Movie to be influenced by Thor Ragnarok cosmic element but tone to be very serious. 10 Cheers to those who already said this on the future of x-men thread. The director agrees with us.
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“I’m sorry for ‘X-Men 3,’” said Kinberg at this weekend’s NYCC (via EW). “We tried to tell the ‘Dark Phoenix’ story and we didn’t do it properly. So, with this ‘Dark Phoenix’ story there is no ‘cure’ plot, there is no other plot. It is the Dark Phoenix story, as told in comics, as told in the cartoons.”
One thing sticks out with that statement. He seems to allude that the major issues with ‘The Last Stand’ revolve around the cure subplot. However, as many would attest, the real issues were more about direction, writing (courtesy of Kinberg), acting, and how badly the ‘Dark Phoenix’ storyline was treated. The cure plot was way down the list of issues.
However, regardless of the details, the apology is welcome. He continues, “Sophie [Turner] is the center of the film, that’s why she’s the one person that’s in the teaser poster. The entire movie revolves around her. It’s a movie that goes into space and is cosmic, very much inspired actually by what [Taika Waititi] did with ‘Thor’ — even though the tone is totally different — but just the ability to make a character movie that still feels grounded, and fun, but is in whole other universes. Jessica Chastain’s character plays an alien, and that’s all I can tell you about that. But, yeah, it’s the ‘Dark Phoenix’ story and if you’ve read that comic I think you’re going to like the movie a lot.”
What topsy-turvy world am I living in. A world Dark Phoenix and Thor Ragnarok have a different tone when they are exactly the same tone in the comics. I remember some of us discussing the topic on the future of X-Men thread of X-Men movies tone and Ragnarok's tone in particular. I said call a movie Thor, make it a full humor movie if you want as long as you don't put Ragnarok at the end of the title and I got some flak for it. Perhaps Simon Kingerg's thoughts of Thor will shed light to how important tone is for X-Men movies.