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The Final X-Men Movie! THE NEW MUTANTS (2020) MOVIE REVIEW! FIRST TIME WATCHING!

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01:21Tara, any final thoughts before we get into the final film here?Now I'm ready.Okay, Tara's ready, so I think we are ready.The New Mutants.commenceAnyways, guys, we just watchedThe New Mutants, if you are listening to uson Apple or Spotify, make sure you give us
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01:58Well, this was a different thing.type of X-Men film. I mean, it was definitely a slow burn. And I mean, for me, there weredefinitely times where the pacing was a little bit off. But I do like slow burn films when there'scharacter development. And I feel like, you know, with this one, we got to go into each character'sbackstory and the trauma that caused. And I do like this running, excuse me, I do like this running themeabout, you know, controlling their mutant powers and about, you know, facing their fears. And I thoughtthat was a strong theme in the film and that they all were able to face it together and theybrought out the best in each uh to you know the camaraderie in each of them brought out the best
02:39in each of them and you know i i thought the dynamic worked with the the core group um it tooksome time to build up but i did like it like especially with anna taylor joys and even her characteri mean granted i couldn't understand where the accent was but notwithstanding that uh like her characterat first I was having, like, I mean, she came off as, you know, the rogue type of, oh, was Marilyn Manson the voice of the smiling man? That is interesting. Yeah. But like, you know, I understand like she was supposed to be meant as, you know, the rebellious, like I don't like anyone type of character. But I actually grew to really like her character a lot and like just understand where she was coming from. And I think once Danny, you know, gave her back lock.like there was an understanding between the two of them and a mutual respect as well um but again asidefrom some pacing issues uh i thought it was a different and interesting new perspective on you knowthe x-men and just like again on control and and facing your fear so what did you think of the filmi mean i liked it i did think that they could have sped it up a bit there's something that was
03:54missing to me where i know we're diving into these characters backwardsgrounds, but there was something about it that I still felt was missing, like, heart-wise.Like, I felt for her and the dad in the situation in the beginning, but I don't think we,I think their intention was for us to really feel for Danny, right?That she loses her dad, she creates these things and she, and I mean, for all of them,for us to feel like, oh, man, they created, they're not in control of their powers.They're creating situations that are killing their loved ones.except I didn't feel that like sad for them as sad as I think they were trying to get us to be
04:37in what they were showing us.So that's where I am saying it was lacking a little bit of heart in that area.And it really was a slow burn to get to where we were at the end where it's like now we're seeingthe full on powers and them at their like 100% and them working together.I think that I would have liked this a lot moreif they had sped it up the team aspectof them fighting the teacher,the teacher, the doctor, Dr. Reyes,
05:09was a way earlier in the movie.Like, I don't know, cut out like a good 20 minutesand move that and maybe make that fight sequence.I don't know, maybe maybe a bit bigger.I didn't like not like the movie.I liked it.It's just there's something that's made.missing that wasn't really grabbing me.
05:28And I think a lot of that has to do with story and plot and possibly maybe the way theywere directing it and the way that it's edited together.They could have picked it up.But then again, they would have had to cut stuff out.So, you know, I feel like it's an okay film.I'm glad that I got to watch it.I liked it, but I don't love this movie.Right.
05:53And again, to your point, like slow burn can definitely.work if it's executed and done in a way, you know, where you're just really fully emotionallyinvested in everything that's happening. And you include the heart, like you mentioned, I thinkthe best example that I can just think of off the top of my head is the very first alien filmwith, you know, Ripley and the entire crew. That is a major slow burn film, but like you reallyget to deep dive into all these characters. And it's like at the end of the day, they're just a crewjust doing their jobs and then they're being hunted down one by one by this alien. But again, the wayit's paced and the way it's filmed it's like it's just it's done so spectacular it's just a
06:30brilliant and i'm not comparing i'm just saying like because it's a slow burn type of film that'salways the first thing i always usually go to is alien in 1979 but i mean yeah you're right there isdefinitely something a bit missing but i think what i again what i appreciate is they tried to goin a totally different direction than the other x-men films so and there were some cooltwist in there like danny being the one who was controlling everything and then it all kind of tied back tothe sx corpore sx corporation you know that hadto do with Logan. That was a very cool connection. Yeah, yeah. I appreciate that. But I just like, man,if they had made that connection work, because like, of course, like people watching all the movies,
07:07they're like, oh my God, we remember that from Logan. What a cool integration. For sure. And thenit's like that was the cool thing. But like the delivery of the whole package could have been a lotbetter to like really grab me, you know? Yeah. But I did like some of these lines like the, they hadreally good one-liners. I lovethe stuff about the bear. Ireally like the relationship betweenthe two girls. I thought that was likereally sweet and cute. Yeah,
07:35Rain and January. Yeah, there's definitelysome great, great things aboutthis movie and the specialeffects were also really awesome. Yeah, the visualswere, I mean, again, it seemed like it wasa low-budgeted filming, especially incomparison with the rest of theX-Men and Deadpool films. Right.
07:51But I really appreciated the visualsover on. I thought it was great. I like,how dark the film could get at times, how it was, there were a lot of times when I'm like,this feels like a horror, straight up a horror film, especially with those smiling faces.God, they were creepy. And that bear went in it just straight up, uh, bites and eats, uh, Dr.Reyes. I mean, yeah. And I like how psychologically, uh, messed up this film could get at times, too.Like, um, you know, and also it's a coming of age story as well. So, you know, there were definitelya lot of aspects I appreciated it. But I mean, again, to your point, there were definitely
08:23things that could have improved uponto make this even more spectacular.Yeah, I just think, man, if they could have cut out20 minutes, got into the fightscenes that they're all together, we're seeingmore of their powers, I thinkit would have made it more of likea home run type of a movie where we're getting
08:41what we came here for.But also, they could have spentmore time doing the background of thecharacters maybe in a different way with a differenttone and pacing. I'm sureyou're looking up trivia.But, yeah, yeah, I liked it.We'll see what trivia they got waiting for us if there's anything cool there.
09:01The new mutants.All right, just really quickly, out of 10, what do you think the average rating was on IMDB?I seem to be wrong because I like the Dark Phoenix and everyone hated that movie.But I don't, I'm going to go for a guess here saying that this score is like 5.9.It's a 5.3.Wow, I was close.You were close.Ladies and gentlemen, I'm excited to shout out today's sponsor because it is an app that I have been using since before we partnered with them, which just makes my job easy.
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11:29Investing involves risk.Acorns Advisor L-LC and SEC registered investment advisor.View important disclosures at acorns.com slash rejects.I highly recommend this app, so please go ahead, download it.Thank you again.And Dr. Reyes, I didn't remember her name, but I did remember she was in Predatorsand she was also in I am legend, Alice Braga.Yeah, she's great.
11:48Oh, she's a terrific actress.I've never seen the actress who plays Danny, but she's got my birthday, July 11th.Okay.Has she been in anything else I've seen?I don't think so.Okay.All right.Well, let's look at some trivia.
12:04All right.So here we go.Oh, this person said right here in the review, this movie desperately needed whatever they edited out.Yeah, like it did.Exactly.And to edit out some of the other stuff, like the pacing, like we could have really picked it up.Yeah.Okay.
12:25So Josh Boone, the director, intended this film to be the first in a trilogy with the second film to be an alien invasion movie featuring the alien mutant warlock.And then the third and final installment to be a supernatural apocalyptic horror film based on the X-Men comic event Inferno.Demons invade the Earth and magic plays a major role.after Disney's purchase the Fox, all X-Men-related films in development were canceled, including Boone's trilogy.Yeah, yeah. I would like to see the X-Men picked back up. I don't know that I would be as excited about Josh Boone's trilogy. Sounds like a cool idea, but based off this movie and how I feel about it, I wouldn't be like, wow, I'm ecstatic to see what else he's directed. Like, I don't feel that way right now.Yeah. The last Marvel entertainment film to be released with Stan Lee as an executive producer.Rest in peace, Excelsior. Enough said. The vision Danny sees of mutant children contain some reuse footage from Logan, as Tara pointed out.The majority of the film was shot on location at Medfield State Hospital in Massachusetts.
13:36This hospital was the state's first mental asylum and most of the cast and crew were unsettled by the location. I would imagine.I did also, I didn't point out to in our review,I thought it was interesting that they were,for the, I'd say, 98% of the film.We were in one location.That was, you know, it's interestingwhen films can stay in one locationfor most of the film, you know?
13:56It's like, use your environment.Josh Boone admitted that he found shootingto be stressful as he felt a bit neuteredbecause he had to tone down the filmfrom his original full horror ideas.I mean, you could tell there was a lot.I knew it.That's why I was calling it out, guys.
14:12and it said that Josh Boone had written itwith someone else also directed itand I was very closely looking at who produced it.His name was not on the producer list.And that to me means I'm wonderingif the way that Josh Boone had wanted this movie to come outif we're lacking a lot of stuffbecause the producers wouldn't let him do it.
14:33That's the hardest problemwhen you've written and directed somethingand you're not an EP on it,it can really go to shite real quick.Yeah.It was initially reported that Fox planned to have the film heavily reshot based on feedback from test screenings to make it scarier.Due to the unavailability of many cast members, the reshoots were repeatedly pushed back until ultimately being canceled by March 2020 after Disney acquired Fox.The reported reasons for the cancellation differ.
15:02Some trade publications reported the film was deemed satisfactory by Disney, while others and director Josh Boone claimed the cast had visibly aged.after two years and reshoots were just no longer feasible.Yeah, that makes sense.And Aria was probably busy with, oh, no, Game of Thrones would have been over at that point.Okay, yeah, that makes sense.All righty, let's do a couple more.According to Josh Boone, the film was originally to be set during the events of X-MenApocalypse and would feature a cameo by Professor X, James McAvoy, and Storm, like Alexandra ship.
15:36The script was rewritten to remove these elements, but Boom felt.the film was not largely affected by this change.It might as well be the 80s in terms of the setting.Because we were talking about during, like,I wonder when this takes place in the actual.Ah, you're going to like this one.Two films I referenced during this.Okay.
15:56The filmmaker's site, the films.One flew over the cuckoo's nest.I said Nurse Ratchet.The Shining, the Breakfast Club,and Nightmare in Elm Street, three, Dream Warriors,as an influence on the film's production designdue to the closed-in settings each film used for dramaticpurposes. I mean, yeah, like, right when I was watching the therapy sessions and they all had
16:14powers, I'm like, and the dream nightmare sequences of like, this is Nightmare Nightmare3. Totally. Totally. Taking me a bit because that's my, that's actually, I don't know if you know this,but that's my second favorite nightmare film in the entire series. Oh, really? I love Nightmare 3 so much,so, so, so much. Uh, the alien mutant warlock was planned to appear in the film withSasha Baron Cohen and talks for the role, but his powers would have been too expensive.for the film's budget, so he was removedwith the intent to appear in this season.Damn, that would have been trippy.
16:46All right, let's just do one or two spoilersand we'll call it a day.Comic book artist,I'm probably going to butcher his last name.Sorry, Coy, and all you listening.Comic book artist, Bill Sine,how to pronounce that name,because Bill Sinequizix.
17:06What Tara said.Who worked on the New Mutants Comics,specifically the demon bear storyline that this film is based on was brought in to provideartwork for the film's posters and closing credits oh cool cool um let's do one more uh the lapel pinthat dr reyes wears on her lab jacket was the same red diamond that ex-man villain mrsinister has on his forehead mr sinister's real name is nathaniel essex and is revealed later inthe movie that the facility is run by essex corporation right because we saw that revealed in thepost-credit scene for, I believe it was X-Men apocalypse.
17:45We see Essex Corporation.We also see the blood from Logan or from Wolverine.And that led to, you know, Laura and all the other mutants and all that.But, yeah, it's Mr. Sinister, I believe.Or Nathaniel Essex, whatever it is.But, yeah.Yeah, again, I appreciated, like, how tonely different it was.I think, you know, like Teresa was missing a few things.
18:09could have just enhanced the film.But I'm still glad we got to see it.I'm glad we got to go on this journey.It was a lot of fun.If you guys joined us for this film, any of the other films or all the films.Seriously, we appreciate you guys are awesome.You're the best.Tara, any final thoughts?
18:25Just about whether this film or just the entire X-Men Fox franchise, Dead Toolfriend, everything.I mean, this has been an absolute blast doing all of these movies.I've had such a fun time.And I've liked mostly all of them.There's been a few in there where I,You know, it's whatever, but this is a lot of fun.So I'm super glad that you guys joined us on this journey.Thank you again, guys.
18:48And let us know in the comments below.What did you think about new mutants?And how would you rank it?And just also, too, in the comments, if you don't mind, share your thoughts about theentire Fox X-Men universe.Also share with us your rankings, how you would rank all the films.I know it's a lot of them, but if you have time and you want to, please.We'd love to hear your ranking.
19:09on that. And again, guys, thank youfor joining us if you've made it this far. Andwe'll see you guys on the next one. Later.Michelle.You are the newest mutantto be added to thereal Reject's home for...What's her powers, John? Her powers.
19:29All right. Checkthis out. Okay. All right.You can make half your body invisible.Which half?Any half you choose.So you can go like upper half, bottom half, like the left half, the right half.You can never get fully invisible, but hey, half might save you.You know, if you're sneaking around and you're trying to look around a corner, you know,
19:50you've invisible half your body, you could peek around, have your invisible eye, see whoever.And then if anybody's like standing exactly parallel to you, they'll see your insides.And if you're sitting on top of a horse's head, you could look like a centaur.You could look like a centaur.That would be so fun.Out of the horse's head.Enough angsty superpowers.Like, how fun would that be?
20:13You could larp, like, live out your Greek mythology dream.There's so much you could do with that.Yeah.It would be a lot of fun, right?And then, I mean, I don't know.That's creative, me, Shea.Yeah, because think about it, too.Like, it's a cool power, but it's not, like, fully encompassing enough
20:30that you would be recruited to some kind of superpowered army.I was thinking thoughts similar of this lane that you were going down.So you can live, like, a, a.A novel, but altogether not to, like, you know, risky life that way.So cool.Yeah.So cool.So cool.
20:49Yeah.Thanks for being here.Thanks for being here.I'm sure this is what you've been waiting for all months.Being gifted and a youngster with us.Happy Halloween.Happy all of me.