What I Liked:
-the space shuttle rescue was a different setting and a situation that nodded to the comics
-the fight a Jean's house was much better than in Last Stand; it had more emotional weight with Jean fighting her teammates and the whole sequence was more dynamic
-X-men vs. Brotherhood and Beast/Magneto vs. Jean
-the train battle
What I Didn't Like:
-I didn't like how Mystique wore her blue form like it was part of her uniform
As someone pointed out, changing Jean's trauma was a moment of "that didn't happen" but it wasn't a blasphemy. I think losing her friend would've had more weight. I did like that they gave Jean a more substantial back story (car accident) and we got to see her interact with family (Dad) in this story.
"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."- Jesus
John 14:6
83% is the drop from the previous Friday to this Friday.
Now, Deadline estimate 8.3M for the weekend (74% drop).
https://deadline.com/2019/06/men-in-...ce-1202632705/
About 3 years ago, I wrote that the movie was going to open with the X-Men returning from a space mission when Jean would obtain the Phoenix Force. Some scoffed. Some asked, "Back from space? What were they doing there? How did they get there? Beginning a movie that way?"
10- The KITCHEN where Hank confronted Charles is not the SAME where Charles met Raven for the first time, as claimed. The school has been rebuilt from scratch at the end of "Apocalypse", indeed.
11- In the movie, Raven criticized the use of identical uniforms. Surely she preferred the individual costumes at the very end of "Apocalypse".
12- Raven doesn't display any super-agility feats in either "Apocalypse" and "Dark Phoenix".
13- Beast's make-up in DP was the best out of the 5 Fox movies featuring Beast.
14- The "Killing Spree" of Nightcrawler is totally IN CHARACTER. First, he already had got his "sin tattoos" by the age of 18-20 (see "Apocalypse"), and this means that rage and other negative aspects are already present in him.
Besides, this version of Nightcrawler has a feral attitude, as evinced in the Danger Room at the end of "Apocalypse", where he growls like an animal.
15- Storm could have kept Apocalypse's power enhacement, after all. The impressive multiple lightning display is very powerful and never shown by any other incarnation of Storm before.
16- Storm apart, codenames are almost never mentioned.
Red Lotus, what was his role? Was our interesting or not at all?
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A good friend of mine wrote a blog post on why Dark Phoenix worked on so many levels. She acknowledges the box office and critical reception, but the singles out why the movie worked on a level that others didn't. Say about the movie what you will, but I agree with her.
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A name close to "Araki", the old advisor to Lilandra.
I loved the fight scenes!
I wonder if the box office attendance has improved any since the premiere? People need to go a see this movie and make their own decision.
Me, I loved it!! #1 of all X-Men movies since Jean was the spotlight character, had the Force, was Uber powerful and we got a space Phoenix Raptor!
Nailed it.
Especially the section about family and relationships. What has always separated the X-men from other team groups is that they truly are each other's family.
Someone on the editing team confirmed that this screenrant article is 100% correct about the changes.
https://screenrant.com/dark-phoenix-...-fox-xmen/amp/
Will talk about it more later.
Last edited by Divine Spark; 06-16-2019 at 12:02 PM.