X-MEN DARK PHOENIX (2019) BREAKDOWN! Easter Eggs & Details You Missed | X-Men Rewatch

Dark Phoenix Breakdown and scene-by-scene analysis by New Rockstars’ Erik Voss - the twelfth installment in our X-Men Rewatch series ahead of Deadpool & Wolverine! Try CleanMy®Phone for 3 days for free using my link bit.ly/NewRockstarsCMP
Dark Phoenix (2019) is the final Fox X-Men film using the cast from X-Men First Class, including James MacAvoy and Michael Fassbender. What details and Easter Eggs did you miss in this film, and how could elements of its ending return in Deadpool & Wolverine?
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[@aaronespitia9569]

The train scene where they defend Jean is so sick. One of my favorite scenes of a comic book movie. Along with Night Crawler going savage on them. Gave me flashbacks to the opening of X2.

[@hey_stephenhershey]

it's so good! this movie is way underrated.

[@shyofohiodolin1192]

❤❤❤hilyah

[@crimsonstormsurge]

Definitely

[@kool-o4823]

hells yea🤙 that train scene is badass

[@iQueue211]

I loved the swashbuckling Nightcrawler homage they did in this movie when he got mad. 👌🏿

[@gonx9906]

You didnt talk about the famous stair walk of xavier.

[@Poe-007]

😂. No one wants to

[@gonx9906]

@@Poe-007 why? It was awesome

[@ThousanWhite]

The first 15 mins and the last 20 mins of this movie were really solid. I even liked Hans Zimmer score a lot too.

[@LeonardoKlotz]

His score alone made this movie worth watching

[@DruDilly]

I agree. The ending was very strong. The rest of the movie was so bad, it tarnished the overall move

[@agentofchaos7456]

@@DruDilly I actually think that Jean's arc was handled fine.

[@RayMcElroy50]

Simon Kinberg might not be a good writer But you can bet that he's a great producer It was because of him that we got "First Class", "Deadpool" and "Logan" And not to mention "The Martian" too

[@ytuser_3122]

I don’t like hiring a first time director for this, but better him than Bryan Singer.

[@Dohsoda]

Its shocking how poor the writing is in "Dark Phoenix", but he's the credited as the sole writer on the screenplay of "Days of Future Past". Not counting the story credits of course, of which there are two other writers, who worked on the screenplay for "First Class". Overall, "Dark Phoenix" was a sad end to the prequel series and the mainline movies in general.

[@barney7822]

He also did a great job as director Instead of trying to replace Bryan Singer's style, like Brett Ratner in TLS, Kinberg was able to give the movie an identity of its own

[@marioq8395]

I like how this movie is set in the early 90's where Magneto goes from looking like Michael Fassbender to Ian Mckellen in just a few years when the original X-Men movie takes place.

[@PvPisistratus]

One of the butterfly effects is a radically different skin care routine

[@Jordacar]

But remember the original (along with X2 and X3) are set in the "not too distant future," so it's not 2000. I settled on 2007, but that's me. So Fass still has 15 years to transform.

[@KingShibe]

Same as Star Wars Episode 3 to 4 with Obi-Wan

[@corruptednex1547]

Idk why but I genuinely don’t find this movie bad. Same thing with Eternals I think it’s overhated

[@Poe-007]

I agree

[@edcdusa7659]

literally

[@skyreaper1994]

Fr, it's just that people are tired of superheroes movies at this point.

[@marianoortega24]

Eternal I was falling asleep 🥱😴

[@dreamwalker2865]

I think the Eternals are not as popular as the Xmen or the Avengers

[@MrRobeStern64]

16:23 ummmmm

[@TheDistortionDoctor]

yea i noticed that too

[@sandeeprajput7097]

😄

[@donnypoker]

This movie rocks! Hans Zimmer’s score crushes and that final sequence on the train is next level!

[@Zombiesnyder13]

I loved his score so much that I made videos with his score playing in other Marvel movies

[@zom8680]

The not so subtle MCU (Mutant Containment Unit) collecting the mutants to imprison them. 😂😂

[@LeonardoKlotz]

They're taking the Mutants to the MCU against their will

[@ToneDesh]

For all of its flaws…this movie has some good re-watchability. The train sequence is badass.

[@kazetoame]

So, the original plan of this movie was to be even closer to the comic books and the animated series, even when that was scrapped, they still had the villains coming straight from the comic book storyline? Honestly, I think this movie gets too much shit, I do quite like this movie and I think Sophie did a good job as Jean.

[@theeniebean]

Anything that has Nightcrawler gets an automatic win for me. Feed me Kurt, I long for swashbuckle boy.

[@user-zf2ru4eq4w]

And just like in the 97 reboot of the animated series; the X-Men have a telephone direct line to a government official. And having Dazzler in the movie is a callback to Dazzler being part of the dark Phoenix saga in the 90s cartoon run.

[@thorinwoods2642]

Live action Jean Grey has the potential to be as loved as Wanda if done right.

[@Gaylien101]

The kid running through the halls at the end is definitely Kid Omega

[@tiago9977]

10:07 I like the Skrull shapeshifting VFX tbh

[@kurayahmi]

I’ve also been rewatching all the X-Men films, but this one I never watched since it came out until last night, due to all the bad buzz about it. But I enjoyed actually it last night when I watched it. It wasn’t great, but also not as bad as people said it was on Twitter.

[@kaanbalci]

3:34 the title in Turkiye was only Dark Phoenix and many people (general audience) went to the theaters without realising it was an X-Men installment.

[@RoweRowe]

i was literally just watching this last night

[@Jokester954]

I like this movie especially the train scene

[@sparkymist]

I wonder if they will ever get the dark Phoenix story line right

[@FourLegShark]

Xmen animated series did pretty good

[@sparkymist]

@@FourLegSharkoh yeah they did, I mean in live action though

[@lutilda]

I kinda hope they stop trying. 😅

[@jacksykes4680]

For a while it was like Gwen Stacy’s death on how we were never gonna see it done right ever

[@FourLegShark]

@@sparkymist yeah but to be fair (in my opinion) the only good live action xmen are X2 and first class

[@CalebJacobs762]

I actually like this movie. It wasn't as good as the others but i still like it.

[@demas5334]

Same.

[@wdavis911]

It’s hot garbage

[@Zombiesnyder13]

In retrospect, it's better than most of the post-Endgame MCU movies

[@rileyjackson4743]

The Phoenix elements and moments were the best, but the movie plot around it was garbage 😂

[@Poe-007]

Same. 👍🏽 I liked it.

[@NeptuneMartian]

I’m championing myself as the next Storm.

[@khonshugodofthenightsky2159]

Good luck with that

[@NeptuneMartian]

@@khonshugodofthenightsky2159 thank you 😏🤞🏾

[@FEARisCOLD]

I watched this movie again recently and I like it way more now than I did when it first came out. Kinberg did a great job directing. Also that train fight scene is amazing for being a last minute reshoot.

[@Emerald_Vizsla]

@6:20 YES. This. I've been saying exactly this! 1000%

[@Boss-man524]

Love this re-watch

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Same

[@barney7822]

I found Simon Kinberg's direction pretty solid He was able to give the movie an identity of its own, rather than trying to replicate Bryan Singer's direction Unlike Brett Ratner tried to do in The Last Stand

[@kiidkif2009]

Just finished rewatching it

[@ther3aper561]

Honestly I feel like Simon tried to do what was right by getting rid of extra plot lines to focus on Jean and Phoenix force but ultimately the studio was not interested in this leading to more films, and it killed it pretty hard

[@ethankillion786]

It was okay. Just kinda bland. I liked the X-Men working as a team but the whole story felt a bit disposable. The first half was too repetitive of Last Stand then the second half was underwhelming. I enjoyed the train fight but didn't realise that stuff would be the huge climax. It would have been far more interesting if they got cosmic with it like the first 15 mins implied they would.

[@Grillchips]

Lol, I just finished DOFP and was about to start Dark Phoenix...😆

[@evilash1815]

Its not the best X-Men movie but it was a lot better than last stand. Both flicks made the major mistake of skipping the Phoenix saga and going right into the dark Phoenix.

[@josephohrablo4866]

Not the worst x-men movie but the train car scene was not only one of the best fight scenes in any x-men movie but one of the best fight scenes in any comic book adaptation movie period .

[@SleepyMarshmallow-nj9su]

I'm officially 37. I just found out I've been using "slaps" wrong. Well, not so much as using the word/phrase, but what I interpreted it to mean lol. I'm officially 37 and it does not "slap"

[@perryladouceur2506]

Little glitch at 16:24 . I’m a video editor myself so I love and appreciate what you guys do :)

[@WolvieRockx]

@19:28 Shout out wolverine aka Professor W! In my timeline logan was paralyzed after he killed charles via possession!📝

[@jamienagar1993]

Thanks for all this team does!! You guys and dolls are slayin it 🛡🗡

[@Owens777]

Wow... I had no clue this movie even existed??? Not that this recap makes me want to go back and watch it. These actors deserved sooo much better from the writers and directors.

[@agentofchaos7456]

It came out when Disney wasn't promoting any of Fox's leftover films. So it was under-promoted.

[@dionysisnance4204]

Phoenix jean snap people away like thanos in this movie

[@georgeandrews9427]

I'm still quite confused about this film This is supposed to be set in 1992 And Xmen (2000) is supposed to be set in ~2003 Not only do they seem to age 30 years in 8 years, but also Jean and Mystique are dead?

[@flaco4ever905]

Days of Future Past changed the whole timeline

[@BigSexyDigitalNomad]

Right! Where's my justice for Rebecca Romijn!!

[@jeremybarnes3698]

I’m glad they went for that train sequence instead of a space battle because that was one part of the movie that I actually thought was really cool!

[@tiago9977]

5:12 X-Men '97 has been amazing

[@bryse321]

Hey, Marvel!, just do origin stories of popular X-Men i.e. Storm, Cyclops, Gambit, Jubilee, Jean Grey... then do an X-men movie kind of like... I don't know... "The Avengers Saga?"

[@luisreyes8903]

You guys turn a quiet and dull Saturday afternoon into a great moment. Thank you.

[@hey_stephenhershey]

If you watch this movie out of context with the rest of the "First Class" era, it totally slaps. Great acting, pacing, choreography. One of those flicks that I think got caught into a specific kind of fatigue. But holy hell is it fun.

[@HipHopSince784]

When Jean absorbs the “solar flare”, right before it's finished it is in the shape of a Phoenix also.

[@MyBookStory]

It'd be so awesome for storm to be real good in live action

[@nega-carnage6658]

What do you think of the possibility of Storm appearing in Blade

[@abivalentin8331]

Feels out of place to me honestly....

[@nega-carnage6658]

@abivalentin8331 did you know that there is a comic storyline where Storm marries Dracula

[@nega-carnage6658]

?

[@Grizzlow2]

Force fields and movement of objects and things are considered Telekinetic. Telepathy has more to do with communication and mind reading (sometimes control).

[@eliechaya9690]

Love from Belgium 🇧🇪 ❤

[@waleajibola3105]

If I'd not watched this video, would have taken me a while to figure it out. But I assure you, I would have. It's a great remix. My favorite so far

[@thetommydean1248]

I really liked this movie. The train fight scene was AMAZING! I'm a little upset you didn't talk about it lol. Much love though.

[@ColonelStan]

I love this movie. Sophie Turner was outstanding as Jean Grey. I just wish they had done a better job of making this movie make sense and connect with the 2000 X-Men film.

[@sriramsahu1996]

I love this movie for what it is!

[@Demigod_3scrub]

Magnus going Ultra Instinct on Jean was Epic.. There's still a lil bit of Apocalypse's power within him , when he was Horsemen..

[@drasvader1]

You got the snikt right this time😂

[@MrGiodude17]

I think this is a great idea how is the project

[@maskerriz2616]

In terms of the Deadpool 2 scene, I always assumed/applied the head canon that it was the aged up versions of the characters essentially in that cameo. Deadpool, however, wanted to see them as the younger versions so thats how he pictured them. Whether its a result of his insanity or the 4th wall breaking powers Deadpool is known to have, i cant actually say, but I personally believe most of his 4th wall breaking events are him just acting like hes in a movie or comic book.

[@James-semaJ]

Brilliant film.

[@septic._.]

Love this channel ong

[@elephamoose]

Love how much more methodical the "SNIKT SNIKT" has gotten as there re-watches have gone on.

[@PapaWooody]

He’s still playing that Multiple Miggs character from Split!!

[@tiago9977]

I'm curious what this film would've looked like if they had acc been allowed to go w/ their original plan & didn't hv so much studio intervention

[@simonrancourt7834]

Shot in Montréal, Québec. Like Days of Future Past and and Apocalypse.

[@jcdelgado2005]

Waiting all week for this! Woohoo!

[@jimmyfuller5010]

Holy cow, never been this early. Loce all these videos :)

[@jerrycavanagh9477]

I think I would have liked it so much better if there 2 parts.

[@LeonardoKlotz]

What I like the most about the X-Men movies is the fact that they never tried to follow the MCU's formula or its tropes, especially after it became a trend They never relied on nostalgia, the tone always kept consistent, and they always focused on the present And Dark Phoenix kept that way They kept their sense of individuality. Even the score was different in each movie

[@abivalentin8331]

It's not nostalgia, it's comic accuracy and staying true to the characters.

[@ochayethenoo]

I don't think you know what nostalgia means...

[@ochayethenoo]

I don't think you know what nostalgia means if you think the MCU relies on it.

[@BrontoSmilodon1]

damn that was suppose to be Selene? Never thought they would jubilee and random role like that.

[@darrinnoble]

This one was better thrn I thought it would be. It seemed sad how it became a Blue Beetle.

[@nkling02]

Was the way "xmen" Was the same way as- Jack Nicholson for batman? 😮

[@Vortex_7114]

0:56 SKETCH REFRENCE???

[@thejongshow8821]

We need Fassbender back as Magneto!

[@joslyntorres8691]

Daddy

[@Darkknightofsteel1]

The coolest thing I can say is, Batman Returns XMen and MK came out with me in 1992

[@robrussell7828]

i always wondered about Mystique and Nightcrawler in the same movie and portrayed like they are... Mystique is his mom and in the movies they look like they are completely oblivious to that.. same with Rogue....

[@risab0o]

worth noting sophie turner is besties with taylor swift who’s besties with blake lively who’s married to ryan reynolds. i’d make a movie with all my friends 🤷🏻‍♀️ taylor for deadpool variant campaign

[@mandinhapicles]

"Copains", depending on context can mean either "friends" or "boyfriends/girlfriends" which is hilarious since there was always a rumour there was something else going on with those two (and would become a thing in real life with actors Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen).

[@apollothehuman7]

Comparing Logan to dark phoenix is wild

[@danielpsparks]

I have that same Nirvana shirt and I bought it last year.

[@promdimoto22]

Actually a good movie

[@yopup7]

16:23 ???? 😂

[@Venlix1203]

W video

[@whomilloo]

why wouldn’t they rename the school after Raven in this specific scenario ? bffr

[@moondevell]

The movie doesn't make a lot of sense from a comic book perspective. The powers were cool, but it lacked respect for mainly all characters. I'd argue the only personality I'd save is Xavier's

[@woopman9937]

I feel like half of the problems with this movie would be fixed by casting someone else as Jean grey

[@Bendalorian23]

Cool beans👍

[@_sarthakarora]

Jean vs Wanda sounds lit

[@juancortes5274]

Yay 😂❤

[@thejongshow8821]

How do they look the same from the 60s to the 90s? Is this a nod to how comic characters never age?

[@mortysmith918]

I think you guys should break down the fantastic 4 movies

[@dhruwillreview]

16:23 What was that?

[@nov-ro3ug]

19:56 is it just me or the kid looks like kid omega

[@PROFESSOnalVIBER]

Wait a minute isn’t jean grey chilling tho in the future version of days of future past

[@sahilmehta3703]

One of the worst comic book movies ever made funny how fox fumbled dark phoenix fumbled two times lmaoo

[@phoenixc6812]

Crazy cause 2 years ago Logan came out and that movie was great

[@mndrew1]

Oh come on now; you know you have to cover "Generation X" to be totally complete. TV movies count. :)

[@geon565]

the train scene isn't bad at all

[@brandonnewby178]

22:25 : 3rd time's the charm, right?

[@noir-214]

19:48 Deadpool and Wolverine would like a word with you

[@victorroosevelt9437]

Officer boles

[@notprosperBEATS]

9:54

[@SirsasthNigam.]

1:52 i would say *Telekinetically* and 2:10 *Telekinetic* 6:34 those would have been so great like 9:13 11:20 it was much better than this Razzie