Friday, June 7, 2019

X-Men: Dark Phoenix {2019]

Why is it so damn hard for Hollywood to adapt a property in the spirit of the original material. Oh, right, self-absorbed assholes. As a result we get crap adaptations like X-Men: The Last Stand and Dark Phoenix. I read Claremont's and Bryne's Dark Phoenix Saga in the late 70's. Even with Jim Shooter's interference with the ending, we got the story that arc that most embodied the X-Men. Great story, beautiful art, character arcs you wouldn't believe, with an emotional kick in the stomach at the end of the story. None of which we get in either movie. Both are crap adaptions. The makers picked out the bits that interested them and ignored the pieces that made the original story special. The Last Stand was and is a crap movie. Dark Phoenix was a crap adaptation, but as a movie it was okay. It was certainly better than X-Men: Apocalypse. It is not a waste of money unless you have any affection for the work by Claremont and Byrne. If you do, stay away.

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