X-men OH X-men. So far the live action universe for X men has become unnecessarily convoluted. In terms of following the source material there is a very big issue with these movies. The movies are very much centered one character. That characters name is…………..Wolverine. He is the most developed character in the whole series and at times the only developed character. He has two solo films and is going to be in Days of Future Past. Originally the story line in the comic has Kitty Pride go back in time to warn the X- men of imminent doom, but instead Wolverine will be sent back in time. This kind of deviation from the source material just doesn’t sit well with me as a fan. It shows clearly that twentieth century fox is trying to capitalize on Hugh Jackmans appeal to audiences.
One of my biggest issues is the fact that Cyclops is barely in the movies. He is the LEADER of the X-men, but ended up becoming poorly written and thrown out of the universe all together. I think it’s completely foolish to not utilize his character. His relationship with Jean is pretty much thrown out the window, because of Wolverine. There NEEDS to be less of wolverine and more of other characters.
Probably my biggest gripe with the movies series is the fact that they don’t acknowledge relationships with characters. The last stand finally introduced the juggernaut, but didn’t even slightly mention or acknowledge the fact that Xavier and he are related. This was definitely a missed opportunity. In X-men 2 Mystique and Nightcrawler fight together, but once again their relationship is not acknowledged. Mystique gave birth to Nightcraweler how the heck can you dismiss that in a movie?! I feel that no true character development will take place, due to the scale of the movie, and the poor handling of the source material.
Bryan Singer is directing Days of Future Past. I am not comfortable with this at all especially after seeing Jack the Giant Slayer. Although X-men 1 and 2 were decent films he has not proven that he can make a great film. I enjoyed first class a lot, but was extremely disappointed to find out that Mathew Vaughn dropped out of filming this movie. Days of Future Past has so much potential as a comic book movie. If done right it could set the bar like the Avengers did. Having a time travel story arc in a live action comic book format just sounds epic.
I really really really hope that wolverine isn’t the center of attention in the film. Let the other characters get there shine already. I want a true X- men TEAM film. After seeing the Avengers work as a team I realized that the X-men films have failed miserably. Out of all of the films First class was in my opinion the only movie to really show the X-men as a team. The first three didn’t feel balanced at all. I Hopefully when I see the movie all of my doubts and fears are thrown out the window. Overall, I truly want to enjoy this movie.