X-Men: Apocalypse - The Fall of a Cinematic Cash-Grab | Anatomy of a Failure

[@Filmento]

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[@disneyfox5726]

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[@devdharsshan]

Can you do an video on any indian movie which inspired you

[@paulchanda4927]

Best thing about this movie is easily the quicksilver sequence.

[@DoomDogLazy7335]

Can You Make A Video About The First Live-action Transformers Film? You Had A One Left Transformers Movie, You Never Review?

[@knightofthenight3420]

Can you make a video on Con Air and how fundamental ideas of a movie can save it from a disaster?

[@SourRobo8364]

The best thing about this movie, Michael Fassbender's acting. He was giving it his all when his onscreen family died.

[@ninjanibba4259]

Meh, it’s the same cliche “yelling at the sky” thing that’s been done before and better

[@ryanergo754]

@@ninjanibba4259 Everything in this movie has been done before and better.

[@miniwolfsbane2407]

This too. And speaking as a straight woman, him with stubble was the start of the slow moving mental chess piece to me thinking he's pretty attractive. Especially after multiple viewings of reactions to most First Class and the movies following. Did not help that one commentator was saying he looked sharp and was a shoe-in as Bond in all those slick suits in First Class, lol. I'm a sucker for a tailored suit.

[@backpackerraden6268]

Fassbender is the best aspect of all the X Men prequels

[@rhetiq9989]

The whiplash I get from watching the scene where he yells to god after his family died which then cuts right away to a hooded Oscar Isaac in blue makeup wandering the streets lmao

[@SRFriso94]

I remember a description of this movie from when it first came out: "And what we get here is a two and a half hour explanation for why Professor Xavier went bald early. Riveting."

[@paddyestrella]

The way he does go bald is hilarious too. Apparently absorbing too much energy causes your hair follicles to simply stop working.

[@Endru85x]

Apocalypse was like " What is wrong with these modern human and their hairstyles, i get rid of this"

[@mrdgenerate]

Should've closed the quote before riveting.

[@Crownos619]

​@@paddyestrellaI thought his body was becoming more like apocalypse since apocalypse also doesn't have hair

[@ii-mp1sp]

You can throw rotten vegetables at me, but I like this movie. In terms of the plot, it is quite simple, but at least more complete, and also rich in spectacular and dynamic action, unlike who knows how many reworked Frankenstein monsters called "Dark Phoenix" and "New Mutants".

[@jensmander2244]

Best scene in the movie: When that fast guy saves everyone in slomo. He even put a baby in a microwa.. wait, wrong movie.

[@crazyralph6386]

Haha, good one

[@matthewhewitt4145]

What movie is that?

[@melkinz]

😂😂😂😂

[@monkeytown1239]

@@matthewhewitt4145 Flash, but better leave it untouched

[@namfingerstyle8403]

I understood that reference

[@snowfox4277]

“The third one is always the worst” The fourth one: “allow me to introduce myself”

[@beloved-child]

Dark Phoenix trailer alone was cringe bad

[@jorgelacayo5688]

It think Dark Phoenix was better than Apocalypse. 100x better.

[@beloved-child]

@@jorgelacayo5688 lol.....seriously? The scenes where they're holding out their hands to use their mutant powers but they forgot they had a 50 dollar budget so it ended up looking like the amateur hour interpreted dance witchcraft crap from the acolyte? Dark Phoenix was LAUGHABLY terrible.....apocalypse had alot of great scenes and sequences, and the professor x mind fight with apocalypse and him pulling the "you're gonna need a bigger boat/house" line then growing into a giant? Such an underrated scene. Dark Phoenix has multiple scenes of people standing around with their hands up acting like 8 year Olds pretending to be xmen or jedis

[@jorgelacayo5688]

@@beloved-child you're full of crap. I just saw the movie again yesterday and that scene on the train had epic action. Same with the scene outside the building where Jean tortured magneto by crushing his helmet. You fanboys act so self righteous with your opinions on a MOVIE, a fictional work, like it holds deep life meaning. The attributes of a total loser. Seriously

[@-carpet-]

@@jorgelacayo5688apocalypse atleast had some good parts and fun moments. Dark phoenix had nothing, it was dull all the way through.

[@seanbrennan2032]

I have seen worse movies, but the ending to this pissed me off to no end. Magneto murders millions of people and just walks away once again with no consequences after he helps fix the mansion. Professor X's hope of mutant and human coexistence looks pretty hypocritical when he keeps letting a former friend murder humans by the millions and never pay any price for it. Not to mention, for someone persecuted by the Nazis, Magneto sure does act like one himself all the time.

[@WillFredward7167]

Yeah, we’re getting a lot of that kind of thing now. Incredibly shallow morality where pretty much any crime can be forgiven so long as the killer chooses to stop killing. Imagine if a school shooter just stopped after 5 minutes, said “sorry,” and started bandaging survivors. Yeah, that’s *something* I guess, and it *might* influence whether they get the death penalty, but it would be fully insane to say it negates all the deaths. If Darth Vader had survived Return of the Jedi, he might not have been a slave to the Dark Side anymore, and he might love his family, but he absolutely would have faced the justice of the New Republic. And Luke would not have crashed the trial to rescue him, because that would have been insane.

[@theomnitorium7476]

That part really felt like the writers just went into the Magneto story auto-pilot. "... and in the end everyone forgives Magneto, because that's how all these movies end." Yeah, except in the other movies, Magneto only killed a few villains, which Xavier disagreed with. But in this one, he murders millions of innocent people. That unspeakable atrocity deserves a bit more punishment than a stern talk.

[@eden20111]

Remind me again what he did that killed millions of people in this movie?

[@WillFredward7167]

@@eden20111 In the Apocalypse movie, Magneto is being used to rip up terrain all over the world. The idea was to eventually obliterate everything. It was cut short, but there can be no doubt that the loss of life was unreal, even if the movie didn’t specifically show individual people caught up in all the devestation.

[@theomnitorium7476]

@@eden20111 I haven't seen it in quita a while, but from what I remember, the following happens: Apocalypse comvinces Magneto to use his magnetic powers to terraform the earth. Magneto in his grieve agrees, shuts himself off in a bubble and starts to rip the earth apart. The movie shows shots of New York and Sydney, maybe more, getting destroyed and it is said that this happens all over the world. Imagine the worst earthquake imaginable x10 in thousands of cities. The movie of course doesn't show anyone dying, but knowing how many people die in a single real world earthquake, you can imagine the casualties are in the millions.

[@isaacmartinez6904]

The good thing about X-Men Apocalypse is that X-Men: Dark Phoenix overshadowed them as the worst X-Men movie ever.

[@THE_BEAR_JEW]

Then that was subsequently outdone by The New Mutants.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Somehow I forgot that one existed.

[@hansoharrigen6958]

"The worst X-Men movie ever"... Wolverine Origins would like to chat with you

[@jahleillewis1743]

@@hansoharrigen6958it was “The Wolverine” that put the nail in the coffin

[@dead_penguin]

nah Dark Phoenix is better

[@hunterkiller1440]

I guess people expected Apocalypse to be like Thanos, end up getting Jostice League's Steppenwolf.

[@CampChamp00]

Couldnt have said it better

[@gghappy5006]

yeah is funny cause apocalypse is supposed to be 6 to 7 feet built like a bodybuilder yet hes shorter then some characters here lol not to mention he can grow and get bigger

[@Bingo_the_Pug]

@@gghappy5006 He’s actually much taller than that. He can alter his size to 100 ft, but typically when he’s around his henchmen he still towers over them at around 10 ft.

[@Elvusmiw]

I feel so bad for the character designer of apocalypse. He probably thought he was cooking till people started comparing apocalypse's design to ivan ooze. That designer is probably crying in a corner. Also i feel like jean grey's actress was miscasted. She looks and sounds like rogue to me. Why do teachers hate scott so much. This is the second time a teacher gets mad at scoty for no reason.

[@Jose-se9pu]

The desing was ok, make up was ok, the problem was Oscar, way too small for what they were going for

[@LuisSierra42]

She was cast because of GoT

[@LuisSierra42]

@@Jose-se9pu No, they used too much make up and prosthetics. Either create a CGI apocalypse or adapt it into a more human-like design. It looks so uncanny because it is neither

[@diegowushu]

To be fair there aren't that many redheads out there.

[@FoxyGuyHere]

@@diegowushu Wigs and hair dye exist

[@amalekedomite]

"what was the best thing about xmen apocalypse?" Psylocke's arse.

[@ryankeefe2102]

Yessir

[@004honcho]

psylocke is finest mutant I’ve ever seen

[@Soccershade]

Thank you lol

[@rosenkrustev1514]

This.

[@epicalejandrotheawesome4797]

For real

[@Lukas1-zi1hr]

In my opinion the best thing about X-Men Apocalypse was Magnetos family, it was actually heartbreaking to see his wife and daughter killed because he tried saving someone at work using his powers. But to be honest that is actually all I remember from the whole movie haha

[@smaanuel]

This made me realize how many scenes in this are great in a vacuum but all come together to form nothing

[@Endru85x]

Basically not a coherent movie, but like a bunch of sketches...."and now for something completely different". Reminds me of Quantumania where a lot characters are just pawns pushed around on the world map and not growing in any way.

[@Jose-se9pu]

@@smaanuel as someone mentioned years ago, the only purpose this movie serves is a as a backtory for why Charles is bald.

[@TheSofox]

No kidding. The Quicksilver rescue scene is awesome, but he doesn't even get a thank you afterwards. The Wolverine scene is awesome, but it feels like we're temporarily watching a different movie before switching back.

[@jyrlan2596]

It's called "lesser than the sum of its parts" and it sadly plagues a lot of movies. The writers have great ideas in a vacuum and they'll twist the script to get those ideas to fit together even if it doesn't make sense for a movie

[@jmalmsten]

That whole bit about the QuickSilver redo got me thinking of Guy Ritchies Sherlock Holmes films. In the first one, he establishes "Holmes vision" where we see Holmes reading people and planning his fights down to every punch and parry. Then in the sequel, Game of Shadows. Holmes repeatedly tries to repeat those feats of precognition. But stuff keeps interupting his train of thought and he's forced to improvise. And to really hammer home how formidable of an evil mastermind Moriarty is, he even intrudes into Holmes HolmesVision and thwarts his every move... so he has to throw out all clever moves and just... flip the table so to speak. And do the unthinkable. I just think it's a great example of repeating the thing people loved in the first movie yet building upon it to show new aspects and situations and escalating the threats. Just a pity Guy has yet to repeat that innovative filmmaking.

[@Napoleonic_S]

Where's that 3rd movie? I thought even RDJ himself teased about it a while back but now instead we got that very recent marvel fiasco... Has it been cancelled or what?

[@ethribin4188]

Those two holms movies were AMAZING. They realy were sherlock holmes in the current holliwood culture style. But still do heavily true sherlock holmes thst noone cared.

[@infinitespace2520]

@@Napoleonic_S Everytime they mention it they don't give a specified release window or really any information about it to be honest, just the subtle "yeah it's probably gonna happen" which isn't reassuring at all.

[@EGRJ]

If you paid attention in the first movie, you might've noticed that Holmes-vision has several major weaknesses; it doesn't work if he doesn't have time to observe and plan. The second movie strongly emphasized how he can be blindsided, or just be up against something he can't outwit. Even Holmes can't outsmart a point-blank artillery strike.

[@Soccershade]

Hadn’t thought of it like that, great points!

[@eggwonreal]

My favourite thing about that X-Men movie is that it was bad enough for filmento to make a video talking about why it's bad

[@gnarly441]

I know a lot of people talk about the quicksilver scene but that opening Egypt scene where they try to sabotage the ritual was actually pretty great too

[@elioriguess4556]

Spot on. This scene was epic and accompanied by a wonderful score. Went to see the movie for the 2nd time on the big screen just for that. It set the tone well on how worshiped Accopalypse was, but unfortunately completely ignored the cinematic need to show why he is such a force of nature. Really hope that the MCU will have much more depth and reasoning to this great character.

[@drex5160]

Days of future past had set our hopes too high.

[@russelllemieux]

My girl dumped me right af6er this movie ...bummer

[@n0classified]

Ngl that one certain speedster scene is the highlight in the whole movie.

[@Erichwanh]

Struth. I mean, the novelty was no longer there (the scene in DoFP dominated), but it was just a damn good scene with a damn good song (Eurythmics FTW).

[@DarkReaperTV]

ralph boner

[@py16667]

Yeah, nightcrawler is the best

[@vdiitd]

That exactly is the problem with movies nowadays and with the movie goers as well. People like a movie because of one amazing scene in the movie and Hollywood studios are cashing on that trend. Even if the entire movie is trash, you just need that one scene that gets everyone talking.

[@Blast2224]

Yes, but beyond that, his lore was pretty much put on the street and shat on by cattle.

[@andrewselbyphotography]

I watched this movie... forgot I had watched it, and a couple years later, watched it, for what I thought was the first time, and had an eerie feeling that I had seen it before, and I still can't remember how it ended

[@bumba464]

Spoiler: the xman win 😮😀

[@SlaughterhouseDb]

Just be thankful that it did and move on.

[@SlavoidUkr]

Yeah this feels about right

[@EcardEcardian]

Your brain does not feel it is information worthy of keeping, it had zero impact on you.

[@andrewselbyphotography]

@@bumba464 lol

[@mix3k818]

I like how the Internet still collectively agrees to never call Twitter as "X".

[@reallyhimongod]

We will NEVER call it X

[@PBAmygdala2021]

I love this!

[@Ezekiel-rv3pe]

So true just like nobody calls The rock, Dwayne Johnson lol

[@denisako6493]

The next generation will

[@Veins1]

Xwitter Shitter XD

[@racool911]

Apocalypse feels so hilariously different than all the other villains in xmen movies.

[@CarpettinginMotel.townson]

Because while he somewhat stands out with his ideals, he just becomes the standard world ending villain character we’re getting more of in superhero movies?

[@ACDC267]

​@CarpettinginMotel.townson exactly. The only thing that separates him from other faceless marvel/DC villains is a sky beam that will somehow summon and army or destroy the earth.

[@damianlegion8455]

The best thing about this movie: The villain. The worst thing about this movie: there were no real match for him, so he was defeated by movie's plot.

[@D_Vice88]

.....wasn't it mostly Jean tapping into Pheonix power she didn't totally know about yet?

[@TITANICLUSITANIA]

@@D_Vice88Jean is the Phoenix, and the Phoenix is her.

[@TITANICLUSITANIA]

Apocalypse is no match for Ms. Grey. Even in the comics, her weakest version the Ultimate Jean, 💀 Apocalypse

[@damianlegion8455]

@@TITANICLUSITANIA Apocalypse can turn off Jean Grey's powers. Jean with no powers is just... Jean. 🤣 Apocalypse has been defeated? Because Jean have died more times than Sean Bean.

[@TITANICLUSITANIA]

@@damianlegion8455 Jean literally 💀 apocalypse in the X-Men Ultimate universe and apocalypse was begging for mercy. 😂

[@antigonish5451]

The best thing about this movie was the introduction sequence. There's a story there that should have been the whole movie. In the X-Men franchise humans are always shown as irrationally hating and fearing mutants as something new . But this movie could have shown it as a completely rational response. Ancient mutants are conquering the world nation by nation and no one has the power to stop them. A group of regular people have to come togethe to end the reign of the false gods. That collapsing pyramid took a lot of work. They had to set that up decades in advance. And who knows how many years to get all your people inserted into the honor guard so that you're able to attack apocalypse at his most vulnerable point just in case the pyramid collapsing doesn't work. I would have loved to watch that movie. A David versus Goliath Tale, even with all their preparation they only barely succeeded.

[@antigonish5451]

They could have shown apocalypse on the battlefield slaughtering entire armies on his own with his lieutenants. They could show them having meetings behind closed doors where they discuss finding more mutants and intermarrying to create a new ruling species with humans has nothing more than slaves. Something the modern anti-mutant characters uses a dog whistle attack. The end of the film would be the same as the start. There would just be an after credit scene to show that he is still alive, then the third movie could be apocalypse returning. That way you have a great villain character build up in a short amount of time.

[@ProjektTaku]

That has extremely bad undertones when you consider Mutants often stand in for oppressed minorities, with the idea you're suggesting basically twisting it to "minorities are actually bad and want to rule over others". Often the best X-Men villains are non-mutants, like Juggernaut, the Shi'ar, Sentinels, Shadow King and Mr Sinster.

[@TheFoshaMan]

@@ProjektTaku No, the idea of Apocalypsis ruling is even better, because it means "give a lot of power to a opressed group and they'd become the oppressor"

[@ProjektTaku]

@@TheFoshaMan no, because they're not being given the power, they're taking it, and the whole slavery idea sounds cringe. I mean, they kind of did this in Age of Apocalypse, but that was less about human enslavement but Apocalypse's totalitarian rule.

[@ProjektTaku]

@@TheFoshaMan again, the best X-Men villains aren't mutants.

[@dionysisnance4204]

That magneto rage scene lives rent free in my mind

[@richardblakely6854]

Best things: - Quicksilver rescuing folks from the Mansion (although I preferred the DoFP scene) - Wolverine’s escape - Michael Fassbender as Magneto

[@2wolf5]

Biggest problem to me is that Apocalypse just wasn't scary at all in this movie. I still remember when I have seen him in X men animated series first time, he was so scary, and dispatched X men while shouting bible quotes at them, it was so good.

[@SuperJutah]

The x men animated series apocalypse was an absolute monster... Man was nightmare fuel

[@Bingo_the_Pug]

“Evil? I am not malevolent. I simply am.” “I am as far beyond mutants as they are beyond you.” “So many people have dreamed of my end. You are no closer than the Babylonians with their swords & firesticks.”

[@seijunsejuki]

One thing I really hated about the script (besides everything) was how characters kept telling Mystique how important she was, like the younger mutants all treated her like a rock star or something. But why? All she did in the last movie was almost start a war between mutants and humans, I mean if anything she should be totally hated, not admired. Of course, the reason for this was because Jennifer Lawrence didn't want to do the movie, and so the writers kept writing in dialogue about how important she was - rather than actually give her an important part to play in the movie, which obviously was beyond their talents.

[@nickvang7]

The movie basically introduces 9 different interesting plotlines just for all of them to get hijacked by the big bad randomly waking up today, and none of them ever get followed up on. Apart from the Dark Phoenix foreshadowing of course.

[@darlenevile5675]

My favorite thing about this movie is that you made a video about it.

[@enderborn017]

Ack I was going to say that!

[@janjokinen9758]

Fact's

[@NetNN]

The best of X-Men Apocalype is the scene when ancient Egyptcian used their patience and ingenuiety to defeated Apocalype and his horsemen, thousand of years ago.

[@jasonbryant6357]

Falcon? That's angel my dude. Who later becomes archangel. Falcon is a completely different character

[@Endru85x]

It was a joke referencing Falcon from MCU.

[@michaelk4113]

@@Endru85xNo, it wasn't. It was a fkkup.

[@Reelix789]

​That you can think for one instant that that wasn't on purpose is astonishing. Talk about Wooshhhh ​@@michaelk4113

[@jawhny]

@@Endru85xThat was not a joke bro

[@senny-]

He calls Ronan the Accuser Malekith because of how similarly generic the two are in terms of their role. It's an ongoing inside joke in this channel for years. Maybe this is a deliberate joke, too.

[@denzelbuendia5483]

The best part of this movie was Michael Fassbender's acting during the scene where his family's accidently killed by the police who have no metal on them, his line delivery of "not my babies" as he's holding them while they die in his arms just hits you in the right place, I cried in the theatre when I saw this. Including the way that he makes short work of the police using his daughters necklace to cut their throats, and his wailing afterwards "IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME!!?" cursing God, blaming him for what's happened. Erik finally settled down, he had a wife and a kid living the peaceful life, having it all be taken away by the world is simply cruel. The music during this entire scene was insane btw.

[@alphieshikwambana]

To answer your question, the best part of the movie for me was Quicksilver's rescue sequence. The visual spectacle, the humour, the VFX etc tell us a lot about Quick Silver, who he is as a character and what matters to him. Furthermore, it highlights his powers. Many movies don't often explore the possibilities of having super speed as a super power but I believe this is the best portrayal of that. Lastly, it's a really a cool sequence, one of the most memorable sequences in comic book history. even if you don't remember the movie itself

[@devoof]

Sweet dreams

[@sir.raphimrevelator8644]

Yep. This. Only for Apocalypse to catch him and break a leg. Convenient. Effective.. But 😂

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

In Days of Future Past? Yeah. In this movie, the scene is over stretched and makes for tonal inconsistency.

[@rorystockley5969]

It's an unimaginative rip-off of the original, a creatively bankrup piece of junk

[@artbargra]

@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom I feel I'm part of a very tiny minority, because I didn't like the slo-mo scene in Days of Future Past, and I _hated_ the one in Apocalypse. It felt forced in both films. They could've used his abilities better. Except for the Tab joke. That was pretty good. The rest is cringeworthy at best.

[@julian6189]

i wish they had quicksilver and magento actually talk about being father and son

[@VendettaPSC]

That would require writing an actual script, instead of an amusement park ride of pictures and spectacle.

[@DebatableD]

Considering the clusterfuck of copyright at the time they were pushing the boundary already by referencing the father son relationship.

[@VendettaPSC]

@@DebatableD Yeah but they had a deal. Marvel gets to use Wanda and Fox gets q Quicksilver. This is why Quicksilver died in Ultron and Wanda is only barely mentioned in passing a single time in the X-Men movie.

[@LordHollow]

If I have an alien suit that allows me to change height, there is no way I'd walk around any less than 7 feet tall.

[@stevenscott2136]

Have fun with doorways and small modern cars.

[@LordHollow]

@@stevenscott2136 I would walk through walls, making my own entrance. And Id fly.

[@Bingo_the_Pug]

Yes, Apocalypse at “normal height” is usually around 10 ft, which is still huge. Him turning to 100 ft in a fucking dream sequence fighting Xavier was an insult.

[@adriangonzalez3600]

Jean Gray going full Phoenix Force to bonk Apocalypse feels like a lazy Deus Ex Machina

[@Fahel14]

5:30 not only that, but Nightcrawler not being able to teleport outside of a electrified cage is laughably dumb. Imagine you can teleport to outside a building, but only if the door is open.

[@zerox9242]

Psylocke being in a costume that is spot-on to her comic/MvC appearances, while out of place, was still nice to see for all of three mintues.

[@officialmonarchmusic]

Worst of all: The film’s blatant slander of Return of the Jedi, shown at the start of the video

[@Jose-se9pu]

The slander was against X-Men 3

[@carlosleyva-calistenia6400]

It's quite good if you pretend ewoks don't exist.

[@The_FallenKnight]

😂they thought that their 3rd X men movie would be a perfect movie just like Days of Future Past, but it fumbled like Shit. Return of the Jedi is just as Great as strike of the Empire

[@officialmonarchmusic]

@@carlosleyva-calistenia6400 No. Ewoks are fine. It’s quite good no matter what

[@lainiwakura1776]

@@The_FallenKnight It's the Empire Strikes Back.

[@profxtreme9275]

I actually really liked in the final fight how each time a new person would join in against Apocalypse he would take a few hits and then adapt and even use their strengths against them. It was a cool way to build up the battle incrementally and demonstrate him as the embodiment of natural selection.

[@darthvader5558]

Wolverine's berserk mode sequence and Magneto's Rage scene lives rent-free in my mind

[@TJSaw]

The Wolverine scene was so pointless. They wasted him there.

[@darthvader5558]

@@TJSaw well yeah, it was a wasted opportunity, it looked cool though

[@rienjen]

Good video, very insightful. I'll add this: Simon Kinberg wrote the script. That was it, more than anything. This is the same guy who wrote X3 and Dark Phoenix. He DID NOT write Days of Future Past--he edited it. The draft script for DoFP was written by Matthew Vaughn, who directed X-men: First Class. He wanted it as the third movie of a trilogy but the studio wanted to do it now, and he refused. So they took the script, Kinberg stamped his name on it even though he didn't write it, got credit, and now it looks like he can write, when he can't. He can edit, which is a good talent, but there's a vast difference between writing and editing.

[@bullymaguire243]

Am I the only one who liked this film? Edit: plot twist, I only liked it because of the quick silver sequence :)

[@JohnSmith-jh6ey]

Lower tier but still good

[@EpicNotch]

Ye probably

[@DanielRomero-qe5lk]

Honestly, yeah

[@robroodenburg8051]

Nope... i liked it 😊

[@Jose-se9pu]

Yes

[@VioIet_Doll]

My favorite thing about this movie might be the scene where Magneto razes the camp after realizing how powerful he can be. And obviously the quicksilver scene, but I assume that's an answer a lot of people are going to give.

[@funwithtropes69]

If there's one character in this film who should've appeared in Deadpool & Wolverine, it's Apocalypse. Him working with / replacing Cassandra Nova would've made the stakes of that film higher. Deadpool 3 is still a fun film, though. To be fair, the FoX-Men already ended with X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The next decade only dug that grave deeper with this film, Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants.

[@omarslayz]

why would they redo apocalypse though? Sure he’d be cooler since the people who made deadpool & wolverine actually cared but using a newer never before seen on live action character like Cassandra as the villain was great. The actress was surely better than Oscar Isaac as apocalypse. We should just save apocalypse for the mutant saga after Secret Wars cause it’ll be enough time passed after this bad movie for people to want to give him another shot than inserting him into a deadpool sequel 9 later💀

[@funwithtropes69]

@@omarslayz, Cassandra can be taken down with wits film-wise. Apocalypse is someone they cannot mess with. The filmmakers clearly have problems with choosing a villain that fit within the story. Despite being an effective threat, Cassandra felt like an idea that should've been explored by previous MCU films like Doctor Strange 2, Ant-Man 3, and Captain Marvel 2. Place Apocalypse within the context of the film, and the stakes would've been greater and still played out the the film.

[@jhmoxl]

Best thing as I recall (and it’s been years) was the continued story between McAvoy and Fessbender. Part of the series downfall was them increasingly not realizing that was what this series had to be built around.

[@the_markoman]

Best part of Apocalypse is that it was so forgettable that I couldn't bother formulating what was so bad about it.

[@LeonardoKlotz]

Bryan Singer should've left this franchise after DOFP He literally gave everything he had to make that movie work So outdoing himself yet again proved not to be possible

[@crazyralph6386]

He was a giant hot mess by the time DOFP started shooting, in which the studio had people working around the clock to make sure he even showed up to the set. In Apocalypse, it’s obvious that most of those people moved on and left Singer to his own devices, which is why it was a steaming pile of dog poop.

[@SecretMagician]

What was Matthew Vaughn doing around this time? He should have come back to direct this if he wasn't busy with Kingsman: The Golden Circle, since he left being the director of Days of Future Past because he was directing the Secret Service.

[@Davidsworldtravels]

Mathew Vaughn was pushing them to make DOFP the end of the trilogy but they wanted their money right away so pushed for DOFP to be made before this. So then the character arcs are complete and there’s no reason to keep the different decade gimmick going. But they just push this to be in the 90’s for no reason and push Apoc even though he doesn’t fit for this team dynamic.

[@internziko]

The only part of Apocalypse i thought was good was when we find Magnito trying to live a normal life and loving his wife and daughter and losing them to the arrow. It was gut wrenching and brought tears to my eyes. After that the movie started falling apart.

[@RastaGamesful]

Let's agree that the best part of X-Men: Apocalypse was the scenes with Quicksilver and Wolverine. The rest was done very poorly... This movie had potential to be good, but it was just more proof that there's something wrong with Fox's X-Men franchise (even though I love McAvoy and Fassbender as Professor X and Magneto). I also really like First Class and Days of Future Past. The best X-Men movies.

[@CassiusNaylor]

I'd say my favourite bit remains the climax, where Phoenix atomises Apocalypse. The moment where she steps onto the air will never cease to pump me tf up

[@TheLastRecreationalLearner]

I liked when he put his hand to the screen and said "learning." I've said it a lot over the years when I am watching TV or actually learning.

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

I say it to then younger generation when I teach them something... Learrrninggg 🤚

[@archlinuxuser]

He's learning about culture, not quantum physics.

[@TheKaijuKing54]

Seeing Filmento cover this movie is a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. Also, could you cover Godzilla Minus One? It follows a lot of the advice you’ve given on how to make a great monster movie and even has a strong human plot.

[@amberlopez7477]

Apocalypse looked like Wish Master. Anyone notice that? He was able to make people disintegrate. But not the X-men?

[@crazyralph6386]

Yes! The Divoff Wishmaster, not those imitation goofs in parts 3-6

[@VendettaPSC]

I mean, the comics and other media present this shit the same way. Apoc can literally just wave your entire body away with a thought, he's that powerful, yet even in the comics he doesn't... just... do that.... he could erase the entire Earth with a thought, yet he needs horsemen? Lol. It is one of those things you let go, or don't, ya kno.

[@oliveni]

The best scene in X-men Apocalypse has to be when Magneto destroys Auschwitz.

[@crazyralph6386]

The Angel vs Nightcrawler cage match in Germany was well done. Great soundtrack too!!!

[@simonbrosseau1783]

Investors: You made a good movie, can you make it again. Film directors: You mean another one? Investors: No, I mean it again.

[@moneytreetrading3534]

Ngl a great example of a bunch of plot lines coming together is Infinity War

[@polszowiak]

Best thing? I am from Poland, so... the Polish special ops coming for Magneto with wooden bows. So incredibly prepared...

[@archlinuxuser]

Because he controls metal.

[@Sunesen]

I think the best thing about X-Men Apocalypse is that I had pretty much forgotten it existed.

[@kingpinpasta2934]

I remember seeing this in the theater only, because it was the day my dog died. Needless to say seeing this didn’t make my day any better.

[@slammeriversondougherty2689]

Sorry about your dog ♾🙏🏽

[@ptonpc]

Sorry to hear about your dog. They are better people than humans.

[@divyanshugoel1943]

I went to this see this movie in the theatre, instead of Civil War, solely based off the knowledge that it follows days of future past, which I really liked. And I still rue my decision to this day.

[@sippinthemontea2045]

Seeing Psylocke on screen was the highlight of the film. The actress in the role was perfect casting 👌🏾

[@sketchyaf8487]

My favourite thing about X-Men apocalypse was the fact the lady who was following the bad guys into the pyramid at the start of the movie is the whole reason that apocalypse gets free and nobody talks about it.

[@stuartbarron7117]

The best part of Apocalypse is the Quicksilver, 'Sweet Dreams are Made of This' scene. It took one of the best directed and most creative scenes from Future Past and built on it. It's much more elaborate, creative, funny and feels like a proper evolution of what came before it like a good sequel should (and like the rest of the didn't.) Honestly, the slow motion scene from Future Past now feels somewhat quaint in comparison.

[@Davidsworldtravels]

But it doesn’t really fit as a comedic scene bc Havok literally just burned to death and their home is being blown up. So it feels random and inconsequential just like everything else in the film. Having their only refuge/home from a world that hates them is heartbreaking but is also played as the movies only big joke sequence. None of it fits.

[@gordyrroy]

2:37 I think the best thing about X-Men Apocalypse was the idea of an ancient egyptian mutant returning and seeing the modern day. I really enjoy learning about history and that basically reverses the idea; with someone from the past observing the present. But they didn't make anything out of it.

[@pachi9065]

My favorite part of the movie was the strained father-son relationship between Magneto and Quicksilver, that never truly gets resolved. If we lost anything from this film series not continuing, it was a resolution to this.

[@12classics39]

That relationship should’ve been the centerpiece of the continuation of Magneto’s story after DOFP. Don’t give him a family just to kill them 2 seconds later and totally rehash First Class’ “Erik becomes Magneto because of grief and vengeance” plotline. Let him bond with his son who DOFP has already established, and finally form a family that he can successfully protect and be happy with.

[@cholze9146]

The first scene of attempting to assassinate Apocalypse is the best sequence with a lot of story to tell, yet they choose to use situations to unfold the story - They planned it for years, maybe lifetimes by spying how the procession works several times until they know that this is the weakest states of Apocalypse. - Write it down and hope for the next generation will continue the purpose and one day will raise the rebellion or scheme the treason in the next and following transference ritual - The betrayers must be really working there for really long time that they know about this place, and infiltrating them knowing well that they’re heavily guarded - Because of how big and risk of the plan, less people knowing the plan, more chance that the plan will works without getting exposed before the day of ritual - The real plan is to “kill” not to “bury” Apocalypse, 5 megatons of rocks in his weak state, the betrayer ensured that he will be dead for real, because if not, he can lift all of it as easy as ending their civilization. - So the traitors who were planted in the ritual room, IS WILLING TO DIE. A few of mere humans have to face all of horsemen, and if they manage to dispatch all of them and Apocalypse, the crumbling pyramid will finished them all. - while all of the horsemen is doing best at their jobs. War and Pestilence defend the body in close combat by their sheer strength, Famine use environmental torches to fried the traitors, Death use telekinesis as an attack and creating the barrier to protect their master even in her last breath. . The opening has many subtle story to tell, what an epic opening and yeah….it went downhill from here.

[@Mb_Drei]

Ngl this was probably one of the funniest Filmento videos to date, the Toy Story scene but with bad superhero films and Magneto yelling at Ronaldo are absolute bangers. Oh yeah, what's good about Apocalypse... For some reason I remembered this movie more fondly than others in the franchise, I think the reason is that I only remember the better scenes with some of my favourite X-Men, such as the Quicksilver evacuation and a couple of Cyclops moments. Apocalypse on paper is also a very cool villain, even if the movie executed him very poorly.

[@audycjablabla6977]

Still can't get my head around why Magneto was living/hiding in Poland of all countries lmao

[@BurnNoBridges138]

Because that's where he lived before he was taken by the Nazis

[@ninjanibba4259]

@@BurnNoBridges138still dumb for him to do, especially when he’s wanted

[@juma8126]

I don't understand why they seemingly didn't show the script to anyone who speaks Polish, cause it's very bad. (I love how funny it is, but in a good movie it'd be awful)

[@12classics39]

@@BurnNoBridges138no, he was originally from Dusseldorf, Germany. In First Class he mentions that’s where his parents lived.

[@mckdom]

That’s not Falcon, it’s Angel lol. Then Apocalypse turns him into Archangel, with the metal wings etc. God I’m such a nerd 🤓

[@paddyestrella]

I think that’s the joke. He’s suggesting he’s a rip off Falcon.

[@VikDeth502]

​@@paddyestrella- No, I think he honestly accidentally called Angel "Falcon" because he has wings. I don't think there was that much thought put into it.

[@jameswillen6749]

Or maybe just maybe KZbinrs make this mistake on purpose to drive engagement on the platform ​@@VikDeth502

[@MylesKillis]

@@VikDeth502it’s joke he does with many characters. Like Cinemasins does. They call one character the most common version of that character or with actors.

[@jyrlan2596]

​@MylesKillis let's leave Jeremy out of this lol, dudes a clown

[@Maxwel_Rodrigues]

The only good things of the movie: - The cold opening and the title credits. - Psylocke's cosplay - Quicksilver's scene - The Wolverine scene This movie is a recycled mess, it's really a poor version of X-Men 2 and Days of the Future Past. -

[@Us3r739]

Olivia munn was so hot here

[@self-parternerd8661]

The good part about this movie was when I thought Psylocke would have a role in the future movies (because they ended with the Dark Phoenix tease...). The theme of "Modernity" (Old v. New) is very confusing in the movie because it's the opposite of what he should be. Apocalypse can reshape his body freely (and eventually copy other mutant's powers) but his main power (in the comics) is that he is a genius technopath who is able to conceive technology far more advance than its age and he then merges it with his body (his greatest power is that he has merged with Celestial technology and that allowed him to conquer Egypt). There's absolutely no way he would be startled by modern tech, that's why a lot of people didn't get the character. Apocalypse is a believer of "survival of the fittest" but that also applies to the "most advanced". When he recruited his team he should've gone to Magneto first and then scaling down in order of power. That would've made it clear what he stands for and also it would've given the movie a sense of progression.

[@n1kolodian]

My favorite part of Apocalypse is the ending. Watching Jean/ Phoenix, Magneto, Cyclops and Storm take down Apocalypse together was a thrilling scene.

[@Iginore]

X-Men movie tier list -Deadpool and Wolverine -Logan -X-Men future past -X-Men first class -Deadpool -X-Men -Deadpool 2 -X-Men 2 -X-Men Apocalypse -The Wolverine -X-Men 3 -X-Men Origin Wolverine -X-Men Dark Phoenix

[@devoof]

What waboit deadpool

[@lainiwakura1776]

Naw, because you don't know how to spell Logan.

[@SourRobo8364]

Ehhhh. Not quite for me.

[@evgenkhersonets880]

Forgot about New Mutants

[@Iginore]

@@evgenkhersonets880 that was trash

[@wojciechszuster6528]

The best thing about X-Men Acopalypse is Fassbender's Polish accent: "Henryk, nie rob tego!" makes me laugh every time. Pretty the only thing I remembered from it.

[@juma8126]

Agreed I love all the Polish scenes from this movies and it's solely because of the broken Polish everyone speaks.

[@Endru85x]

Henryk proszem ciem...i jeszcze ta policja z łukami xd

[@cannonfodder8252]

I cringed so hard, I think it'd be less goofy if they made Ferdek Kiepski dub for Michael lol

[@juma8126]

@@cannonfodder8252 At least it would be non-ironically funny

[@cannonfodder8252]

@@juma8126 "Panie Paździoch, nie rób tego mendo jedna..."

[@beloved-child]

I enjoyed apocalypse, even the over acting not embarrassed to say it.... "You can point your arrows from the towel of BABEL.... BUT YOU CAN NEVER STRIKE......GAAAAWWWWWDDDDD" hell yea

[@EmperorsWrath]

There are two things about this film that I thought were really cool: the forest scene with Erik and the Wolverine breakout scene

[@ge2719]

the best part of the movie was when magnito destroys the entire world, and charles just has a nice chat with him and lets him go.

[@LordStarscream100]

Going from Days of Future Past, which is still my favorite X-Men film, to this - is still mind-blowing. Fell off so hard.

[@iannisakrivos53]

Best thing about this movie ? ... Well, there's Oscar Isaac in it. ... Oh! And that Quicksilver scene too!

[@batsaubattler3200]

11:30 - 11:35 completely made me die of laughter with the tone you had during this break down , I didn't even notice that someone perished until you pointed it out

[@Wade_Tyler]

Best part of the film is the Quicksilver slow motion scene with Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics.

[@mzytryck]

1:20 Am I the only one who immediately recognised the scream from when Jerry locked Tom in with a stick of dynamite in Cat Cruise? Greatest panicked scream ever!

[@SecretMagician]

"HELP!!!!! GOD!!!!! LET ME OUT OF -" 💥💥💥💥

[@ZackPorras]

Best thing is the brutal prologue where people keep getting crushed

[@MovieMakers2000]

The best thing about this movie is when the credits roll

[@SimonMoon5]

That's not Falcon. That's Angel who becomes Archangel. An archfalcon would be very weird.

[@The_Texorcist]

This movie did almost every character dirty. One of the big ones was Apocalypse. Between the comics and the 90s cartoon they had the perfect blueprint of how to do the character right. The other big one was Jean Grey… come on why can’t fox for the life of them do a Phoenix story right? I just pray that now Disney is doing their own live action X-Men series of films that they finally get that one thing right.

[@AbsolutTBomb]

The best thing about X-Men Apocalypse was Olivia Munn's outfit.

[@aleszezulka9533]

The Quick Silver scene, it was the first time I heard Sweet Dreams and I fell in love with that song. Also because I dont really remember anything else from the movie.

[@oliveni]

it was a real shame that this movie was bad. days of future past was amazing

[@c3n5i]

best thing about this movie? didnt know it existed, but yeah thanks for informing . . .

[@slyrax4154]

Now I want a movie where somebody from the distant past wakes up in the present, sees Skibidi Toilet, and decides the world does not deserve to exist anymore.

[@Excelsior_15]

Falcon my dude? That is Angel, then he becomes Archangel.

[@Scyths1]

Best part about this movie was seeing Psylocke lol, more especially Olivia Munn as Psylocke, it's a shame that he character turned into poop, but it wasn't that noticeable anyway since everyone's character turned into poop by the end in this movie, heroes and villains.

[@reggiefurlow1]

"falcon"? That's angel my dude

[@antebellumstage]

I owe this movie alot. First Xmen film i saw and got me hooked on the rest

[@loganseydel7155]

My favorite part was when Apocalypse would fuse people into the ground and walls. It established his insane level of power, almost like, "how do you fight that?". On a personal note, that would be one of the worst ways to go. Almost like being buried alive but worse.

[@aboxinspace]

ngl i have nightmares sometimes with the scene in Poland where he melts the workers instead of letting Magneto kill them

[@Rikki1616161616]

My favorite thing from this movie is Magneto's plotline with his live in Poland. I may be biased because I'm from Poland

[@Endru85x]

Henryk proszem ciem....te koksy z fabryki, policja z łukami, no ale Fassbender chociaż się starał jakoś zabrzmieć.

[@CACTISIXZ]

The best thing about the movie,when the credits roll and you can stop watching.

[@gman3229]

Best part of the move: the "Charles, Rescue your weaklings!" moment actually felt like Apocalypse

[@jauken83]

I saw this in theater with my kids. During the scene where Apocalypse says, "no more weapons, no more systems"; some dude in the theater goes, "No more wire hangars!" And it was the highlight of the movie for me.