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Also it sounds like this movie sucks so hopefully they don’t make anymore. I didn’t like the casting anyway.
Overall, I’d agree with you except that I loved Fassbender as Magneto (excellent casting) and McAvoy as Xavier. JLaw’s Mystique was wooden and just a bad choice, I thought. (I miss Rebecca as Mystique!!). The other choices were mediocre as well, except that Evans kid as Quicksilver… he was a great choice, too.
J-Law wasn’t wooden in DOFP – just watch her scene with Fassbender.
@tegteg, that sounds a lot like what you’re expected to say to sound cool.
That’s a shame because her portrayal of Mystique is actually awful. Magneto is okay, Charles is average. I bet they’ll get them all back for 50 more films…. sigh
For three good actors that I really like, they’ve made a dog’s breakfast of these parts.
The problem isn’the her performance as Mystique – it’s the writing of her role, which has been consistently poor.
It actually sounds to me as if she wants out – and I don’t blame her.
It’s her performance… Rebecca Romajin (sp?) did a great job as Mystique and the dialogue for her character was like six words a movie.
I completely agree with this. The writing for the character has been so bad it’s incredible. The Mystique of the new movies Is a walking plot device. She has no consistent personality, she simply does whatever the plot requires to give her screen time commensurate with JLaw’s star power. What’s more, there’s with little or no reference to the comic book character that inspired her. It’s a mess. I love Xmen, and I really have no interest in this new movie, despite liking all the principal actors (the big three, plus Oscar Issac).
It’s both, but because Jennifer is so terrible as Mystique, it makes the terrible writing all the more obvious. I really miss Rebecca’s version, she never had alot of lines, but she had such great sex appeal and made mystique her own by emoting her in such a perfect way.
When people compare Lawrence’s performance to Rebecca’s, they are comparing apples and oranges. The Mystique in the first three films is written as a totally different character than the one in the more recent ones. Like many people, I prefer the original version – but Lawrence does a good job with the poorly written and not very interesting character she’s had to play in the last three films.
Romijn is playing Mystique at a different time in her life, though – somebody who is self-assured of who she is and what she wants. Lawrence’s Mystique is young, insecure, and growing up in a world that doesn’t understand her. I’m not going to criticize Lawrence for what is very obviously a director’s choice approach – and an entirely sensible one at that. Honestly, my biggest problem with her character is that NEITHER set of the films really understood what to do with her – or at least, weren’t interested in developing a female character as unique and esoteric as Mystique.
If I had to argue for one, I’d say Romijn was more consistent, but that came at the expense at fully developing the complexity of the character. On the flip side, Lawrence’s Mystique is more malleable, as volatile as the world around her – in fact, my biggest complaint about DoFP is that it somehow managed to overlook that what the women had going on was a f*ckton more interesting than all the white male pain filling up the screen. If I had to pick a quality that describes Mystique best in the comics it’s that she doesn’t belong to *anybody.* Her motivations and actions are her own, and sometimes they align with the righteous cause and sometimes they notably more…amoral. No one person has her completely loyalty, and her cause is shaped by the various twists her life takes. I wish these movies had cared more about letting the women be interesting than letting Hugh Jackman suck up all the screen time – because X-men has some damn interesting women in it.
I agree. The writing of her role is all over the place. Its like they invent a new Mystique for every movie. If it was a consistent progression of character growth then it would be better. tbh she was best in First Class (I liked the conflict) but DOFP was just all over.
I generally like JLaw but Rebecca Romjin-Stamos was better. Mystique is supposed to be changing sides and sometimes good and sometimes bad and edgy-elegant and Mystique is somebody you can’t quite pin down and Romjin-Stamos did manage to portray that much better. JLaw’s Mystique is a nice-ish tomboy college girl and straight in all her actions and that is too flat as interpretation of Mystique.
Haha yes I agree – the writing is horrific but the actors too have made a mess of things.
If they’re going to have them completely disregard what happened in the previous films (and totally change backstories, powers, relationships etc.), just have all new actors. Don’t use Mackellen and Jackman and Stewart to put bums in seats for these monstrosities. Either the films link, or they do not. You go halfway and everything is disorganised, a mess, and makes no sense.
I HATE the makeup job they did for her, and that wig. It just looks terrible on her.
Interesting, I knew Fassbender and McAvoy had made that decision to stick together but I didn’t know she was involved. If I were the studio I’d ask them back, but her? Probably not necessary.
I loved First Class, Days of Future Past was really good. This one is getting pretty mixed reviews so a change could be good.
I saw it and I don’t get the mixed reviews or what the critics are on about. It’s a great popcorn superhero flick that uses the characters I love well.
DOFT was very terrible so I cant believe anything you say
Thank god for Netflix where one can watch “smaller” movies. These endless superhero movies take so much space in theaters. And yes I can appreciate the art and blablabla, but still, it feels like it’s the same movie over and over and over again, with the same pompous music and the exact same sound effects. And the same actors.
I love superhero movies, but I love movies… So, since you mentioned netflix, have you seen the girl in the book eitht Emily VanCamp?
I haven’t – I’ll look it up! Also, I really loved Detectorists! Hope there’s a new season soon.
HONKING FOR DETECTORISTS!
I just want season two to show up on Netflix.
Didn’t the guys sign months ago and isn’t James already confirmed in the New Mutants movie? The whole PR for the movie has been strange as hell. I smell trouble in the bushes and something major going down once the promotion is over.
No one is confirmed. Storm is in New Mutants not her.
The Whitney Houston story made me giggle. Rest in peace, Queen.
I hope JLaw does not come back. She is way too big a star to not be the lead. This is a handicap for the franchise as well as her. No one knew she would be the biggest star in the world when they cast X Men First Class. Let her go now.
oh gosh can she go away
I don’t think she was suitable for the role of Mystique anyway.
Imo her acting in the x-men trilogy seemed no different from her acting in the Hunger Games where she’s trying to be oh so tough.
Rebecca was soooo much better in this role and she had fewer lines to work with, yet she was able to bring a certain kind of mystery to the character.
+1000, especially what you said about Rebecca.
The Mystique of the new movies Is a walking plot device. She has no consistent personality, she simply does whatever the plot requires to give her screen time commensurate with JLaw’s star power. What’s more, there’s with little or no reference to the comic book character that inspired her. It’s a mess.
This! Oh sweet Minerva this! You perfectly articulated everything wrong with the Mystique character. It’s to the point that I’m not even going to the movies to see this despite my love for Storm and Psylocke. I’ll wait till it’s out on Netflix or Cable or whatever.
I thought all the XMen stars were kind of over it and happy to be done? The first two films were decent by this one is apparently terrible.
I think Jlaw’s main problem as Mystique is that she lacks the sexual appeal of Rebecca. Jennifer is gorgeous, but even she stated many time, being or acting sexy is not her strong suit. So they downplayed that aspect of the character and tried to make her story more drama-filled so it would be something that Jlaw is really good at, but instead we just got an overdramatic, uninteresting, getting-on our-nerves-all-the-f***ing -time Mystique.
“but instead we just got an overdramatic, uninteresting, getting-on our-nerves-all-the-f***ing -time Mystique.”
Hahahahahahahaahahahaha!!!!!!
This was supposed to be a younger, less secure Mystique – one who doesn’t fit into the traditional beauty (or even typical HUMAN) spectrum and is self-aware of it. Sexy takes confidence, so for her to be missing that sultry, esoteric sort of mien we typically associate with her later on is sensible. The writing is the real problem – they just had no idea what to do with her character in the limited role they gave her, and Lawrence just didn’t jive on a level that allowed the character to transcend that issue.
I totally agree. It’s not the way Lawrence looks it’s the way she carries herself and acts. She’s the opposite of mysterious and seductive, she’s the loud, brash burping tomboy and she’s not trying to hide it, rather she’s trying to turn Mystique into that type of character. Aaaaand, it’s not working and she just looks like a 15-year-old spoiled brat who’s basically not doing anything. Just sad, what a way to ruin character.
I think the writers can share the blame on ruining the way the character acts.
She went from being a supporting player in the first movie to one of the biggest stars in the world by the time the 2nd movie came out and they tried to shoehorn her into more story… and it didn’t work. It’s fine. Let her go.
She makes a shitty Mystique, I don’t know why they chose her other than she was the “it girl” at the time. I think it is her and the writing. Mystique should be sexy, mysterious, manipulative, and dangerous. Jennifer just does not convey any of those. Plus her voice grates. I loved when she was on Graham Noron and he played a clip and she said she was a terrible actress.
Fassbender make for an excellent Magneto, but I am totally biased.
To be fair, James was pretty bad in that clip as well. Very soap opera-ish.
Eh, I don’t really blame her. Why continue in those films when it’s some of her worst reviews unless it comes with the pay off? The boys’ club mentality that dominates Hollywood has completely ruined those movies where the female characters are concerned. Mystique is one of the most interesting characters in the X-men universe, and neither these films nor the originals have done her justice.
It makes me sad. Mystique and Storm are such badass characters and they are completely useless, underutilized, and overlooked in these movies. I really want someone to make a good movie for either of them. We can have multiple Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor etc. movies, but can’t get one decent portrayal of Storm or Mystique or any other of the women in comics? Smh.
My friend spent a good twenty minutes ranting to me about DoFP because of the Wolverine issue – the issue being that KITTY is the character who actually travels to the past, and so the movie effectively erased a major female character role to give Hugh Jackman the prime camera time.
By that logic she should leave working with DOR too
I’d like to see her move away for DOR for a variety of other reasons, but she really hasn’t made a film with him that’s done wrong by her. Three of them have gotten her award nominations. Most of them landed with critics where her character portrayals were concerned. It’s not really comparable on that level.
Not one comment about the Harry story? Has the world ended without my noticing?!?
I have an odd crush on quick silver ( I don’t get it)
There’s nothing wrong with having a crush on Quicksilver.
Evan Peters is hot AF.
Hopefully they don’t give it to her, because not only is she terribly horribly miscast as Mystique (there’s nothing mysterious or sensual or sexy about Lawrence, sorry) it’s also painfully obvious that she’s fed up with the role and only doing it for the money. Just watched X-Men Apocalypse and sheesh did they ruin this once entertaining and intriguing story.
Keep McAvoy because Xavier is the heart of the X-Men. As much as I like Fassbender, I’m sick of seeing Magneto as the antagonist/anti-hero. There are so many other villains they haven’t explored.
Lawrence just needs to go. Like when the powers that be at Fox read this, her terms for continuing on, they should have all laughed and said, “Girl, bye.”
Fassbender is no Sir Ian. Lawrence has to proven BO outside of the HG and this franchise, I agree, let her walk.