Sure, that new ‘Captain America’ preview was nice, but perhaps the most exciting trailer released over the last couple of weeks is a sneak peek at Marvel’s next mutant adventure.
‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’
The two ‘X-Men’ movie timelines will finally be bridged together via this adaptation of one of the most popular storylines from the comic book. It’s also one of the darkest and gloomiest stories from the comic series, where mutants of the future are forced to live in concentration camps. From the trailer, it’s immediately apparent that the movie makes a big change in having Wolverine travel back in time to the single moment that led to such an ominous future, rather than Kitty Pryde, who did it in the comics. Personally, I rather like this switch, mostly because Kitty (Ellen Page) has never played a significant role in the film adaptations. Besides, it makes more sense to see Wolverine, considering what he’s attempting to stop and the challenge of actually doing it.
Also, the preview is pretty cool. The music (borrowed from John Murphy’s score for ‘Sunshine‘ and Hans Zimmer’s score for ‘The Thin Red Line‘) is a tad emotional and overtly sentimental, but I think it gives the proper tone of what audiences should expect from this particular story. After the events of ‘First Class’, I can only assume that we’ll see the creation of Magneto’s Brotherhood of Mutants. Young Charles Xavier falls into a depression because he feels like he failed Erik and lost his adopted sister Raven. The trailer makes me very excited to see this. I hope that Bryan Singer can actually pull it off. We’ll have to wait until May to find out. I’ll definitely be there to see the outcome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTEO7d43gG0&feature=em-uploademail
‘The Raid 2: Berandal’
In 2012, ‘The Raid‘ was a great surprise of non-stop action and martial-arts awesomeness. Picking up after the events of the first movie, this direct follow-up looks to be just as exciting – though we’re not given enough information to understand where the filmmakers will take audiences next. Iko Uwais returns as young rookie cop Rama, but is he now leading a squad of officers into a prison? And how did that wall insult or hurt his feelings, because he seems really pissed at it? If I miss it in theaters, I’ll at least catch this on Blu-ray for sure.
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Josh Zyber
I really hope that Bryan Singer has got his mojo back. The trailer for Days of Future Past looks good (despite the overused music), but Singer’s track record of late hasn’t been too promising.
JM
Are there any other directors whose career is one long steady decline?
1995 – The Usual Suspects
1998 – Apt Pupil
2000 – X-Men
2003 – X2
2006 – Superman Returns
2007 – Football Wives (TV Movie)
2008 – Valkyrie
2012 – Mockingbird Lane (TV Movie)
2013 – Jack the Giant Slayer
2014 – X-Men: Days of Future Past
Josh Zyber
M. Night Shyamalan comes immediately to mind.
Eric Hulen
Yup! It’s like he fell of a cliff after X2. Let’s hope he turns it around.
William Henley
Speilberg comes to mind (director-wise, not producer-wise)
Julian
‘Lincoln’ is pretty awesome.
Kevinzlark
Bryan Singer really has to nail this one to atone for an egregious mistake. His track record has the irreparable blemish of walking away from what could’ve been an amazing and much more relevant X-men trilogy. He started strong, got much stronger, then walked away to make Superman more of a queef.
Still, this trailer has got me wanting that he really fixes shit with this, because it looks awesome.
JM
‘The Raid 2’ teaser kicked solid ass.
I wish he was directing ‘The Expendables 3.’
Eric Hulen
As you could tell from my avatar I’m really pumped for DOTFP. I’m disappointed Cyclops seems to be the only major character left out of the movie though. I blame Superman Returns for that. 🙂
The next full trailer should have some cool shots of the Sentential I’m hoping.
William Henley
You know, many of us were really regretting the new XMen movie when we found out it was a time-travel movie – that seems to be the crutch of movies and television shows now that seem to allow for lazy-writing – we can now do whatever we want – alternative universe!
However, if they are following the comics, this has the potential to be good.