Film Review : " New Mutants"

Yes , I am going to get back to reviewing comics, in fact I am going to catch up with 2020 soon. For now lets look at the long Delayed New Mutants movie. It has been called by some critics the worst of the X-men movies. This is not true. It is better than the past two for sure. Perhaps not to the level of "Days of Future Past".  Effects wise it holds up against the original singer trilogy, but not on par with First Class. The character deviate from the comics at times and this is the sticking point for me in place. I think Magick is the best of the bunch in terms of acting and portrayal.  Wolfsband is decent as well. I was never into Dani Moostar so the bar is low for her. Cannonball and Sunspot are more problematic. Sam is depicted as being always banged up from using his powers. Um, he has a forcefeild around himself when he flies.  Sunspot was strong, but looked to much like the Human Torch. Is dark energy too much to ask for ? It would have looked more unique visually. Just stick to how he is drawn .

One thing about this movie that was a nice break, is all too often Marvel movies make the villian a mirror version of the heroes powers. There was not even a clear cut villian in this. Demon Bear? He looked cool. They nailed that. But he was more like Dani's past haunting her. I think the theme was really they were their own worst enemies. In the horror theme , well it was not a horror movie, but had those vibes, think "Flowers in the Attic" meets "Insidious". But was not a scary movie. It was darker than the other Xmen movies so I liked that. Was it worth the wait? mmm Kinda. I hope they keep her as Magick in future Marvel movies. The actor who plays Sam also has potential and if you are going to use Dani, then keep that chick as well she looks like she might be hot as she gets older, she is half way there already.

I enjoyed the movie. Yes it fell into the same trap most do where they throw every thing into a big cgi battle at the end  I mean a climax is one thing, but it could be done better . Not just the lets throw all the action figures on the bed feel. If you like the 80s run of the comics then you will like this. It is a shame there was no Warlock. But one thing I have learned from this movies is you can not have it all, and you can not have it all done right.