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Bryan SingerForgatókönyvíró:
Simon KinbergOperatőr:
Newton Thomas SigelZeneszerző:
John OttmanSzereplők:
Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Elliot Page, Peter Dinklage (több)Streaming (4)
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A közeljövőben a mutánsoknak nemcsak az emberekkel és az emberekben örök ellenséget látó mutánsokkal kell megküzdeniük, hanem egy új, legyőzhetetlennek bizonyuló ellenséggel is, akik elkezdték levadászni őket. A túlélésükért Magneto és Xavier szövetségre lép, és egy kísérleti technika segítségével visszaküldik Logan (Farkas) elméjét a múltba, fiatalabb testébe, a 80-as évekbe. Feladatának egyetlen célja: megtalálni és összefogni a két veterán ifjú énjét, hogy megváltoztassák a múltat és ezzel megakadályozzák a jövőben kitörni készülő háborút, miközben a többi X-ek ezzel párhuzamosan a maguk idősíkjában vívják meg harcukat a rájuk vadászó elemekkel. (InterCom)
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I have to say for the first hour I was completely screwed and had no idea what was going on in the movie. This lasted till the end of the movie, just so I could, with a twist from the future to the past with a stop in the alternative present (which is all this instalment is about), understand that this film cancelled everything the X-Men encountered in the previous movies. Suddenly, the dead from the previous instalments were alive, the bastards were made more human and Bryan Singer created a brand new world he would happily draw from in the future. As for the fans, this movie was quite a mindfuck.
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I admit that there are some shortcomings when it comes to the profiling of the characters and their interactions, where the reasons someone is doing what they are doing are not always convincingly explained. However, the film manages to be sufficiently entertaining, tense and riveting that I didn’t start thinking about those issues until I left the theatre. In the cinema it was excellent, uninterrupted fun. In short, a very pleasant time spent with old (and new) friends. I liked Evan Peters as Quicksilver, there could have been more of him, his scenes are interesting and fun. Overall, I had more fun than with the (IMHO) overrated First Class.
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Wolverine’s Life on Mars. In the context of the franchise, Days of Future Past is an admirable work of storytelling that succeeds in linking the previous Singer films to First Class and the Wolverine spin-offs by partially rewriting the history of several fictional worlds (the filmmakers managed to create a film that simultaneously opens and closes the original trilogy). As a stand-alone film for newcomers to the X-Men universe, however, it is a very problematic movie that doesn’t take time to introduce the characters, let alone explain their relationships and motivations. The more precise temporal localisation of the story and the ensuing intellectual pleasure are made possible by hints in the form of allusions, which – as in Star Trek: Into Darkness – are intended primarily for those who are already in the know. The narrative does not get its dynamics primarily from the action scenes, but rather from the relationships between characters and their (un)willingness to join a particular group (outsiders become team players and vice versa). The relationships do not exist only on the horizontal plane, but also on two different temporal planes. Different alliances are in effect on each of these levels, which forces us to constantly assess what happened between the past and the future and what could change based on what is currently happening. The clarity of communication between the past and the future is aided by the distribution of information through a limited number of the more important characters, to each of which a slightly different style and narrative tone are applied (whereas supporting characters like Kitty serve only as one-dimensional narrative devices). This change of style and tone is most striking in the chapter focusing on Quicksilver, but the varying degrees of the tragic outlook with which the situation is viewed by Wolverine and Beast on the one hand and Magneto and Xavier on the other is also readily apparent. The drawbacks of having such a large cast of characters become clear when the moment of truth arrives, but there is no time left for psychologising, as the decisive moments are condensed into emotionally tense speeches that I would rather more expect from Captain America (with which Days of Future Past shares the 1970s suspicion that the world really isn’t run by the right people). The action scenes, which don’t always contribute to the development of the plot, then come across as forced, visual dead weight and an attempt to fulfil a quota of spectacular scenes that are needed so that the film can be designated as a blockbuster. I won’t go back to Days of Future Past with the same appetite as I did in the case of First Class, which entertained me with its Bondian stylisation and well-considered introduction of new characters, but at least in order to understand and appreciate its importance for the other X-Men movies, I consider another viewing to be necessary, which is actually the best that any commercial film can hope for. 80%
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Time travel means paradoxes and cracks in space, agency, and logic. I can fault it for the fact that it disrespectfully kicks its older brethren in the balls from its position as a successor to the original trilogy, and it does so with the conscious vigor that Matthew Vaughn and Bryan Singer brought back to the franchise last time, and from the relieved position of the spiritual father, rewrites the universe in the way we adored him for a decade ago, letting the superheroes talk rather than drawing swords from their wrists. It has the support of the actors, with Jackman cracking one-liners, Fassbender staring stubbornly, and McAvoy forgetting to shave his beard. Yet they work with complete certainty, turning a complicated script into a blockbuster joy that multiplies in every additional action scene (albeit that one is really hard to top). I actually do have one major complaint about it: I wanted more of the old group. But you can't stop the (r)evolution. 4 ½.
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The new X-Men will disappoint especially those who hope that Singer will pick up exactly where he left off, i.e., that after years he will again make a film that will improve on the genre of comic films. Times have changed, and so have Xavier's boys. The series has clear rules, poetics that it supplements easily rather than develops rapidly (as was the case with the groundbreaking X2). It can be said that Singer is merging the old and the new world. Of course, unlike Vaughn, his retro isn't that light-footed, and yet it has a great energy in places. In fact, it only fails in the finale, which falls asleep instead of escalating. Other objections include the fact that Days of Future Past only repeats what we have seen several times, fails to progress the characters (with the exception of Mystique, who is unexpectedly active and important, and she is simply no longer "an object of the professors' wills"... I still have to ask, whose perverted idea was it to make Jennifer Lawrence a symbol of Hollywood emancipation?... nevermind), whilst rather sketches the new characters and uses them as a bearers of interesting action skills. The fact is, however, that Singer focuses entirely on the central characters (Charles, Erik and Logan). Watching the new crew is ballbusting, as both McAvoy and Fassbender are full of energy, cynicism and inner drama. Particularly young Magneto bends space-time towards him uncompromisingly. The old men are more like pitied and melancholic characters. In addition, I completely failed to decipher how they relate to the original trilogy (especially Charles). Another continuum? Maybe. In the end, Days of Future Past is not a riveting act of the "builder of worlds", but for the most part great maintenance of the poetics of the series, its anchor and at the same time a restart. And it is only slightly worse than First Classs. After it ended, I thoughtfully wondered whether the times when similar comic films had redefined the complex relationship between blockbuster and reality are behind us. The gap between the X-Men, Batman, and the formerly frivolous escapists is beginning to be closed on a tolerable compromise that has a certain edge, but at the same time does not irritate in the slightest and does not explore new territories as intensively as a few years ago. Time will tell. [75%]
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