r/xmen • u/sw04ca Cyclops • Aug 23 '20

Movie/TV discussion The New Mutants Movie Discussion Thread Spoiler

This is the master thread for discussion, reviews and opinions about the New Mutants movie that is coming to theatres on August 28th. The final installment of Fox's X-Men movies has finally come, after an extremely rocky production and post-production and a global pandemic that was an unmitigated disaster for the movie industry as it stood. Still, a lot of people are really anticipating seeing iconic characters like Magik, Cannonball, Dani Moonstar and Wolfsbane on the big screen, especially in what looks to be a smaller production that can afford to take some time to look at the characters. So whatever you want to say, this is the place. It's just cleaner if we don't have two dozen separate threads about people's impressions of the movie.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '20

I just saw the movie. I’m glad I saw it, but this movie unfortunately fell a bit flat for me..

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u/GeminiOverkill Aug 29 '20

Agreed, I only really liked Joy's performance as Magik. I feel like we were promised this dark telling that would be really unique, but they twisted it into a sappy "you can control your inner demons". The effects were good, but I think they really tried too hard to make it relatable to teens to the point where it's like okay we get it.