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So, if it was not readily apparent before, I hadn't seen this until tonight.
F. Assbender is great (aside from his odd-as-fuck slips in accent), McAvoy is even greater (aside from the "I can't feel moi legs" part), Rose Byrne is foine as usual (down to lingerie inside of five minutes of meeting the character? fuck yeah), and the younguns are a great little group that definitely shares a camaraderie from the first time they're all together. DAT MYSTIQUE. HGGGGGGNNNNNNNHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
The little callbacks and cameos are pitch perfect, and The Bacon does some great work with a really cold motherscratcher in Sebastian Shaw.
Now to the shit that works like a chili fart in a crowded elevator: Lenny Kravitz's daughter's turn was so fucking quick that I couldn't give a fuck if she died in her little scrap with Banshee, Mags' turn into a leader as opposed to badass loaner seemed at odds with who he was and was a lightning fast progression that lacked any real weight (seriously, he needed, nay DESERVED a more developed arc) and then there's The White Queen.
Jesus banana daquiri-shitting Christ. I hope the pussy was real good Vaughn, because she left boredom in her wake whenever she appeared. Like the offspring of a fembot and Chris Klein, that one.
Aside from a few snags, this was a really solid entry in the franchise (and I think we were due something decent after the dross we've seen in the last few years). I loved the period setting, most of the cast, and the tone more than anything else. There was some fun and youthful recklessness that had been sorely missing for too long in this series. Glad someone finally got it to the screen.
F. Assbender is great (aside from his odd-as-fuck slips in accent), McAvoy is even greater (aside from the "I can't feel moi legs" part), Rose Byrne is foine as usual (down to lingerie inside of five minutes of meeting the character? fuck yeah), and the younguns are a great little group that definitely shares a camaraderie from the first time they're all together. DAT MYSTIQUE. HGGGGGGNNNNNNNHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
The little callbacks and cameos are pitch perfect, and The Bacon does some great work with a really cold motherscratcher in Sebastian Shaw.
Now to the shit that works like a chili fart in a crowded elevator: Lenny Kravitz's daughter's turn was so fucking quick that I couldn't give a fuck if she died in her little scrap with Banshee, Mags' turn into a leader as opposed to badass loaner seemed at odds with who he was and was a lightning fast progression that lacked any real weight (seriously, he needed, nay DESERVED a more developed arc) and then there's The White Queen.
Jesus banana daquiri-shitting Christ. I hope the pussy was real good Vaughn, because she left boredom in her wake whenever she appeared. Like the offspring of a fembot and Chris Klein, that one.
Aside from a few snags, this was a really solid entry in the franchise (and I think we were due something decent after the dross we've seen in the last few years). I loved the period setting, most of the cast, and the tone more than anything else. There was some fun and youthful recklessness that had been sorely missing for too long in this series. Glad someone finally got it to the screen.
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