Why The SPIDER-MAN Movies Are Broken & The X-MEN Films Are Great

Why The SPIDER-MAN Movies Are Broken & The X-MEN Films Are Great

With X-Men: Days Of Future Past resonating with fans across the globe and The Amazing Spider-man 2 not so much, now's a good a time as any to look at why this is the case. Hit the jump for a breakdown of what makes one more a success franchise than the other.

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By MrSundayMovies - Jun 02, 2014 07:06 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men
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yossarian
yossarian - 6/2/2014, 7:45 AM
I'm broken and great.
GizmoEl
GizmoEl - 6/2/2014, 7:50 AM
I don't get how peoples views have changed immediately over the X-Men franchise. It's still a cluttered mess and needs fixing. And TASM series ain't broken, it's actually pretty great. People just need to let the reboot do it's thing.
Pasto
Pasto - 6/2/2014, 7:50 AM
musim
musim - 6/2/2014, 7:54 AM
I'm ready for a couple months from now when all the people who didn't like DOFP speak up and are heard in a respected matter. Stupid hype.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 6/2/2014, 7:56 AM
SpiderFraud
SpiderFraud - 6/2/2014, 7:57 AM
I enjoyed DoFp but I don't see the hype (I been behind the Fox-Men movies since the beginning). It is funny seeing how flip floppy comic book fans are, though.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 6/2/2014, 7:58 AM
LMAO!!! "Twilight sh*t."
cipher
cipher - 6/2/2014, 7:58 AM
F*ck, goddammit.. yoss stole my line.
Highflyer
Highflyer - 6/2/2014, 7:59 AM
Here we go...
cipher
cipher - 6/2/2014, 7:59 AM
Pasties,

Kindly refrain from ever spamming the ever-lovin' shit out of my inbox again. I will wring your goddamn neck if you do.

Love, ciph
cipher
cipher - 6/2/2014, 8:01 AM
P.S., how many avatar changes is that in the week I was gone?
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 6/2/2014, 8:03 AM
Every X-Men movie has a scene where either Magneto is the big bad guy with an evil plan to kill humans, or Magneto was being sort of a good guy for the whole movie but then coopts the humans' plans to kill mutants to kill humans instead.

While there is certainly more variety in the X-Men movies, they have their painfully predictable plot points, as well.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 6/2/2014, 8:03 AM
MightyZeus
MightyZeus - 6/2/2014, 8:04 AM
Spider-man is broken and i believe it probably won't head in the right direction where as X-men is headed in the right direction.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 6/2/2014, 8:05 AM
Pasto
Pasto - 6/2/2014, 8:06 AM
You got it Ciph.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 6/2/2014, 8:07 AM
Well, hold on. In First Class he was actually coopting a mutant's plan to kill humans to kill humans.

Anyway, the point stands. Literally every single X-Men movie has had some point where Magneto turns into the big bad guy, even if it's just at the end.

I mean, go to [frick]ing space and hang out with the Shi'ar, already, am I right?
Savage land, anybody?
Just no more [frick]ing "Magneto and Professor X disagree about politics". I'm sick of it.
Azazel1
Azazel1 - 6/2/2014, 8:07 AM
Spiderman is screwed-58% on Rotten Tomatoes?

Really?

They should have never redone the origin story...
Mankzin2
Mankzin2 - 6/2/2014, 8:08 AM
Well if TASM is broken then Captain America is in the scrap yard and needs to be recycled. Currently TASM 2 is only $19 million behind Capt 2 and that's with a 4 week lead.

X-Men always will be good as long as the story is good, same goes for any other movie.

Just enjoy the movie for what it is. It's not Shakespeare and very few if any will ever win a top movie award. (I can see mostly visual effects and the like winning)
cipher
cipher - 6/2/2014, 8:08 AM
Pasties- Haha, in all seriousness- welcome back, mate. Do try to stick around this time.

;D
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 6/2/2014, 8:10 AM
@YoungThanos

4 times...didn't save the girl this time...



And the XFilms have always been great. X3 was pretty bad, but Famke rocked her role as Phoenix(badly written, beautifully acted). And Origins was disgusting (except for Ryan Reynolds' Wade, and Liev Schrieber's Victor)
Highflyer
Highflyer - 6/2/2014, 8:10 AM
I liked TASM2. Oh well.
rebellion
rebellion - 6/2/2014, 8:11 AM
i stopped when the guy said asm2 was faithful to the comics.
Azazel1
Azazel1 - 6/2/2014, 8:12 AM
I would fire Webb first..,

Keep Garfield

Introduce Mary Jane

Have 1 villain

Do a plot that is simple and modern aka-terrorist attack, high jacking, etc etc

Bring in Jameson
cipher
cipher - 6/2/2014, 8:12 AM
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 6/2/2014, 8:17 AM
@ciph

That's the 'for girls' version...
Azazel1
Azazel1 - 6/2/2014, 8:20 AM
Days of Future Past like The Dark Knight Trilogy is awesome because it feels like it is happening within the confines of the world we live in...

The Dark Knight Trilogy brings in themes such as -rich vs poor, terrorism, mafia etc..

X-men trilogy deals with-Political corruption, discrimination, etc etc

What themes along these lines are prevelant in Spiderman?

That is why it fails...
CharlesLord
CharlesLord - 6/2/2014, 8:23 AM
None of the xmen movies are really...well, xmen movies cuz theyve mainly focused on either logan or magneto but theyve had better execution than the new spiderman films. Plain and simple. Havent seen TASM2 cuz it just didnt look good to me and i hated tasm, but i agree with the sentiment that TWS is better than both DOFP and TASM2.
Carl
Carl - 6/2/2014, 8:27 AM
They said Banshee died but his daughter siren was clearly in x2 as a little girl.
the continuity problems never end.
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