I'll either skip this entirely.. or at the very most wait for DVD. I find the whole thing ridiculous from a continuity stand point. Never mind the fact that Jean, Scott and the others were definitely not around when Magneto and Prof X were that young...... but still. Very off the wall and out of place. But then, that seems to be the theme of this movie. I don't know. After the trailer, I'm very skeptical of this working as a good film.

I think it's undeniable that X-Men kickstarted the mainstream superhero movie boom and that's swell, but it's terminally out of date. Time to let the thing die and return the rights to Marvel for future use. Avengers is looking hit and miss, but it's got all the colour and investment in the property that X-Men has lacked. The standard for this type of movie has struggled to stay high, but it's just moved on too far for X-Men to be anything but a cluster-F reminiscent of the comics themselves (in later years).

Best thing they could probably do is focus on making a solid Wolverine movie. One that compliments their lack of confidence in the superhero genre with relevance to the source material.

A confused, yellow clad prequel is just coming off as ham-fisted and compounding the problem. Which is probably why this thing has been swallowed up in the shadow of Thor (and Captain America).

The decisions they've made for this movie are atrocious.

There's no doubt in my mind this will do below X3 and XO:W. While other filmmakers bring Iron Man and Spider-Man to life, these idiots turn the X-Men into Harry Potter... WTF?

"X-Men" is one of the highest-selling comic books and they've had great success in practically every other medium, especially TV, but when it comes to movies, they've had the WORST of luck.

I hope the results of this "prequel" teaches them the final lesson and compels them to take the only logical next step...

Doesn't have Cyclops = Interest killed

Nowadays, every movie released is shit, it's not really a surprise.

My wife wants to see this movie, and since I (whilst in possession of a far greater physical strength, am utterly cowed by the strength of her will) suspect I will be seeing it sooner rather than later.

It doesn't look that terrible. I try to go into movies like this without any expectations, having learned from the Spiderman 3 debacle. As a result, I find myself able to enjoy movies that are, in a very broad sense, terrible.

I don't give a shit about Cyclops.
I've *always* preferred Havok,
so it will be interesting to finally see his powers visualized outside of a comic.

I hope they give a nod to the concentric circles they use in the comics.

I *really* wish Havok were in MvC3

Happy to see so much love for my man, Cyke. He's always been my hero ever since I was a kid and idolized him in the X-Men 90s cartoon and the X-factor and X-Men comics.

I am going to see the movie, but my expectactions are low, no doubt. From a comic book fan POV, there's probably nothing to sink my teeth into, since they've pretty much changed everything I could expect to see in the movie. The inclusion of Havok in particular boggles the mind. I don't see the point in the character if he's not going to be a part of the Summers bloodline.

Fortunately I've always been able to seperate the comic book geek from my movie going self, which is why I didn't hate Legend of Chun-Li for giving Vega black hair (I hated it for all the other reasons). I'm hoping for some cool action scenes, drama and metaphors.

@ iHotaru: uh... in the comics, isn't Sebastian Shaw the leader of the Hellfire Club, not the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants

and this movie just looks bad. They just need to give the X-men license a rest after Last Stand and Wolverine. And the next Wolverine doesn't seem like it's shaping up too well either (they lost Arnofsky as director)

Counting this movie, The Hulk and the new Spider-man, this will be the 3rd franchise they've rebooted. I hate that they continue to choose to do this within a handful of years after the originals released. I can understand doing the Hulk, but the first 2 Spider-man and X-men movies were good, and critically well-received. And the 3rd ones at least were commercial successes.

Also, they'll be ret-conning Deadpool for his movie. I don't have too many qualms about that, since it's guaranteed to be better than his portrayal in the steaming pile of excrement that was X-men Origins.

haha, before i die, or leave mko, or forget saying this, I want to see ONE positive post from you. ONE.

That said I agree that a lot of movies are shit these days (haven't been to a movie theater since the first of January) but certainly not ALL of them. As for this, as much as I hated X-Men 3, I still might check this out. At the least it looks entertaining and seems to have a similar tone to the first one, which I liked. However I'll wait for the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes before shelling out money for this, I'd say anything below a 60% and I won't see it.

Personally I wish they'd reboot X-Men. I'd like to see a proper adaptation of the comics. It can be done to be even better than the original two X-Men movies.

Sadly, 20th Century Fox are run by assholes and very likely won't give up the rights until they've milked the license bone dry and end up making everyone sick of X-Men movies. Fucking twats.

How have they had bad luck with movies?

I love X-Men 1, 2, and 3. They were all very successful films.

Wolverine was terrible. This movie looks terrible.

You're kidding, right?

So, the comics are high selling and the films aren't? Allow me to shed some light on that:

X-MEN
$157,299,717 (USA)
$294,100,000 (Worldwide)

X2: X-MEN UNITED
$214,948,780 (USA)
$406,400,000 (Worldwide)

X-MEN: THE LAST STAND
$234,360,014 (USA)
$455,260,014 (Worldwide)

I'm not sure, maybe I'm being naive, but I think that's called Damn Good Box Office Results.

How did the worst film of the trilogy make the most money?

Brand recognition. Sequels tend to do better in sales.

Oh come on. They hold the record for the highest-selling comic book of all time and their comic-faithful TV adaption out-rated the Batman animated series several times. Their lastest TV adaption set records as well.

They've clearly got the potential to make some epic billion dollar shit but instead they've got Iron Man kicking their ass and are nowhere near Batman, where they should be.

Ask any true X-fan. Most are appalled by how unfaithful the films are to the comics. These unvisionary, ignorant filmmakers aren't letting them live up to their potential. Even Transformers receive better treatment. The X-Men could easily outshine that level of awesomeness if done right.

I agree with this post entirely. Quoted for truth.

I don't care if comic book fans are appalled at the films. Most fans, at least the vocal ones, are big cry babies. Were you anywhere near the MK 2011 forums? Every time any new piece of information was released, it was met with replies about how terrible it is and how bad the MK team is.

And this whole continuity thing. The comics aren't even continuous within themselves. There's like a million different universes out there. I don't understand why that is acceptable for the comic books, but when the movies or other adaptations turn out to be another separate universe that everyone bitches and moans. Like. It's impossible to be "in line" with the canon X-Men story because that story in itself branches off into sixty million different, contradictory directions.

Given the many different series that exist within the X-Men franchise, I am surprised that anyone would make such a fuss about the films' supposed lack of accuracy.

The only real error was with X-Men Origins: Wolverine, as despite the many variations of X-Men, the continuity of the characters' biographies and personal development always remained (excluding alternate universes). With this film, that was sorely not the case.

The X-Men Trilogy is merely one of many series within the franchise. And despite minor differences and faults that I myself admit bothered me a bit:

- Storm's lack of long hair
- Wolverine being 6' tall
- Shadowcat's lack of age continuity throughout the series
- Jubilee's (extremely) small roles
- The mystique of Storm's personality (one of the things I most like about her) fading throughout the series

I still find the series quite amazing and very enjoyable. The story was its very own, unable to be touched by another series.

I only wish they had continued the series. I really wanted to see the X-Men develop in Xavier, Phoenix, and Cyclops' absences.