X-Men: Apocalypse

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GORDON wrote:Not only is the bad guy's costume still stupid he sounds EXACTLY like Ronin from Guardians of the Galaxy.
Apocalypse is far more bad-ass. Immortality, shapeshifting, mass distortion, super genius in every conceivable field of knowledge, master of nigh-godlike alien tech, charismatic as any leader in the history of the world. Ronan's an overgrown thug.
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Malcolm wrote:
GORDON wrote:Not only is the bad guy's costume still stupid he sounds EXACTLY like Ronin from Guardians of the Galaxy.

Apocalypse is far more bad-ass. Immortality, shapeshifting, mass distortion, super genius in every conceivable field of knowledge, master of nigh-godlike alien tech, charismatic as any leader in the history of the world. Ronan's an overgrown thug.

Too bad they made him look stupid in this then.

Hey which is which

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The costume, makeup, and visual concept are fucking retarded, yeah.
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Doing Apocalypse properly would require a fuckton of CGI.

And no Wolverine in the cast listing...
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Leisher wrote:Doing Apocalypse properly would require a fuckton of CGI.

Eh, they could still do better than the purple people eater motif I see.




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Better trailer.
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Final Trailer

Stick around until the end.
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Hey man, nice shot. One of the coolest guitar riffs ever.
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57% on RT so far.
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That much?
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I think this sums it up.
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Billboard is sexist because it shows violence against a woman. I'm SURE the number of complaints would have been equal if the billboard had depicted a man being grabbed by a woman.
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Leisher wrote:Billboard is sexist because it shows violence against a woman. I'm SURE the number of complaints would have been equal if the billboard had depicted a man being grabbed by a woman.
Nah, that's empowering.
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Me and the kid liked the movie.
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I didn't hate it, but it's a great example of how badly this franchise has been handled. No consistency with actors or even the characters. I do like how they can shoehorn the story to fit the overall timeline even though there's massive plot holes because of it.

The cameo that everyone knows is coming was good, but could have been even better.

I didn't mind Apocalypse that much. He's always been a questionable character with unknown abilities (depending on who was writing him), so I was ok with him here. The horsemen were terribly done though.

If you liked the other films this will be an acceptable watch. If you've never seen any of the others, skip this one.
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