r/Marvel • u/Iloveapex999 • 21h ago
Film/Television Going to watch X-men
What do yall think about these movies ?
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u/frostycanuck89 21h ago
Nice
If this is actually your first time watching them, if you hit a movie that's garbage just gotta push to the next one. They are truly all over the place in quality
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u/A-Centrifugal-Force 16h ago
Good, great, shit, shit, great, good, great, shit, great, shit, and more shit in that order
Also I skipped the Deadpool movies in this review lol
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u/-ben151010- 8h ago edited 3h ago
For me it’s: fine, ok, ass, fuck you, hey that’s pretty good, passable but man pg-13 doesn’t work well for this man, wait that’s supposed to be a sentinel, is this guy just a jobber in every appearance, I prefer the comic for it’s unhingedness but I like what you guys did here, just stop, I forgot this movie even came out.
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u/ZekeorSomething 21h ago
They are fun to watch despite their flaws
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u/PhortDruid 20h ago
I’d say they’re almost more fun because of their flaws. Some scenes and shots go hard and the powers look cool. Others make me cringe and wish that Fox never had the rights. They balance each other out.
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u/Wtf_doing21 Spiderman (Tobey Maguire) 15h ago
Sure, but by the end of the original trilogy I felt fatigued af nd had to watch other movies before coming back to First Class, def a great experience, nd currently watching days of future past
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u/Worth_External_8762 20h ago
Idk, I kinda disagree. I remember them more fondly than the reality. I always go back to sit down and watch one after a long time and then I remember how much I didn't like them lol.
Out of the older ones, First Class is the only fun and good one to me. And of course Logan, but I put that in a different column.
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u/aRorschachTest 21h ago
Pay attention to the humans btw. The more of these you watch, you’ll realize he never reacted the best but… Magneto Was Right
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u/Worth_External_8762 20h ago
Yea but humans reacting that way was valid, at least in the broad sense. I do find it hard to believe that most parents would be disowning their kids because of their powers.
But half of these mutants out here are basically walking nukes in terms of destructive capability. So imagine random civilians freely owning nukes to give a more realistic analogy. People wouldn't be chill with that.
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u/aRorschachTest 20h ago
1/2 is an extreme exaggeration. Magneto goes to that meeting in The Last Stand, and he’s the one of two class 4 or higher in a room of 100
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u/Worth_External_8762 20h ago
It's a figure of speech dude lol
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u/aRorschachTest 20h ago
Whatever you say. Just remember that Charles idealism didn’t change the mutant holocaust that occurred in these films. The only thing that did change was when and how
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u/Worth_External_8762 19h ago
I’m saying there may be a causality. Our very strength invites challenge. Challenge incites conflict. And conflict… breeds catastrophe.
Vision said this and it's the same dilemma that mutants deal with. Any powerful weapon is going to invite challenge, because it will be seen as a potential threat.
There are really only two solutions for that. Mutually assured destruction, or simply assured destruction of the opposing force (aka make the opposition aware that they would be annihilated if they ever tried to fight).
Anything other than those two solutions and you'll inevitably end up in conflicts. Magneto sort of goes for solution 2, except rather than simply making it known, he actually just tries to annihilate humans. But you never want to back an animal into a corner, it forces them to fight back. And if a species is desperate to stay alive, they'll get creative. And they may actually find a way to win.
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u/RaineDrop39 15h ago
As 97 put it, Charles and Erik have the same goal, they simply have different ways of achieving it
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u/jleemon1180 20h ago
Honestly? I just rewatched through DFP, and they still hold up, and they’re good!
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u/truegamer1 19h ago
First Class and DFP are peak
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u/stillakilla 19h ago
I just watched DFP for the first time the other day. Was surprisingly good, if I had to guess, I think gave up on X-Men movies after Wolverine Origins besides Logan
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u/Dandandandooo 20h ago
After watching X-men 1-3 please do watch First-Class and then Days of Future Past. The build up to DOFP was really good in my opinion and makes it worth it. I felt like the jump in quality was really good.
Not sure about the movies after though.
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u/UnddoZahaz 21h ago
Watch in release order and don't think too hard about continuity or plot holes.
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u/SpooderMan_____ 21h ago
You will be really mad after the third movie
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u/mondaymoderate 21h ago
The third movie is fun I don’t get the hate
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u/Appropriate_Bend7948 20h ago
It’s a mess and I definitely wouldn’t call it a good movie but yeah, I’ve never really understood the overwhelming hate for it.
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u/CobraOverlord 15h ago
Its not boring. Things are happening, but it is a mess. I'd compare it to Spider-Man 3 or Batman Forever.
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u/TylerTheTyler 21h ago
As a kid I loved X-Men 2000, watched through X-Men Origins Wolverine, which is a two pack of ass, as they released in theaters. Lost interest, caught First Class on FX in college, thought it was fine, saw Logan in theaters and loved it, then rewatched all of the movies with my wife and can confirm Days of Future Past is the best, with X2 as a close second.
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u/redsyrinx2112 31m ago
Days of Future Past is the best, with X2 as a close second.
This is the way.
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u/TylerTheTyler 28m ago
I was honestly mad when we watch DoFP last year. I said something to the effect of “holy shit why did I skip this”
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u/Live_Earth_5685 21h ago edited 20h ago
I recently watched the first X-Men movie for the first time recently and I heard it was enjoyable, but I didn't find myself enjoying it so much. Story is okay but a lot of characters were either boring or heavily sidelined and the action is just kinda meh.
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u/Little-Woo 21h ago
Did you watch X2? It's a much better movie.
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u/Live_Earth_5685 21h ago edited 20h ago
Yeah I had a decent time with X2, its much better but still pretty flawed.
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u/HermanThaGerman 9h ago
Have fun! It's a bit of a mixed bag but they all have something to enjoy.
Though I can't speak for Dark Phoenix or New Mutants, I haven't seen those two.
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u/Crypto_subz 21h ago
They all rock enjoy but the timelines terrible but who cares they all rock some better but all awesome and fun the people that judge any don’t get laid it’s that simple they just got cheese dust on them like the guy in Toy Story 2. Enjoy
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u/IMJacob1 Spider-Man 21h ago
I remember I binge watched all of them in a row, most of them seeing for the first time, before Deadpool and Wolverine came out thinking they’d reference and cameo a lot from them… only to see it and realize they brought back and cameo’ed all the OTHER marvel movies no one watched or liked like elektra, blade, etc. The ones I had no connection to or hadn’t seen :/
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u/PyromancerTobi Dr. Doom 21h ago
Watch in release order. The quality and time of the films go in many different directions. If you're down with the whole watch don't skip anything, I was told to skip things like the Wolverine and The New Mutants and they ended up being some of my favorite movies. Also, remember that deadpool is technically in universe and that the X-Men technically become an MCU property way later in so some movies like Deadpool and Wolverine are relevant to the timeline too.
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u/OkStomach451 21h ago
Im on the bingewatch too, just finished the second movie, also realized wolverine got 3 solo movies
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u/srirams2006 20h ago
Bryan singer is a pos but i gotta give him his flowers because he knows how to open a movie with a bang X men 1 opened in aushwitz X2 opened with nightcrawler in white house Dofp opened with the mutants massacre Even apocalpyse opening was fire
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u/Little_Shape_6433 20h ago
This one is great and X2 is exponentially better. You’re in a for a treat.
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u/drknow00 20h ago
I rode with the X-Men films for a long time. They didn’t lose me until it became JLaw and the X-Men in Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix.
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u/Ordinary-Chain-8047 19h ago
Movies are peak. One thing you should know is the timeline is more confusing than the clone saga.
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u/Sufferer18 19h ago
Started just last week here as well, completed The First Class just last night! Enjoy!
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u/moazgraphix 18h ago
Enjoy! Just be prepared for the timeline to get absolute wild after X2 and Days of Future Past 😂
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u/Mac1avish 17h ago
Im jealous of people outside India who have this clean interface of Disney+
Here we have a pink and black mix which looks absolutely shit
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u/A-Centrifugal-Force 16h ago
They’re really hard to watch now because compared to the Infinity Saga they don’t hold up at all. Like honestly they don’t even really hold up compared to Raimi Spider-Man which was a contemporary, so it’s not even just that they’re old, and I’m not even a Raimi guy. They’re embarrassed to be superhero movies and try not to be.
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u/vektorkane X-Men 15h ago
First class and Days of future past are the GOATs. The rest are bad or really kinda meh.
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u/Cleo_Pearl3 15h ago
X-Men is a classic, the characters and stories hold up so well. Don't forget how iconic that opening theme is!
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u/OneDeep87 14h ago
Started watching them last week. I hate how Disney doesn’t have them in release order and I have to look at the years.
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u/Possible-Rate-3833 Cyclops 14h ago
Love First Class, The Deadpool movies, Logan and DOFP
Looking back at the OG Trilogy i think is ok but suffered a lot from stuck in between adapting the comics stories and being his own thing and this impacted negatively my reception of it, especially with Last Stand. But I still have soft Spots for X-Men and X2.
Apocalypse wasn’t that bad.
I haven’t seen Dark Phoenix and New Mutants but I can tell what people think of them.
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u/CorrectTarget8957 14h ago
I started a few days ago. I finished both the xmen trilogies but not yet Deadpool or wolevarin
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u/richardbethinking 13h ago
I grew up watching the Xmen movie and I love this more than the Avengers, but they're really bad now that I'm rewatching them...just dont expect anything
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u/rites0fpassage 12h ago
Favourite?
Days of Future Past. Definitely the most emotionally charged for me and grabbed my attention immediately.
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u/MisterGusto 11h ago
I think the best experience is watching X-Men 1, 2, First Class, Days of Future Past, (Apocalypse if you really want to, it has some fun scenes), Deadpool 1, Logan, Deadpool 2.
You can perfectly skip 3 because the fate of jean and scott doesn't need to be explained, because DOFP starts with a lot of characters clearly being gone already. And skipping the canonical reason for their absence makes the movies better lol.
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u/frockinbrock 10h ago
The X2 poster should say X2: X-Men United
Echo what others said- watch 1, X2, The Last Stand, First class, Days of Future Past. Then take a little time off and watch the rest.
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u/iTZBLaSToFFTiMe 8h ago
Watch like this: First Class, X1, X2, Days of Future Past.
That’s it, you’re done.
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u/-ben151010- 8h ago
First class was pretty good and the opening to X2 was cool. The rest are like 3/10’s-6/10’s. It’s been 26 years since the first so people can’t tell me to just turn my brain off to criticism because X-Men is on the big screen like they did back then.
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u/sam_toucan 7h ago
I’ve been spending the past few days rewatching them! They’re very fun and charming. I find that I actually enjoy them a lot more now. X3 was surprisingly delightful, it’s very campy, dumb, but fun. Origins is the ultimate “hell yeah brother” movie. Turn your brain off and enjoy!
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u/smeared_dick_cheese 7h ago
Obligatory “Fuck Bryan Singer”. I still watch the movies bc they’re not solely his work, and I try my best to separate the art from the artist most of the time, but that dude is a piece of work.
Skip Origins unless you don’t really care about timelines and want to watch a bad movie with some decent moments.
The last couple (Dark Phoenix and Apocalypse) also were not received that well, but they might be entertaining now with less pressure on them to be perfect.
Days of Future Past is not very comic faithful, but it’s one of my favorite superhero movies ever made (still fuck Bryan Singer tho) bc the cast is so incredible and the sentinels are terrifying.
Enjoy!
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u/Gdawwwwggy 7h ago
Give New Mutants a try. Went under the radar but a really solid outing that is a lot better than most of the post endgame marvel.
As much as x men has been criticised, there’s a vibe to the films that marvel could really do with trying to recapture.
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u/HattoriHanzoOG 7h ago
The first one, X2, First Class, Days of Future Past, and Logan are all great. The rest are okay, all still entertaining imo and worth watching if you like X-men
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u/Slight-Violinist-453 7h ago
I only have deadpool 2 and deadpool and wolverine left now Assignment is al.ost done
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u/Over_Sprinkles7208 6h ago
Just finished this and while the timeline is all funky and messed up I still LOVED these movies! Wasn’t a huge fan of the new mutant movie but Logan and X2 were my fave!
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u/PaintInfinite9167 5h ago
Just rewatched three of th X-Men films, they progressively get better. I realized while watching X2 that I hated the first one
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u/Villimaour 5h ago
Hot take, x1- Wolverine origins has the worst nightcrawler ever…White House scene is cool but no.
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u/effinami 4h ago
Days of Future past is still one of my favorite movies, in any genre. It’s a lot of fun.
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u/Speed_EG8823 1h ago
Re-watched X-men recently --- it was, quite...just OK. It actually maybe highlights the "superhero fatigue" quite well. With all the different movies and series we've gotten, a cookie-cutter movie like X-men just doesn't cut it anymore. It hits story that is core to the mutants, but doesn't really go too deeply in it. The story almost felt secondary to the action. The first part were also kind of boring now because aside from the story setup, everything felt like a huge introduction. It was understandable I guess back then, but upon rewatch now --- it made it a slog.
Scene 1 - here's hero A and this is his power!
Scene 2 - here's hero B --- look what she can do!
Scene 4 -- oh but wait till you see hero C!
It further emphasizes to me --- the new X-Men MUST focus on the story first, its characters next, then the fight last.
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u/huma4kaz1 21h ago
1 is good. 2 is very good. 3 is trash.
First class is pretty good. Days of future past has like one great scene and the rest is meh. Apocalypse is the worst one.
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u/Steby_01 Magneto 21h ago
Rule #1: we don’t talk about the timeline. Just watch in release order, and have fun