Bosco685 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Self-contained story with continuity issues. It's just 'okay'. A pretty good time. Overall: B (7.5/10) Keys_Collector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adampasz Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I'm going in with super-low expectations. At least the cast seems pretty fun. I wish they hadn't gone so cartoonish with Illyana's accent. But how can you go wrong with Maise Williams as Wolfsbane? Keys_Collector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Dan Murrell (formerly of Screen Junkies, Honest Trailers) thought it was based on days gone by, so a snooze. Forgettable, but not terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Was it worth going: Yes and no Worth the wait: Better than they thought it would be Should it have gone to theaters: Streaming would have been better Middle of the road X-Men film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Creepy characters worked but didn't go far enough. Some characters get overshadowed and underdeveloped. It was fine. Overall: 6.0/10 Keys_Collector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Oh boy! adampasz and akaSteveRogers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 That was really a big misstep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azkaban Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Bosco685 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azkaban Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 but I'm still going to see it, also have my tickets for Tenet already Bosco685 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatsby77 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 (edited) Wasn't Roberto in Logan? I thought he was the leader of the kids who were trying to make it into Canada at the end... Edited August 28, 2020 by Gatsby77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Thor and X-Men: First Class screenwriter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylath Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Gatsby77 said: Wasn't Roberto in Logan? I thought he was the leader of the kids who were trying to make it into Canada at the end... That was Rictor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhymenoceros Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I’ve been a member on the forums for quite awhile now and I just started a comics Youtube channel a few weeks ago. In celebration of The New Mutants finally releasing this weekend, I'm giving away 3 Key New Mutants comics. Check it out if interested! Bosco685 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 6 hours ago, fantastic_four said: Whew, the Rotten Tomatoes reviews so far are scorchingly bad. Mendelson loved it Review: ‘New Mutants’ Is The Worst ‘X-Men’ Movie Ever Scott MendelsonContributor Hollywood & Entertainment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broke as a Joke Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 The "worst X-Men movie ever", that's impressive considering the catalogue to choose from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 47 minutes ago, Broke as a Joke said: The "worst X-Men movie ever", that's impressive considering the catalogue to choose from. Although there has been bad, there have been strong and very good too. \ Solid: X-Men, X2, First Class, Days of Future Past, Deadpool, Logan, Deadpool 2 Good: The Wolverine, Dark Phoenix Bad: Last Stand, Origins: Wolverine, Apocalypse TBD: The New Mutants This bashing that takes place to detract from the films because there wasn't this consistent flow to the stories ignores all that Solid and Good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bosco685 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Another one of those comic book movies where the reviewer seesaw goes back and forth, depending on the expectations. Quote The apparent reason New Mutants sat on a shelf for two years isn’t that it’s unwatchable — surprise, the movie’s fine! — but possibly because two studios didn’t know how to open a strange, small-scale film that didn’t check enough marketing boxes. In other words, it appears neither Fox nor Disney knew how to sell what feels like a Netflix show. That’s essentially what The New Mutants is; it’d be right at home on the streaming service alongside Stranger Things, Umbrella Academy, and Locke & Key. To think turds like The Call of the Wild and Artemis Fowl were actually screened for critics ahead of time -- New Mutants wasn’t, which is never a good sign -- and given proper promotional attention while this admittedly flawed but entertaining flick gets flushed is absurd. And as an X-Men movie, New Mutants is definitely superior to the widely released (and widely panned) X-Men: Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix. The film’s plot isn’t complicated, so that shouldn’t have been part of the apparent problem selling it. Five mutant teens are locked away at a mysterious facility where they are studied by (evidently the only adult there) Dr. Cecilia Reyes (Alice Braga). But when new patient Dani Moonstar (Blu Hunt) arrives, stranger things (ahem!) start happening, with each young hero facing their literal inner fears. They will have to work together if they’re going to figure out how to stop it. And while none of that is terribly novel, the film remains engaging throughout thanks largely to the fine ensemble cast bringing these sympathetic characters to life, and to the low-stakes but claustrophobic scenario that generates sufficient intrigue and emotional investment. Verdict The New Mutants didn’t deserve to be locked away for years. It’s not some unwatchable mess but rather a perfectly fine, entertaining, if at times formulaic small-scale genre movie. The solid young cast makes their troubled protagonists appealing and identifiable, more distinctly drawn than some of the supporting characters in past X-Men movies have been. While the first half is fairly by-the-numbers, things get weirder and more entertaining in the second half. The New Mutants had already earned its place as a curious footnote in Fox’s now-defunct X-Men franchise, but it’s a stronger, better movie than such diminished expectations from its long-delayed release would suggest. Take that for what it is. Keys_Collector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Strength of the movie is in the story as a comic book movie. The weak part is the characters with development. If you get a chance, go see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 The cast is fantastic. But the story is hopelessly generic. With superhero film standards from the 1990s. Not the worst X-Men film. Overall: 1.5/5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
