultimate in X-Men movies when they bring one of their greatest story arcs to the big screen in "X-Men: Days Of Future Past". The film will see the combination of the original cast along with the new guys and girls from "X-Men: First Class". Hugh Jackman has been speaking to Access Hollywood, here is what he had to say;

"I know, having sat at Comic-Con on that panel with that extraordinary cast, I keep saying it's like two movies in one, but with the size of it it's really three in one. It really is going to blow people away because of the story. Bryan Singer, I think, is going to become the first director to make increasingly better movies in a franchise, I'm not sure if there's anyone else that's done it."

Patrick Stewart talks "X-Men: Days Of Future Past"

Prof. X himself has given us a little insight in to what is going on with "X-Men: Days Of Future Past" at Comicpalooza.

"I think it is going to certainly be the X-Men of all X-Men pictures, and one doesn't want to tempt fate, but perhaps also the blockbuster of 2014. It was a wonderful experience to reunited with those people."

Stewart began to elaborate on a few details for the film, including Charles Xavier's return.

"It's been 6 or 7 years since X-Men 3, where you will recall that Charles Xavier was vaporized by whats-her-name, Jean Grey. And you're asking yourselves, 'If you were vaporized, how can you be in the next X-Men movie?' Anybody got any ideas how that came about?" One audience member yelled out "Time travel," to which Stewart responded: "Yeah, that's exactly it. I guess. There will be an explanation, but it was a little puzzling for me because I thought my X-Men days were over. So, it's something to look forward to."

Check out that actual video below, enjoy guys and girls.

Joss Whedon talks Quicksilver, Firefly and Batman???

Joss Whedon is one of my favourite people in Hollywood he has made some incredible things so whenever I see people talking about his interviews I check them out. The other days the Film Society of Lincoln Center hosted "An Evening with Joss Whedon" which included a screening of his highly anticipated modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing".

Apparently after the screen the film was met with incredible applause after which Whedon sat down on the stage for a Q&A session. He went on to answer several questions including questions on "Firefly"s future, video games, the ballet he wants to make, the Quicksilver owning fiasco an his vehemence to one day take on the cape crusader that is Batman! Yes, Whedon wants to do a Batman film. I nearly died with happiness when I read this ha. Here are the questions he answered below;

On continuing the "Firefly" universe…

"Right now I'm happy to say everybody is working doing good jobs. There's a real fear of 'The Monkey's Paw,' you know? You bring it back to life and it isn't the same. Even if it's GREAT and it isn't the same. I'm dying to get on a ship with those guys again, but I'm also doing yet another goddamn huge ensemble movie ['The Avengers 2']. Why can't I do a movie about just one guy? So right now I can't even access that part of my brain. If all the planets align that would be great, but I'm not going to do what I did the first time and move heaven and earth to make it happen."

On what he'd like to conquer next in film or television…

"Probably not film or television. There's a ballet I'd like to do. The three people who'll go see it will love it! I can't really play any music and I want to do a full-length musical. There are books I want to write, so many things I'm excited about. There are more movies, obviously, more TV shows. I still haven't written enough spaceship movies, I can't get enough spaceships!"

On doing a video game movie…

"I've been approached a few times and gone down the path a little bit but it's never amounted to anything. I still don't understand why they never made a 'Firefly' game because it lends itself to a massive multiplayer thingy with many 'M's… I don't know what it's called! I'm old, look at me for God's sake! I have reading glasses. But at first I wasn't interested in video games because there really was no narrative, no character, no decision making, it was just 'bang-bang,' and that's really changed, it's become more and more interesting and more a form of storytelling that a lot of people are gravitating towards. The problem is I don't play 'em. There's video games, there's a career, there's a family, pick two. I never got the handle of them, as my nephews found out when they tried to play 'Gears of War' with me and suddenly I wasn't the cool uncle 'cause I kept shooting them by accident."

On Patton Oswalt's now-famous Star Wars filibuster scene on "Parks & Recreation"…

"A timeless piece of joy."

On any Marvel character he wishes he could "do" (rephrased: to bring to some medium)…

"If I could get my hands on absolutely anybody it would be Batman. (audience applause) He's a Marvel character in the DC universe. And if I could 'do' any, probably Thor, because face it, those arms… (laughs)"

Quicksilver in "Avengers 2" and "Days Of Future Past"?

In recent weeks it was confirmed that Quicksilver would be featuring in "Avengers 2", an now it has been confirmed the character will feature in "X-Men: Days Of Future Past" played by Evan Peters who is more than likely known by most for his roles in "America Horror Story".

"Though it seemed like the cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past was all filled up, director Bryan Singer just revealed one last addition. Through Twitter, Singer announced that “American Horror Story” regular and Kick-Ass co-star Evan Peters is playing Quicksilver, a character with superhuman speed who happens to be the son of Magneto and the twin brother of Scarlet Witch." via FirstShowing


A lot of people questioned how he was going to work in two different films that are being made by two different studios. Luckily for them the great guys over at Superhero Hype asked Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige that exact question, read what he had to say;

"There’s a specific arrangement with those two characters that would allow us to use them with Avengers, but not discuss or reference their mutant or Magneto-related lineage. [Fox] can use them as mutants and as Magneto’s relatives, but cannot have anything to do with The Avengers.” So while Fox and Marvel can use the characters, they’re limited as to what parts of the comic book mythology they can use. This has the potential to create some confusion for fans, but there will likely be plenty of explanation online if necessary."

So he will exist within the two universes, and have relationships with The X-Men and The Avengers but each universe will not mention the relationship he has with the other group of superheros, right got it? Have I? It's upsetting that the studios can't come to some sort of agreement for these type of events like Spider-Man and possible Avengers connection. The plots for both studios would be exponentially better if they mixed up their characters more. Like if Quicksilvers origins were linked back to him being the son of Magneto and having The Avengers come in an help fight Magneto an his army of whatever. Just could be so much better if the studios didn't own certain characters.

 

Peter Dinklage on "Days Of Future Past" set

So there has been a lot of speculation circling around the Internet in recent weeks of who exactly Peter Dinklage will be playing in "X-Men: Days Of Future Past". Now it looks like Mr. Singer has sort of confirmed who is it Bolivar Trask is the name on peoples lips. Can't really say I'm a big Dinklage fan (no pun intended) only ever seen him "Death At A Funeral" so excited to actually see why people rate him so highly (also not another pun).

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