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| Topic | Watching Dark Phoenix for the first time |
| Vol2tex 09/22/19 11:39:06 AM #45: | AFrench2 posted... Captain Marvel did an awful job with its aliens... I haven't heard anyone else claim that, especially compared to Dark Phoenix. I went to look at some reviews and this one conveys my same gripe: https://www.indiewire.com/2019/06/dark-phoenix-review-x-men-sophie-turner-1202147248/ At least Captain Marvel boasted a compelling race of alien villains who complicated the drama instead of snuffing it out. The ominous energy Dark Phoenix collects in its first scenes begins to drain away as soon as a vagabond group of shapeshifting extraterrestrials come to Earth, borrow Jessica Chastains body, and in an especially cruel touch dye her eyebrows as white as her wig. (Did the galaxy learn nothing from the cosmetic atrocities of the first Thor movie?) Chastain is excellent as always, but her character is so underwritten that youd be hard-pressed to remember its name. IMDB says its Vuk? Why not. Whatever the case, the baddie is little more than a devil on Jeans shoulder in the second act, and a convenient villain for her to fight in the third. Most of all, Vuk is a well-cast excuse to background Charles mind games in favor of some standard-issue alien blather about playing God. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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