Binge Movie Aftertaste: X-Men Retrospective w/Matthew Goudreau and Mike Batchelor: X-Men (2000)
Before Disney and the Marvel Cinematic Universe took over all things comic book, there was 20th Century Fox and X-Men. If someone wants to see what the comic book film landscape looked like, just take a look at 1989’s Punisher and 1994’s Phantom. But then came Blade (which we’ll cover eventually), a movie that came out in 1998 and proved that cinematic movies based on comic books could indeed be financially successful. And after a lot of false pretenses and multiple script changes, Marvel’s X-Men was finally ready to roll before cameras with little known director Bryan Singer behind the camera. Little did we know that not only would this franchise have a lot of peaks and valleys, but the Mouse House would eventually swallow its rights up whole. Will Garrett, Matt, and Batch enjoy the ride up to and through this year’s Dark Phoenix?
2000 was a non interesting time for comic book movies as with the exception of Blade, there was nothing really setting the box office on fire. That is until little indie filmmaker Bryan Singer came out with X-Men, a movie which set the Marvel machine in motion to where we are today. But how do we feel about it?
Join myself, Matt, and Batch as we begin this look at the series which started it all with 2000’s X-Men, gearing up for the release of Dark Phoenix, being released June 19th courtesy of 20th Century Fox!
X-Men (2000) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10)
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