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I've been doing a lot of running around, which means that I haven't had time to sit down and write about my reaction to X-Men: First Class, which I actually watched on Monday. It was a good summer flick - there was enough character development to satisfy me, and enough action to distract me from the plot holes. It's not perfect in all of these aspects though. There were places where the characterisation, action and plot needed work.
But most importantly, the film fed my recent partnership kink. It wasn't just the main partnership of Charles and Erik, which sets the ground for the conflict between the two factions of mutants later on. There's also Charles and Raven/Mystique, arguably the oldest partnership in the show since they meet when they were young and Raven has followed Charles around since. Raven herself has multiple partnerships with other people apart from Charles, but the really cool thing was that her partnerships with Erik, Hank and Charles affected her in various ways and were all viable, even though not all of them were made to last. I love how Erik's "Do you ever feel the need to cover up a tiger?" line affected her.
Of course, no review would be complete without going into Charles and Erik's partnership. It COULD have been an unfair partnership, given that it starts by Charles reading all of Erik's mind in order to find a motivation to encourage Erik to let the bad guys escape. But Erik builds his own grounds for engagement as well, and the two end up as equals. And I love love love the scene where Charles pulls the memory that would let Erik control his powers, and is equally moved by the memory too. It made their falling out all the more interesting too.
It's this same "temporary but long-impacting" partnership vibe that I've been addicted to lately. The actual physical partnership doesn't have to last forever for it to be effective.
This also reminds me of what a founder of Dolce & Gabbana said, on a documentary I caught by accident last weekend. He said that people tend to mistake sexual relationships for love. He mentioned that love should last forever, while sexual relationships can end anytime. And I think he's completely and utterly right. It's why we like the idea of falling in love across several lifetimes - we want something that lasts forever, even across time.
In conclusion - one of the better films to watch this summer.
But most importantly, the film fed my recent partnership kink. It wasn't just the main partnership of Charles and Erik, which sets the ground for the conflict between the two factions of mutants later on. There's also Charles and Raven/Mystique, arguably the oldest partnership in the show since they meet when they were young and Raven has followed Charles around since. Raven herself has multiple partnerships with other people apart from Charles, but the really cool thing was that her partnerships with Erik, Hank and Charles affected her in various ways and were all viable, even though not all of them were made to last. I love how Erik's "Do you ever feel the need to cover up a tiger?" line affected her.
Of course, no review would be complete without going into Charles and Erik's partnership. It COULD have been an unfair partnership, given that it starts by Charles reading all of Erik's mind in order to find a motivation to encourage Erik to let the bad guys escape. But Erik builds his own grounds for engagement as well, and the two end up as equals. And I love love love the scene where Charles pulls the memory that would let Erik control his powers, and is equally moved by the memory too. It made their falling out all the more interesting too.
It's this same "temporary but long-impacting" partnership vibe that I've been addicted to lately. The actual physical partnership doesn't have to last forever for it to be effective.
This also reminds me of what a founder of Dolce & Gabbana said, on a documentary I caught by accident last weekend. He said that people tend to mistake sexual relationships for love. He mentioned that love should last forever, while sexual relationships can end anytime. And I think he's completely and utterly right. It's why we like the idea of falling in love across several lifetimes - we want something that lasts forever, even across time.
In conclusion - one of the better films to watch this summer.
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