Posts tagged Michael Fassbender
I imagine a majority of us have had sex and have seen the opposite sex or same sex naked. I’ve never held a machine gun in my hand or ever shot anyone in the head, but that seems to be the norm to some people within cinema.
Why are we still seeing adaptations of Bronte novels?
Type ‘Jane Eyre’ into the Wikipedia searchbox the drop-down floods with various adaptations (going as far back as 1943). Wuthering Heights returns results for 17 films, TV serials, operas and musicals. So 160 years after initial publication, why are we still seeing new adaptations of these novels? BBC Ian Youngs and Neil Smith discuss…
X-Men: First Class
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Screenplay: Ashley Edward-Miller, Zack Stentz, Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn
Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, Kevin Bacon, January Jones
Every so often, in the ever-expanding sea of comic-book adaptations, an impressive tidal wave sets new standards for the rest to look up to. Previous works that have done this include Spider-Man 2, Iron Man, The Dark Knight and now, X-Men: First Class.
X-Men: First Class surpassed all my expectations and believe me, I was nervous considering the last film to come from the franchise was the unspeakably terrible X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Matthew Vaughn manages to create an entirely new X-Men saga, much more faithful to the original material, whilst keeping one eye on the franchise that current audiences are familiar with. He pulled it off without sacrificing the die-hard Marvel fans or the contemporary audiences - a feat that 20th Century Fox felt impossible with Wolverine, hence the awful result.
X-Men: First Class
This is what I’ve been waiting for. The ‘good’ X-Men film. Matthew Vaughn and his superb cast have made a comic-book adaptation to be reckoned with.
