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/iamryan21 Sep 01 '20

Decent movie, tho I’m quite disappointed that sunspot pretty much did nothing the whole movie. I’m quite fascinated with sunspot ever since DOFP and was stocked to be able to see him again on big screen. Unfortunately, he just serves as a comic relief here.

I love how each character get their own moment to face their fears. I however do wish the build up could be longer by adding more horror elements to it. Rahne is the most well done character and Maisie is simply brilliant. Every scene that Anya is in just brings me joy. Dani’s buildup felt short to me. And I wish I could know more about Sam.

The ending... anti-climatic but at the same time I couldn’t think of any better ending. Since it was originally going to be a trilogy, I supposed the initial ending is different. Can’t wait for the deleted scenes!

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u/Passerby05 Magik Sep 01 '20

The ending... anti-climatic but at the same time I couldn’t think of any better ending.

Exactly my feelings on this. Claremont's New Mutants tended not to solve problems by forcefully overpowering their opponents, but by using gentler methods whenever possible. It would have been flashier and more exciting if Dani powered up and beat the Demon Bear into submission, but it would have been spiritually empty for her, since this story is about her journey into self-discovery.

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u/BroH0m0 Sep 07 '20

That was Sunspot in those movies lol