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Binge Movie Aftertaste – X-Men Retrospective w/Matthew Goudreau and Mike Batchelor: X-Men: First Class (2011)
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 01:18:08
Publish Date: 2019-06-07 11:54:19
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Before Disney and the Marvel Cinematic Universe took over all things comic book, there was 20th Century Fox and X-Men. If someone wants to see what the comic book film landscape looked like, just take a look at 1989’s Punisher and 1994’s Phantom. But then came Blade (which we’ll cover eventually), a movie that came out in 1998 and proved that cinematic movies based on comic books could indeed be financially successful. And after a lot of false pretenses and multiple script changes, Marvel’s X-Men was finally ready to roll before cameras with little known director Bryan Singer behind the camera. Little did we know that not only would this franchise have a lot of peaks and valleys, but the Mouse House would eventually swallow its rights up whole. Will Garrett, Matt, and Batch enjoy the ride up to and through this year’s Dark Phoenix?

By the time 2011 rolled around, X-Men was no longer the only successful comic book property on the block. The Marvel Cinematic Universe were al most finished with their first Phase, and DC was not only one year away from concluding their Nolan trilogy of Batman films, they were also entering the fray with the Ryan Reynolds starring Green Lantern. Enter director Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men First Class, a movie whose advertising campaign left a lot to be desired. A movie that looks this bad couldn’t possibly be good, could it?

Join myself, Matt, and Batch as we mosey along toward our review of the just released Dark Phoenix, this time taking a look at Vaughn’s lone X-Men entry. Did we like it as much as its legacy has told us to?

X-Men First Class (2011) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10)

 

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