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OminousFlare · 2014-05-26, 05:48

I watched X-Men a few days ago and it was 'okay,' not as great as fans hyped it up to be. I felt that there were a lot more 'telling' than 'showing' in terms of its storytelling (and as writers should know, showing > telling). There were a lot of stuff that the audience had to fill in the gaps by themselves, and they were things that would have greatly increased the overall emotional experience if they hadn't happened 'behind the scenes' like they did in the movie

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Overall, it felt more like a movie about

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Oh, and Beast was there too, sort of.

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OminousFlare Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010	I watched X-Men a few days ago and it was 'okay,' not as great as fans hyped it up to be. I felt that there were a lot more 'telling' than 'showing' in terms of its storytelling (and as writers should know, showing > telling). There were a lot of stuff that the audience had to fill in the gaps by themselves, and they were things that would have greatly increased the overall emotional experience if they hadn't happened 'behind the scenes' like they did in the movie Spoiler: (like the enslavement of the mutants in the future, Erik's assassination attempt, and the death/capture of all those mutants that caused the old Charles to fall into despair). Overall, it felt more like a movie about Spoiler: Mystique's assassination attempt and Charles, Wolverine, and Erik's attempt to stop said assassination. Oh, and Beast was there too, sort of. __________________ Last edited by OminousFlare; 2014-05-26 at 05:54. Reason: Spoilers. Sorry.