X-men Apocalypse 3D [3D Blu-ray]

5-23-17 3rd viewing and just about no charm or cow bell left. The CGI was boggle free. The script and plot and acting were too too tooooo often...just over the top stuff now instead of "everything's tops and pops." Even the laws of physics complained a dozen times that superpowers are one thing but mass is mass and power is ordinary not magical, but the story insists on the magical and gives us the finger and tell us to google the material instead of expecting the script to carry the whole universe's weight of history. BAH. Five stars even this time though because I'm easily distracted and I was not bored all that often....and I remember liking the film way more the 1st time. It's a must see if one is a fan. I don't think I should watch this again for years.....say, 2020?.....when there is expected to be an economic Apocalypse. I'm still a sucker for how super powers are integrated into personality, but these days, a slew of powers everywhere.....becoming a slog to keep them all straight. 8-15-17 4th viewing and quite a bit was not immediately recalled and the pacing was too fast to have the mindfulness to anticipate the next scenes.....though some were. Meanwhile the now-seen flaws are there, but this viewing still shows the heft of this production and though the story didn't grab me much of "else" did well enough to keep me around. Still suggest waiting years, if ever, to see this again. Maybe if they bring out the next one, then see this for a refresher on the meme before seeing it. Otherwise....wait a long time.

After watching it a second time, I think I am just about ready to say X-Men: Apocalypse may be the best movie in the franchise. And yes, I know that means I am saying it is better than X2, but I think it is. What sets X-Men: Apocalypse apart is, for the first time in the franchise, every character in it is represented as they should be. Several had been done right up to this point, but there were always exceptions: Hale Berry was a horrendous Storm, James Marsden, while a great Scott Summers, was never really allowed to be Cyclops, And let's not even talk about Toad or Sabertooth in the first movie. (slight spoilers) Apocalypse not only took one of the most complex villains in the X-Men universe and brought him to the big screen, but it also presented a Jean who struggles with control but ultimately steps up, a Scott Summers who gets to unleash his full potential as Cyclops, a Nightcrawler who is just absolutely spot on (even better than X2's, which is saying something), A Psylocke who is just about perfect, a Storm who is truly Ororo Munroe and a fantastic origin for Archangel. It also has some nice touches with the outfits, including Wolverine's Weapon X gear and the straps over Cyclops' left shoulder at the end that are reminiscent of the 90s cartoon version of his character. As I mentioned, Apocalypse is one of the most complex X-Men villains, and it would have been very easy to ruin his character. This film does not do that. I know it has come under a lot of fire, but I find that most people who know the X-Men Universe agree X-Men: Apocalypse is really good. I stand by my comment that it may be the best film in the franchise.

Got to have the complete set

I was looking forward to this movie having pre-ordered it on 4K Blu Ray while making my way through the sequence of X-Men & Wolverine movies in the lead-up to its' release. First Class and Days of Future Past were both exceptional throughout and I was therefore expecting more of the same. The movie itself is fairly well put together but there are a number of key issues which keep it below par when compared to the previous two movies in the sequence. First, the special effects are, at times very, very poor. The scene where Xavier's school gets rebuilt by Magneto and Gene was utterly convoluted and utilized terrible CGI effects - Also how those two knew how to rebuild it brick by brick into a perfect re-build I'll never know. Next, Apocalypse is a way too "90's bad guy" and his makeup, suit and general stature is very weak and not at all scary or menacing, for the most part. A real let down considering he's the main bad guy and supposed to be 'god-like' in power and stature. It just all felt a little thrown-together. A lot of the build up to the release of this movie showed him in his suit/makeup and there were a lot of complaints. However, I think most people, myself included, felt those were on-set shots and the editors would beef up the look with CGI. Well, I guess they didn't bother and it's a huge let-down in the end product. He looks menacing on the cover for the movie but in the movie itself? Not so much. I can't see how they felt this was good enough to release. Next, some of the characters, like Olivia Munn's Psylocke was so underdeveloped as to be virtually inconsequential to the storyline. There's a scene near the end where she sneaks away after a battle scene which leads me to believe she'll be back, perhaps next time with more than 3 lines for an entire movie. Back to the positives. Magneto (Michael Fassbender, one of the finest actors of his generation) is exceptional as always, the perfect Magneto. Jennifer Lawrence too is as convincing as always and the others of the X-Men, especially Quicksilver & Beast, play their parts to a T. The action sequences in general are excellent (bar some random, bad CGI again... I wonder did those scenes get completed by an intern or something, because some of the other scenes are excellent?) and the movie's theme is strong and well put together through story-telling. I could point out some plot holes here and there which could've (should've) been picked up upon, but that's likely to happen when, as with the recent X-Men movies, you're dealing with jumping back and forth between different times, realities and relationship timelines. All in all it's a good, but not great blockbuster movie. It's a long way behind the latest Captain America movie, for instance, in every way. However it's fun to watch as you would always hope with an X-Men movie. Worth a watch no doubt and the 4K Blu Ray does indeed add some impressive detail and depth to the picture which is not visible in the Standard Blu Ray version (I'm a sucker for comparing the two in the latest movies like this, Batman vs. Superman, Watchmen etc.). Some movies are virtually indistinguishable between the standard HD and 4K versions, but this was a big leap up.

I LOVED THIS MOVIE! I've been an X-Men nerd since The 90's cartoons! It was a perfect mix of superpower worldwide action, heartfelt drama and comedy! The special effects, story and acting were amazing and many things I've been waiting to see since the 90's cartoons! Cyclops destroying the ceiling of his High School, Apocalypse changing Angels wings into Metal, Havoc destroying Cerebro, Apocalypse becoming a giant, QuickSilver saving everyone, Weapon X, Magneto controlling the metal in the Earth and flying. creating a New Pyramid from other buildings, Professor X becoming bald and most of all they finally showing Jean Grey becoming The Phoenix (X2 ended teasing The Phoenix at the very end, This movie ends with a only few seconds of her as the bird of fire) Then they make another terrible Phoenix movie! (Is it possible too make a decent X-Men Movie without Bryan Singer??? Did Simon Kinburg mess up The Dark Phoenix this time???) and The Danger Room even if was only a few second (The best part & few good parts of The Last Stand) There was a lot about Days of Future Past I didn't like I get they were trying to fix what The Last Stand did but I think it could have been done better. The old Sentinels looked lame and awful and the New Sentinels looked weird crazy and too futuristic. If you were going to use any mutants power to make Sentinels that absorb other powers it would be Rogue not Mystique she can only change the way she looks not absorb powers but they already used Rogue plenty. I loved Cable in Deadpool 2 but it would have made much more sense to send him into the past then sending Wolverine into himself... that's just weird. (overusing Wolverine again they really have overused him unnecessarily) They still haven't made a decent Gambit and I just realized that Kevin Bacon's character had Gambits powers in The First Class

With the success of Days of Future Past, I was more than eager to watch this movie, especially with the post-credit zinger of a blue-skinned man forming a pyramid in the presence of four people on horseback. I am not the biggest fan of the X-Men comics, but I do know a bit about it to know of Apocalypse, a powerful mutant that is a great villain beyond all others. After the events of the previous movie, mutants are being accepted in the world after the horrors that happened in First Class and Days of Future Past but as the world adapts to this change some look upon mutants as something greater than themselves but not all mutants are great some are flawed and as shown in this story no good at all. As the X-Men are brought back to handle a dangerous mutant known as En Sabah Nur, regarded as the first mutant but this is no champion for mutants but a diabolical force that sees himself as a god and the world his for the taking. This story takes its time but thanks to director Bryan Singer and the phenomenal cast of James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters, Rose Byrne, Olivia Munn, Oscar Issac, and so much more tell a great story, one that never lets up in adventure and excitement. The 3D Blu-ray experience is still great, with phenomenal picture quality. The special features are greatly better than the last movie with great deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes features and a nice gag reel. Great to have this on a digital copy too. The last and the best of the lot.

With each new X-Men Universe offering from Fox, I find myself more and more longing for the day when Marvel will refuse to renew the license to Fox and re-make the X-Men in the same style as they've done with the Marvel Universe movies from their own production company (the only recent exception being Deadpool). It seems that big studios cannot wrap their collective heads around the concept of building up the world, first, before deluging it with characters and blowing it up (yes, I'm looking at you, too, Warner Brothers). I mean, seriously, it doesn't have to be world-threatening every time. This one, in particular, got off to a bad start with me. We open some 5000 years ago in Egypt during a ceremony in which En Sabah Nur, later to be known as Apocalypse, is transferring his consciousness into a new host so that he can take the man's mutant power. The ceremony is being held inside a great pyramid. A pyramid which has been built with a... Look, I'm having trouble even saying this, but it's been built with a self destruct mechanism. One of the great pyramids in Egypt with a, yes, self-destruct device. Seriously. Then, when it's activated, not only does the pyramid collapse in on itself... The solid stone pyramid collapses in on itself. What? Anyway... Once it had done that, it proceeds to collapse right on down into the ground, becoming completely submerged and blocking it from the sun. There is none of that that makes any actual sense. Sure, you go right ahead and try to win yourself a No Prize by coming up with an explanation that works, but there is none of it that will actually make any rational sense, especially the part where the pyramid is swallowed by the earth. We're less than 10 minutes into the movie at that point (okay, maybe 15), and I'm already struggling. The next major issue with the movie is characters. There are too many and too many of them with no introduction. There's been demand since the X-Movies started for everyone's favorite character, whomever that may be, but Fox has gotten into the habit of just tossing them in without bothering to tell the audience who they are, basically relying on audience knowledge. This is fine under two conditions: 1. The character takes no part in the story, as with Jubilee in Apocalypse. Or any of the background students at Xavier's school. 2. The audience is only made up of fans of the comics who already know all of the background information they need to have. It's alienating to non-comics fans when there are a bunch of characters running around without any information provided as to whom they are. That's one of the things Marvel Studios has done exceedingly well, especially since many of their movies have dealt with little-known characters outside of the world of comics fans and conventions, is to introduce characters in a plausible and meaningful way. Even with Spider-Man, probably the character with the least information given about him within the context of a movie, in Captain America: Civil War, there was an appropriate amount of background given to give the character context for the movie. Fox failed to do that with pretty much every character they brought into Apocalypse, including characters who have previously been in X-Men movies. The introductions of Nightcrawler and Angel were flimsy at best. Storm, given the fact that they've never really revealed any of her background prior, was hardly better. And Caliban and Psylocke were abysmal. And, I have to say, Psylocke psi-blade is not a lightsaber; it's a psychic knife that doesn't have any physical manifestation. (Unless they changed that sometime since I quit reading comics?) The story is plenty bloated, too. The whole capture by Stryker is completely superfluous to the actual story and is only there so that they can work Wolverine into the movie in a completely gratuitous killfest. That was at least half an hour of the movie that could have been used to further the elements of the actual story. Or cut out completely. The Magneto plot line is also -- I don't know what to call it -- unnecessary. It provides the only moment of the film with any real emotional content, but, considering where things are left at the end of Days of Future Past, it felt contrived. That would be because it was. All of that said, it might sound like I didn't like the movie, which is not precisely true. I didn't like it, but I also didn't not like it. It wasn't horrible; it just wasn't all that good. Still, I'd watch it again before Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice any day of the week. I'm not a fan of the whole re-booting thing, but the X-Men is a franchise that needs to be re-booted and, this time, it needs to start with a plan, lay a foundation, and grow from there. It's too big a universe to keep throwing pieces of it in without laying the groundwork for them.

Possible Spoilers: I really enjoyed the movie. Apocalypse was daunting in his power and they did an excellent job showing that from not one but two different battlefields simultaneously which was very cool. I personally love the moment when the younger mutants all considered Mystique a hero and to me she really needed that because she, I think, had set herself and her life into her own category. When they gave her that recognition it gave her strength and you could tell that it gave her strength. The ending left me feeling satisfied and ready for the next chapter. I do wish that Fox and Marvel would put away their claws but that is unlikely. I think Marvel plans to do away with mutants completely ultimately making them all Inhumans or something. Back to the movie it was great, I really like it and would recommend it to any lover of action and super hero movies. I do wish they had given more back ground on Psylocke, the version of Angel we saw and Storm, I always feel like Storm gets the short end of the stick. But the movie was Awesome!

Produit impeccable et livraison rapide

La película es excelente. Llegó en perfectas condiciones y en tiempo. Consideren que si no tienen cuenta de estados unidos en su dispositivo móvil no les permitirá descargar la copia digital y consideren también que la copia digital sólo estará disponible en inglés, aunque el bd y dvd si tienen las opciones de subtitulados y doblados al español latino.

La edición importada incluye el BD y dvd, a demás el empaque es diferentete, el slip es tornasol y la caja es color gris. En cuestiones técnicas es excelente. Vale la pena en relación precio y calidad de producto.

La película llegó en buen estado

No problems here. I do not understand why it has to have so much to add here, when i would not have bought the film if i did not think it would be good.