JemyM
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I have just seen two movies by Matthew Vaughn who also produced Snatch and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. I saw one movie which he directed and produced, one which he directed. Both scoring 8.0 or higher on IMDB.
X-Men: First Class took me by surprise. This one is by no means comparable to any of the former four. By it's name I had expected an X-Men movie like the earlier ones with a highschool twist. It's not. Instead of being a quickpaced actionmovie about mutants with flashy powers, it's about troubled individuals struggling to get by. It's difficult to pinpoint a main character, but much of the plot regards Charles Xavier (Professor X) and Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) in how they develop their philosophies on how mutants should live among humans or above them. Kevin Bacon does a really great performance as the nazi doctor who shape Eriks mind after his family is exterminated in the concentration camps. Xavier in turn have his scholarship in genetics and his interest in making people reach their potential. Raven (Mystique) also takes a strong role, her struggle to become accepted despite her blue freakish natural form which she tries to hide. All this is set during the Cold War and much of the movie reminds me about the earlier James Bond. Not in flashy gadgets and a high-society setting, but it's genuine 60'ies feel.
Kick-Ass is about a comicbook fan who decide he wishes to become a comicbook action hero despite having no special powers or reason to do so. While dressed up in a silly costume he tries to stop a gang from beating up a guy and get seriously beaten up himself, but people who see the act records him and upload on youtube so he gets really famous. If I would compare Kick-Ass to three movies I would say Spiderman, Kill Bill and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (or Snatch). I believe all those are very accurate. The cast is often hilarious, the action is awesome, the cultural references are plenty and it's one really beautiful movie through and through.
X-Men: First Class took me by surprise. This one is by no means comparable to any of the former four. By it's name I had expected an X-Men movie like the earlier ones with a highschool twist. It's not. Instead of being a quickpaced actionmovie about mutants with flashy powers, it's about troubled individuals struggling to get by. It's difficult to pinpoint a main character, but much of the plot regards Charles Xavier (Professor X) and Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) in how they develop their philosophies on how mutants should live among humans or above them. Kevin Bacon does a really great performance as the nazi doctor who shape Eriks mind after his family is exterminated in the concentration camps. Xavier in turn have his scholarship in genetics and his interest in making people reach their potential. Raven (Mystique) also takes a strong role, her struggle to become accepted despite her blue freakish natural form which she tries to hide. All this is set during the Cold War and much of the movie reminds me about the earlier James Bond. Not in flashy gadgets and a high-society setting, but it's genuine 60'ies feel.
Kick-Ass is about a comicbook fan who decide he wishes to become a comicbook action hero despite having no special powers or reason to do so. While dressed up in a silly costume he tries to stop a gang from beating up a guy and get seriously beaten up himself, but people who see the act records him and upload on youtube so he gets really famous. If I would compare Kick-Ass to three movies I would say Spiderman, Kill Bill and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (or Snatch). I believe all those are very accurate. The cast is often hilarious, the action is awesome, the cultural references are plenty and it's one really beautiful movie through and through.
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