One X-Cellent Scene: The Cage Fight That Began The Marvel Age of Movies

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  • Опубликовано: 26 июл 2020
  • In this One X-Cellent Scene video, we break down the cage fight that started the Marvel Age of Movies. The X-Men franchise began twenty(!) years ago, and Hugh Jackman's record run as Wolverine began in a seedy Canadian bar. This scene brilliantly introduces us to Logan, and tests the tone for the longest-running superhero franchise of all time.
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  • @ScreenCrush
    @ScreenCrush  3 года назад +85

    Who should play Wolverine in the MCU?

    • @gingercat5996
      @gingercat5996 3 года назад +34

      Even tho he’s already in the mcu, Karl urban

    • @icebearplays7843
      @icebearplays7843 3 года назад +22

      Dude who plays already

    • @GoDamnWeird
      @GoDamnWeird 3 года назад +20

      Your Mom. (Had to.) Keep up the good work!

    • @tannerlewis6512
      @tannerlewis6512 3 года назад +17

      Taron Egerton I feel could do a great job

    • @David-dz1cb
      @David-dz1cb 3 года назад +36

      Much like Jackman in 2000, someone unknown, but passionate about the role and film.

  • @Speedy-vy4kq
    @Speedy-vy4kq 3 года назад +473

    Patrick Stewart as Professor X, was the greatest casting in comic movie history.

    • @alpacapines8553
      @alpacapines8553 3 года назад +73

      So was Ian Mckellen... shit even their young versions were fantastically cast.

    • @Hasbulla761
      @Hasbulla761 3 года назад +28

      Alpaca Pines yeah I couldn’t believe how good a job macavoy and fazzbender done

    • @smillman437
      @smillman437 3 года назад +16

      Robert Downey Jr. Ian Mckellan Patty Stew Vin Diesel. The list goes on. How can anybody pick one? Haha

    • @JasonPassaro
      @JasonPassaro 3 года назад +13

      i agree but we also can't forget that Christofer Reeve IS Superman.

    • @that_fitness_nerd2574
      @that_fitness_nerd2574 3 года назад +16

      Nah Robert Downer Jr as Ironman

  • @AwesTex
    @AwesTex 3 года назад +202

    Favorite scene is still the opener of X2. What they do with Nightcrawler in that scene is unreal and makes me sad that they never came close to matching a sequence like that again. Dark Phoenix gave it a shot but by that point in the movie, I didn’t really care anymore

    • @xingyang101
      @xingyang101 3 года назад

      Dark Phoenix? And what scene from *that* movie came close to X2's opening?

    • @AwesTex
      @AwesTex 3 года назад +3

      xingyang101 the one on the train when Nightcrawler snapped and took out all those dudes. Still not nearly as good

    • @00asaenz
      @00asaenz 3 года назад +3

      I was just about to comment that. Yes one of the best scenes from the xmen movies for sure. It really was just as I imagined when reading the comics.

    • @gus.smedstad
      @gus.smedstad 3 года назад +4

      Never came close again? What if you could save time in a bottle?

  • @HeadBangerBoogie
    @HeadBangerBoogie 3 года назад +257

    How did you give Wolverine some Ace Ventura hair and still make him cool? Cast HugeJackedMan.

    • @TheLordofDarkness1995
      @TheLordofDarkness1995 3 года назад +9

      HeadBanger Boogie Be fair, if you saw him beat a huge guy unconscious in under 30 seconds, would you make fun of his hair?

    • @joeshuge
      @joeshuge 3 года назад

      @@TheLordofDarkness1995 Hugh jackass wouldn't beat anyone, he'd just do a gay Broadway dance and sing them to submission, he's not a real tough guy.

    • @TheLordofDarkness1995
      @TheLordofDarkness1995 3 года назад +3

      joeshuge By that logic, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura would just make laws at you, Dwayne Johnson would act at you and Jason Statham would dance at you in a thong.

    • @joeshuge
      @joeshuge 3 года назад

      @@TheLordofDarkness1995 are you having a fit???

    • @tommyakesson8858
      @tommyakesson8858 3 года назад

      Its kinda fun to see him back then. He wasnt realy jacked. I kinda always picture him as buff as he is later but....

  • @hrstackhouse
    @hrstackhouse 3 года назад +34

    "Wolverine is the best cast super hero ever, second only to Christopher Reeve."
    Yes. Yes. YES. That right there earned yourself a subscription, I could not agree more.

  • @aamiraustin5422
    @aamiraustin5422 3 года назад +151

    This was the PERFECT introduction for Wolverine.

    • @dennisanderson3895
      @dennisanderson3895 3 года назад +4

      Spot on! Amnesiac loner, unable to be hurt, so he does what's feels comfortable: vicious cage combat. SO much character not spoken but *shown*!

    • @joeshuge
      @joeshuge 3 года назад

      No it was way too cheese

  • @sniktheadthemunki2709
    @sniktheadthemunki2709 3 года назад +26

    BROTHER. YES. I always tell people that this was the moment that sold me. I started reading comics when I was 7 and this movie came out when I was 17 and I was a diehard wolvie fan,very nervous about them screwing up the old canucklehead... but the second Jackman turned around and revealed that growly face I knew we had a winner. Damn now I gotta watch the movie again.

    • @user-qj9en1kp1m
      @user-qj9en1kp1m 3 года назад +3

      I remember watching this movie, I didn't know it was based on a comic, but Wolverine became my favourite character, the scene where he willingly touches Rogue's face, though it could kill him, is amazing. So simple and short yet poignant, whith a beautiful score. And I am really happy they gave him a dignified send-off! Watched recently, still love it, despites its flaws.

  • @EvilMoW
    @EvilMoW 3 года назад +98

    Hugh Jackman is Wolverine. I wouldn't wish upon any actor the Mount Everest sized challenge of replacing him. Jackman fit that role so well (besides his height which is just a nitpick honestly) I have no idea who would ever be able to replace him.

    • @MrDavidKord
      @MrDavidKord 3 года назад +9

      Far as I'm concerned, the movie version of Wolverine is 6' 2'', and that is all that matters. Making him shorter won't bring him any closer to filling Jackman's shoes.

    • @mleet3125
      @mleet3125 3 года назад

      I know that Tom Hardy seems to be the popular suggestion. Personally, if I were forced to suggest an alternative to audition for Wolverine, I'd like to see Russel Crowe give it a serious shot. Shorter and bulkier can still portray a loner fairly well. I think the main downside to this suggestion is age.

    • @chrisbaca3997
      @chrisbaca3997 3 года назад +2

      @@mleet3125 Actually, Russell Crowe was what the director wanted for Wolverine. Then Dougray Scott was cast, then it went to High Jackman. Russell Crowe even suggested Hugh Jackman.

    • @joeshuge
      @joeshuge 3 года назад

      Worst casting ever

    • @awsomeboxhead
      @awsomeboxhead 3 года назад

      Karl Urban?

  • @conorbrosnahan5464
    @conorbrosnahan5464 3 года назад +6

    The bar scene is the most Wolvie scene filmed of all of Hugh's films. The look, the hair, the attitude is all perfect.

  • @Jose-se9pu
    @Jose-se9pu 3 года назад +171

    Without a Hugh there wouldnt have been a Tobey, without a Tobey there wouldnt have been a Robert Downing Jr, without a Robert Downing Jr there wouldnt have been an MCU.

    • @dreadsocialistroberts
      @dreadsocialistroberts 3 года назад

      Jose, not everyone has seen Satan's Alley, yet!

    • @AshNorton
      @AshNorton 3 года назад +7

      I agree with the latter but not the former. The first X-men and Spiderman trilogies were likely to happen regardless. (Hollywood could not avoid the temptation.) With that in mind, the casting is more of a crap shoot than a cascade. Of course, the casting of Downey Jr. was very likely influenced by lessons learned with Jackman and Maguire.

    • @AshNorton
      @AshNorton 3 года назад +7

      @Jabber Wocky Yes, superhero films generally bombed. Then CGI became sophisticated enough that filmmakers could do [Spiderman] "properly". The long wait was over. Hollywood does like to make money, and so the temptation was the ready made (a) source material with (b) fan-base. Original films (think Inception) became outliers and superhero films became staples. Less risk. Not a sure thing, you're right. But even if X-men were garbage people would likely have paid theaters to see it. They did so, arguably, with the Hulk films, the Amazing Spiderman films, and Star Wars sequels. (Not trying to start a debate here, just trying to convey an idea.) That's what I mean by "temptation".

    • @BigTexDex
      @BigTexDex 3 года назад

      @@AshNorton I have no reason to debate you on the account that your argument was perfect.

    • @TheDiabethick
      @TheDiabethick 3 года назад +4

      His name is Robert Downey Jr. Not Downing.

  • @TheRealZamFit
    @TheRealZamFit 3 года назад +17

    My favorite scene from X-Men can be summed up in one line: “Have you tried not being a mutant?”

  • @dstyer6128
    @dstyer6128 3 года назад +86

    i'm all about this scene but I don't agree with skipping over Blade. Blade was a fantastic comic book movie and it really did start it all. It was just shot the right way for that character.

    • @ScreenCrush
      @ScreenCrush  3 года назад +19

      Actually, we're putting out a Blade video this week or next week. watch out for it!

    • @dstyer6128
      @dstyer6128 3 года назад +2

      @@ScreenCrush I love it!

    • @jamesgarrett8833
      @jamesgarrett8833 3 года назад +12

      D Styles, I can see why Screencrush skipped Blade because back in 2018 when “Black Panther” came out, a lot of articles online called “Black Panther” Marvel first black superhero movie. The organizations behind those articles also said in 2016 that “Deadpool” was the first R rated Marvel superhero movie. All that is false because yeah Blade was the first Of all that. The point is Blade is overlooked as a superhero because Blade does not wear a costume, does not wear a mask and does not wear a cape. He wear sunglasses 🕶, leather pant and a leather jacket. The outfit of a lot of action movie characters from the 90s like Arnold in T2 and characters from “The Matrix.” So a lot of people don’t know Blade is a superhero. Blade success was a small victory because movie producers and Marvel heads knew Blade was a superhero back in 1998 and Blade box office success shows to them superhero movies have potential

    • @LEDXOrchestral
      @LEDXOrchestral 3 года назад +2

      Thank you, D Styles. I was about to comment this same thing. All due respect to SC, but Blade & Whistler is the initiator mcu film. By numbers standard. Meanwhile, I think according to Feige interviews on RUclips. But happy for xmen success ✌

    • @dstyer6128
      @dstyer6128 3 года назад +2

      @@LEDXOrchestral Agree! I think the fact that it doesn't stick out as a superhero movie shows how well made and the tone fits the character perfectly.

  • @williamozier918
    @williamozier918 3 года назад +10

    One of the little touches that makes X/X2 great is that Singer directs mutants like they are horror movie monsters.

    • @ScreenCrush
      @ScreenCrush  3 года назад +2

      Very true. Lots of body horror elements

  • @shanegainer9640
    @shanegainer9640 3 года назад +2

    Your take on this movie and how it affected everything to follow was totally spot on... lots of crappy stuff, but Hugh carried the whole movie on his back as Wolverine and it laid the groundwork for all that followed. Very well done man!

  • @anthonyhodgson825
    @anthonyhodgson825 3 года назад +14

    I enjoyed being an extra on this film way back in the day. Filmed in Hamilton and Toronto, Ontario. Good memories.

    • @christophermerlot3366
      @christophermerlot3366 3 года назад

      That looked like the atrium at Casa Loma if I'm not mistaken.

    • @bluegoka
      @bluegoka 3 года назад

      Anthony Hodgson tell us more.

    • @anthonyhodgson825
      @anthonyhodgson825 3 года назад +8

      @@bluegoka I was on 3 different sets for filming as an extra.
      I was in the opening scene at the concentration camp, which was filmed in Toronto and was pretty much literal hell. The rain machines and general feeling of portraying such events took a physical and mental toll on everybody.
      I was in the scene at the train station, which was filmed in Hamilton and was a great experience. I was one of the policemen at the standoff outside. They landed the helicopter and that was the first time I had been that close to a helicopter and the wind was unbelievable. Bryan Singer was amazing, he actually sat with the extras during some meals, dealt blackjack during downtime, and was generally pleasant to work with.
      I was also in the scene at Ellis Island as a waiter during the UN summit. You might think to yourself... wait there aren't any waiters there, you are right. They never called us to set for the filming. So was an easy day of mostly sleeping on set waiting for the call that never came.

    • @bluegoka
      @bluegoka 3 года назад +1

      Anthony Hodgson Thank you so much for sharing your experience. That opening scene is so powerful and respected historical events.

  • @euripidesghost8834
    @euripidesghost8834 3 года назад +23

    1:25, Anna wasn’t just nominated, she won that Academy Award in 1994.

    • @ScreenCrush
      @ScreenCrush  3 года назад +4

      She was nominated first though.

    • @euripidesghost8834
      @euripidesghost8834 3 года назад +13

      @@ScreenCrush You're showing the video from when she actually won the Academy Award. But perhaps Democratic Presidential nominee Obama would agree with you. Anyone: "Did you know Meryl Streep won three Academy Awards?" ScreenCrush: "She was nominated first though."

    • @groot7844
      @groot7844 3 года назад +5

      @@ScreenCrush
      But she already won the Oscars when she was casted for X-Men. In the video you showed of her winning she looks way younger than in X-Men. And the first comment says she won in 1994, 6 years before X-Men came out.

    • @marshalmathers5669
      @marshalmathers5669 3 года назад +3

      @@ScreenCrush Bro, you made a mistake. It happens, and the video's still well done, but just own up to it. Trying to hide behind a "you can't win if you aren't nominated" framework just weakens your credibility.
      Academy Award Winners aren't referred to as Academy Award Nominees once they've won the award.

  • @joew717
    @joew717 3 года назад +4

    still remember the chills I got from that scene 20 years ago!

  • @Kraidismyspiritanimal
    @Kraidismyspiritanimal 3 года назад +2

    My favorite XMen movie scene comes from First Class. The scene where Magneto kills Shaw with the coin while Xavier is in control of Shaw. Xavier had to decide weather to let Shaw go to save him from Magneto or hold him because he's a dangerous mutant but watch him (or feel him) get killed. Brilliant

  • @enteraqua
    @enteraqua 3 года назад +4

    How about the first wolverine scene in Logan? The one where he brawls and dismembers all of the mexican thugs. I think beyond all doubts that that is one of the best and most accurate portrayals of any super powered being that we have ever gotten.
    I almost burst into tears in theaters because after all this time they were finally doing justice to a comic book character. It’s only rivaled by that one quicksilver scene (which was absolutely amazing too, just crammed into a lackluster movie.)

  • @patratleader
    @patratleader 3 года назад +96

    I want to see Wolverine in the MCU, but at the same time, I don’t. I love the character, but I don’t want to see anyone else in the role.

    • @droids75
      @droids75 3 года назад +18

      I know what you mean, i want a new wolverine for the mcu but i feel like he wont be as good as Jackman

    • @ajwebhead21
      @ajwebhead21 3 года назад +19

      @@droids75 I want the mcu to use Daphne keen as the female wolverine to continue her story in a way

    • @patratleader
      @patratleader 3 года назад +8

      @@ajwebhead21 That could be cool. I would like to see someone more grown up but with a younger actor, we would be able to see her grow up through the phases. I don't know how the actor would feel about sticking with that for that long though.

    • @EvilMoW
      @EvilMoW 3 года назад +2

      @@ajwebhead21 I agree with that idea a lot.

    • @marvelansh1569
      @marvelansh1569 3 года назад +2

      @@ajwebhead21 That would be good.

  • @BlackDRagin21
    @BlackDRagin21 3 года назад +23

    That is a great scene. It's interesting the fear these Hollywood types have with comics and not understanding the absurdity of them at times is what's appealing about them.

  • @amcaesar
    @amcaesar 3 года назад +10

    Excellent point, Ryan -- I never thought of the significance of this scene in that way. You know what happens to a RUclips essayist when he's struck by lightning?

    • @ScreenCrush
      @ScreenCrush  3 года назад +7

      "Same thing that happens to everything else." --Joss Whedon

    • @amcaesar
      @amcaesar 3 года назад +2

      @@ScreenCrush The same thing that happens to Joss Whedon these days.

    • @Viewscreenon
      @Viewscreenon 3 года назад +3

      The same thing that happens to a frog. They croak.

  • @trillo3332
    @trillo3332 3 года назад

    I absolutely love that you guys all did this! All my favorite channels!!

  • @droids75
    @droids75 3 года назад +4

    Im so happy you're part of this "x-cellent" series

  • @halkross9896
    @halkross9896 3 года назад

    I have watched the clip of this movie for years. I thought it was brilliant and would look for tid bits I could learn from its excellence.
    Thank you for further pushing the point that this scene was excellent.

  • @gingercat5996
    @gingercat5996 3 года назад +8

    I’ve been waiting for this! I love these one scene videos I even made one on the x men tas intro

  • @Micky626E
    @Micky626E 3 года назад +1

    Thank You so much for this video!! ( I mean it) Thank you Ryan!

  • @hondaqueen21
    @hondaqueen21 3 года назад

    You are so good at what you do.. I hang off every word. Thanks for these awesome videos 🙂

  • @streifig
    @streifig 3 года назад

    Great video, thank you!

  • @Nagnullat
    @Nagnullat 3 года назад +28

    Hugh Jackman did a wonderful and iconic job elevating those movies from their mediocrity, but no one can convince me that the performance wouldn't have been improved if Jackman were about foot shorter. Wolverine's stature is the key contributor too all of his idiosyncrasies. He's the definition of sawed-off: compact, angry, menacing, and devastating at close range. He is underestimated and dismissed, and constantly and angrily responding to the slights. He is a roiling rage bucket and he constantly surprises his foes when he unloads. His rage and ferocity is compounded terrifyingly by the smallness of the vessel from which it spews. It is a reason he has felt keen rejection and animosity his entire life. It is the chip on his shoulder and a building block for most of his anti-social existence. It is essential to the fullness of his character. Hugh Jackman did a superb job of all that was asked of him. He was as superior a Wolverine as may be accomplished by one of his stature.

    • @justsomebody-1665
      @justsomebody-1665 3 года назад +1

      Damn well said

    • @gaelicwarrior5064
      @gaelicwarrior5064 3 года назад +1

      That was beautiful, man.

    • @joshuaclaytonsmith
      @joshuaclaytonsmith 3 года назад +1

      I heard that Glenn Danzig was considered for the part. Built just like the comic Wolverine.

    • @CataclysmZA
      @CataclysmZA 3 года назад +1

      In addition, in the comics there are tons of jokes made by other characters about Logan's height.

  • @J.O.R.D
    @J.O.R.D 3 года назад

    Ryan is right it did all start from this seedy bar back in 2000 & look at the era of superhero movies now 🙌🏽 This video took me wayyyy back to the VERY beginning and has me thinking of rewatching bits of these movies... thank you screen crush 👏🏽

    • @ScreenCrush
      @ScreenCrush  3 года назад

      I wish they were all on Disney +, I would love to rewatch the series

  • @raeje
    @raeje 3 года назад +24

    I actually liked Tyler Mane's Sabertooth T.T

    • @bjheims4594
      @bjheims4594 3 года назад +11

      Honestly, my favourite depiction of Sabertooth.
      Yes, Liev Schriber may technicality be a better “actor” but Tyler Mane looked the part so much more.

    • @franji4998
      @franji4998 3 года назад +5

      Same here buddy, Tyler Mane was taller and bulkier, just like Sabretooth... Liev Schrieber had the "I enjoy killing 24/7" personality but Mane had the "beast in human skin" looks.

    • @ScreenCrush
      @ScreenCrush  3 года назад +8

      Tyler Mane looked okay, but Sabertooth isn't a hulking, silent brute. He speaks.

    • @BradyPostma
      @BradyPostma 3 года назад +8

      @@ScreenCrush - I thought "Scream for me!" was effective.

    • @BornToBeUai
      @BornToBeUai 3 года назад +1

      just posted that cause I didnt see your coment. Schrieber was SUCH a letdown! I´d rather have more Mane´s than Schrieber´s anytime!!!

  • @BruceKenobi
    @BruceKenobi 3 года назад +3

    I can agree with Wolverine and Reeve, but don't leave out RDJ for Tony Stark! The Man IS Stark. Those 3 castings..... Legendary. Favorite X-Men scene? A lot from X2.... The Best X-Men movie so far, and maybe the beginning of Logan.

    • @ScreenCrush
      @ScreenCrush  3 года назад +2

      RDJ is Tony Stark in the movies, but Tony is not a wise-cracking narcissist in the comics. RDJ made that part his own.

    • @BruceKenobi
      @BruceKenobi 3 года назад +1

      @@ScreenCrush Thank you for taking the time to comment on my post Ryan. Now Tony in the comics was a narcissist, maybe not wisecracking jokes, but he was already a narcissist, of course it may depend on the comic you read, the later comics trying to resemble the movie Tony more and more, but in Extremis (the base for the first movie) he was already a lot like in the movie, wouldn't you agree?

  • @dcobbism
    @dcobbism 3 года назад

    Also love the glass prison escape, as well as the later Magneto breakout slow-mo scene with Time in a Bottle playing in the background. But I agree the Wolverine cage fight is awesome and certainly sets the tone

  • @SunGawdRa
    @SunGawdRa 3 года назад

    You said the most important thing when dealing with properties like comic book movies.
    These people took it seriously. They took the viewers seriously. Not just as set pieces, or scenes from the books, but actual movies that have super heroes.

  • @canadiankazz
    @canadiankazz 3 года назад

    I'm with you. That was the best character induction for Logan and a great jumping off point for all the superhero movies we've enjoyed for the past 20 years.

  • @josecerrillo4104
    @josecerrillo4104 3 года назад

    Your videos are the best!

  • @aperfecte
    @aperfecte 3 года назад +40

    I'd say Blade started the Marvel Movie age since it was released in 1998 instead of X-men, which was in 2000.

    • @Grayto
      @Grayto 3 года назад +6

      Blade did such a good job being its own thing, which was a very adult action movie, that it couldn't have kickstarted a larger mainstream phenomenon. Also, the very fact that Blade is vampire-based made people think of Blade more as a vampire movie than a marvel one.
      Truly though, Blade was the first of the superhero movies to be grounded and awesome at the same time.

    • @Tyler_W
      @Tyler_W 3 года назад +4

      While technically true, I still know people who have no idea that Blade is a Marvel Comics character 22 years later. The fact it just so happened to be a good superhero movie that came out soon before X-Men is entirely incidental because superhero movies only started growing in regularity because of X-Men, which was only really cemented 2 years later by Spider-Man in 2002.

    • @Grayto
      @Grayto 3 года назад +5

      @Corvus Morve The first 5 minutes of blade has more balls than all the marvel movies combined.

    • @emoAnarchist
      @emoAnarchist 3 года назад +5

      Howard the duck came out in 1986, checkmate

    • @j.l.5966
      @j.l.5966 3 года назад +1

      No, Blade started the Underworld type Vampire action movies movement. Not many people at the time even knew that Blade was a Marvel comic book character.

  • @middox239
    @middox239 3 года назад +1

    truly all hail the algorythm, never watched a marvel or dc film in my life, might just start that journey if i find the time to cram some full length movies into

  • @nigelbagguley7410
    @nigelbagguley7410 3 года назад +2

    my favorite scene in the new x-men movie Dark Phoenix is the end credits

  • @toneloak
    @toneloak 3 года назад

    You get my very special compliments for not having an overly long winded intro to this youtube video essay series.

  • @klarn99
    @klarn99 3 года назад +2

    One of my favorite scenes is the fight between Wolverine and Mystique (Rebecca Romijn), the only mystique I recognize.

  • @LWAigasu
    @LWAigasu 3 года назад +1

    Even tho I had read the comics and watched the cartoon it was this scene that made me go, "Oh right. He has a metal skeleton. punching and hitting him must really suck."

  • @ChristoFreeze
    @ChristoFreeze 3 года назад

    Great job man

  • @amyr.7962
    @amyr.7962 3 года назад

    So. Much. Nostalgia. :-) Thank you. You put me right back in my memories of the day I first saw that movie on the big screen, the trepidation that they'd get it wrong, and the profound thrill of everything they got right.
    (I remember, I had to take a taxi to the theater, because it wasn't playing on my side of the freeway, and I had no way across by foot or train.)
    I may pull out my DVD... I haven't felt this much sheer affection for the X-movies in general since before that dreadful Apocalypse misfire; the only one I've revisited in ages is "The Rogue Cut" of X3.

    • @ScreenCrush
      @ScreenCrush  3 года назад

      What's the Rogue Cut?

    • @amyr.7962
      @amyr.7962 3 года назад

      ​@@ScreenCrush Ah, I mistyped above! (Not "X3.") "X-Men: Days of Future Past - The Rogue Cut" is an extended cut of that film (+ ~20 minutes). It adjusts a few aspects of the story, especially in the bleak future reality. Its title comes from the character Rogue, who has a key scene in this version.

  • @fatethegemini
    @fatethegemini 3 года назад

    So good!!

  • @Romezguide
    @Romezguide 3 года назад +5

    This is my favorite when I was a kid I was like that is the coolest hero ever but I was waiting for that X-men1 love

  • @DonMachado
    @DonMachado 3 года назад +8

    When Quicksilver disarmed and knocked out the guards while breaking his father out of prison.

    • @Devonimp
      @Devonimp 3 года назад +1

      Honestly, Quicksilver was friggin gold in the x-men prequels and absolutely did not diserve what he got in avengers.

  • @LaStNLiNe
    @LaStNLiNe 3 года назад

    Well done! 👏👏👏

  • @chrislute1211
    @chrislute1211 3 года назад

    Nice work

  • @dennisanderson3895
    @dennisanderson3895 3 года назад +1

    Good analysis! The very first scene, at Auschwitz, was so powerful. But, the bar fight introducing Wolverine seconded and cemented the tone of the series! "I thought you said there's no rules?" "There aren't. But *he'll* take it personally." (GREAT moment!) Whenever the next X-Men film happens, w/o Jackman, I hope fans and critics will refrain from comparing the new actor to him and compare consider his portrayal of the character; but Jackman *did* set the bar high!)

  • @susanesquer1520
    @susanesquer1520 3 года назад

    Good job!

  • @MrRBalmer
    @MrRBalmer 3 года назад +2

    My absolute favourite scene would have to be in Thor Ragnarock, Immigrant song, big fight scene on the rainbow bridge,,,,,,, awesome!!

    • @GregJoshuaW
      @GregJoshuaW 3 года назад +1

      That is pretty epic. That whole movie is great really.

  • @CaptainReilly99
    @CaptainReilly99 3 года назад

    Solid assessment, totally agree that the cage fight scene is the best scene of that movie and really the entire X-Men franchise

  • @TheBeelzboss
    @TheBeelzboss 3 года назад +1

    Tyler Mane was a highlight of the movie, and he was almost perfect as sabertooth. He far outshone the writing for the character. You should not blame him for the shortcomings, but the screen writer. He was intimidating and really showed the essence of sabertooth despite what he had to work with.

  • @thelostpawn
    @thelostpawn 3 года назад +1

    Awww! I really liked The Shadow and The Phantom! Even Barbarella!!

  • @lordvenjix3757
    @lordvenjix3757 3 года назад +1

    Awesome video 👌

  • @_ninthRing_
    @_ninthRing_ 3 года назад

    Personally there was also the scene where Wolverine wakes up while Jean Grey is examining him. That shockingly abrupt burst of activity - from apparent unconsciousness to vicious action - was very comic character Wolverine.
    He's even got his left hand gripping Jean's throat (with enough force that she's coughing afterwards) while his right fist is (implicitly) aiming his claws at her throat - one snikt away from death.
    From apparent helplessness to absolute control in 1.5 seconds - now THAT'S Wolverine!

  • @redreaper2752
    @redreaper2752 3 года назад +1

    Damn, I never noticed that Ray Park was so short until seeing him standing next to Hugh.

  • @marioskosmidhs9454
    @marioskosmidhs9454 3 года назад +1

    Great video

  • @jmillz666
    @jmillz666 3 года назад +1

    That bully trucker from the diner in Superman 2 would absolutely be at that seedy bar in Canada.
    Honestly, I always loved the opening of X3, when they fight the sentinel in the Danger Room. I was so excited when I heard the mechanized walking & saw its eyes light up, before Wolverine beheaded it. I couldn't wait to see them come to life w/Trask at the helm! But, it didn't happen until much later. And, well, it just wasn't the same 😔

    • @claude-alexandretrudeau1830
      @claude-alexandretrudeau1830 3 года назад +1

      If you tease your audience with sentinels in the openig scene, you have to deliver actual sentinels during your movie. One of the many reasons X3 failed.

    • @jmillz666
      @jmillz666 3 года назад

      @@claude-alexandretrudeau1830 💯 it was all downhill from there. But I'll always treasure that opening 3 minutes. Hopefully, they'll do it right down the road 🤞

    • @claude-alexandretrudeau1830
      @claude-alexandretrudeau1830 3 года назад +1

      They tried revamping the X-Men franchise with First Class, but that ended in dispointment with Dark Phoenix. To this day, I'm still impressed that they could succesfully recast Xavier and Magneto. But recasting Wolverine will be nigh impossible. Hugh Jackman has become so iconic to the role and on top of that, he hung the coat during his peak.
      For a successful X-Men story, they should recast all the caracters with younger actors who can act (James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender can stay because they are awesome) and outline a new, cohesive story from beginning to end.
      The cinematic X-Men as we know them lasted for twenty years and contributed a lot to the genre. I wish it gets a fresh new start, free of all the tangled, convoluted storylines it created for itself over the years, because gems like First Class are choked out by rushed failures like Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix. I mean, come on, you get to obliterate these villains during the span of one single movie? We can't take them seriously if that's the case, no matter how evil you hype them up to be. Thanos may be flawed as a character, but it took a whole cinematic universe to deal with him.
      Speaking of which, I wish the X-Men universe doesn't get grafted onto the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The MCU peaked and the X-Men missed that train. I may be wrong, but I feel like the X-Men franchise should be its own cinematic universe. It has so many characters already, with villains too big to be dealt with during the span of a single movie. Its story spans the latter half of the 20th century and the first half of the 21st, so you have a lot of material to work with.

  • @NitroModelsAndComics
    @NitroModelsAndComics 3 года назад

    The movie theatre was packed and I went with another huge X-Men fan aside from myself. Warts and all we were thrilled to see Wolverine, Storm [my personal fave] and the rest of the gang go up against the Brotherhood and Magneto. I don't mind telling you we went back in and watched it all over again. And the next weekend as well. King of the Cage is still the greatest introduction of a comic book character ever!

  • @AutomationDnD
    @AutomationDnD 3 года назад

    You're right dude------------------ good video

  • @allenpackard4492
    @allenpackard4492 3 года назад

    Love it!

  • @cye58
    @cye58 3 года назад +1

    Sir that was a very accurate synopsis of the whole superhero movie situation we have today. IMO 😎

  • @sunbladerr
    @sunbladerr 3 года назад

    Thank you for a creative criticism and interesting point of view. I like your observations.

  • @jacob_90s
    @jacob_90s 3 года назад

    Wolverines claws have never looked as good as they did in this movie. That closeup where the middle claw comes out and presses against the guys throat still gives me chills.

  • @TheBruces56
    @TheBruces56 3 года назад

    This was great insight into a beginning of a great journey. It made me appreciate the role of the director in films and that the writers understood the hero's and the fans. Unfortunately, many of the newer corporate efforts try to insert their social agendas and just ruin the movie and then they criticize the fan for not liking them.

  • @vicentemaldonado6861
    @vicentemaldonado6861 3 года назад +1

    A really undervalued franchise.

  • @markhicks4284
    @markhicks4284 3 года назад

    Good Vid mate .

    • @ScreenCrush
      @ScreenCrush  3 года назад

      Thanks Mark

    • @markhicks4284
      @markhicks4284 3 года назад

      @@ScreenCrush your very welcome buddy . Really good really funny i loved it .

  • @rocksnrolls
    @rocksnrolls 3 года назад

    I think I may have miss judged you based on your joker video. I like your work on this video. Good work.

  • @redreaper2752
    @redreaper2752 3 года назад

    I’ve never read a comic but this movie made me fall in love with superhero movies! I dare anyone not to love Hugh Jackman as The Wolverine!

  • @Happyface714
    @Happyface714 3 года назад

    Your insight is worthy of my time

  • @claude-alexandretrudeau1830
    @claude-alexandretrudeau1830 3 года назад +1

    I remember watching this movie in the theater. I really liked it for doing what it did for its time, which was selling superhero movies to an audience without being silly like cartoons.

  • @thecentralscrutinizerr
    @thecentralscrutinizerr 3 года назад +2

    If you haven't seen Willem Dafoe as the Joker here on RUclips, you're missing probably THEE greatest type cast that's ever been. He should get an Oscar and it isn't even in a movie.

  • @PATHANSALAR99
    @PATHANSALAR99 3 года назад

    I like this anchor ( dont know the exact word ) his explanation feels amazing

  • @133Nomad
    @133Nomad 3 года назад

    Logan’s final berserker rage at the end of Logan is almost emotional.

  • @vikj1255
    @vikj1255 3 года назад

    Good review. I loved the first 2 Xmen movies.

  • @icebearplays7843
    @icebearplays7843 3 года назад +2

    Finally a video

    • @ScreenCrush
      @ScreenCrush  3 года назад +3

      We have so many locked and loaded now. August is gonna be lit

    • @icebearplays7843
      @icebearplays7843 3 года назад +1

      @@ScreenCrush sweet i will be watching

  • @randallrapp946
    @randallrapp946 3 года назад +1

    My favorite scene is the intro to X2 with Nightcrawler in action. Honorable mention to Fashbenders Magneto getting revenge on some Nazi's. Plus forcing the coin through Sabatain Shaw's head.

  • @ladyofthemasque
    @ladyofthemasque 3 года назад

    I think you're right about this scene really setting the stage for our long-running golden age of superhero movies. I think Hugh Jackman was an excellent casting choice, but at the same time, without Patrick Stewart and the rest, it wouldn't have worked as well. They got quality actors who treated it seriously, with a script that treated the genre seriously while still allowing/keeping some of the humor inherent in comic book characters. This one movie really changed everything that followed for both Marvel and DC.

  • @lordvenjix3757
    @lordvenjix3757 3 года назад +20

    Blade is the first successful Marvel Movie

    • @ScreenCrush
      @ScreenCrush  3 года назад +4

      Yup, but more a gothic action movie like the Crow, IMO

    • @LEDXOrchestral
      @LEDXOrchestral 3 года назад +2

      maybe in your upcoming blade video you'll explain when Marvel or Marvel studio ever published crow material. i can't find a source but I could be wrong. peace ✌

    • @Egilhelmson
      @Egilhelmson 3 года назад

      > Blade is the first successful Marvel Movie
      Who cares? He wasn’t on TV in the 1970s animated set of series that covered the Blake version of The Mighty Thor, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and the Fantastic Four, so he is a footnote for anyone who didn’t read the comics religiously.

    • @clipwtchr30
      @clipwtchr30 3 года назад

      @@ScreenCrush And so therefore what? What is the likeliest answer to what, at the time, encouraged 20th Century Fox to take the risk of greenlighting some nowhere near Superman level recognition comic book property like X-men? The answer is the success of Blade. And if Blade's success greenlit X-men, then Blade started the party.

    • @csenky
      @csenky 3 года назад

      @@clipwtchr30 Blade never intended to hit the mainstream, it was an R rated vampire slasher that has nothing in common with X-men from a casuel viewers' eye. Forcing the Marvel connection into the argument is just purposedly ignorant, if Blade started anything, that's the Underworld franchise. X-men created a demand for good comic movies, because that was the first big Marvel hit, that people actually knew was based on comics. And demand dictates the market. If what you say would be correct, Marvel would've stick to the tone more or less (like DC tried to stick with Nolan's style, in a spectacular failure). It's simply because investors don't like changes, if they choose to continue a franchise based on a success, they'll force to keep what ppl loved in the first hit. _X-men was new area_, absolutely not related to Blade, this is the point you are missing in the video.

  • @JeremyWilliamson
    @JeremyWilliamson 3 года назад

    This was a fun video

  • @rapperc18
    @rapperc18 3 года назад

    Holy crap I have forgotten most of these scenes. Gotta watch it now

  • @pete6476
    @pete6476 3 года назад

    I like that Cash Only!!

  • @DarkPhive
    @DarkPhive 3 года назад

    ALL HAIL!!!!
    hahaha wow that really cracked me up!

  • @paynezerfaust4282
    @paynezerfaust4282 3 года назад

    Sir, well done.

  • @spiritualspinster4222
    @spiritualspinster4222 3 года назад

    Yes, that was one perfect depiction of Wolverine. One hot bad boy!

  • @hellojari07
    @hellojari07 3 года назад

    great scene

  • @brickmastag5262
    @brickmastag5262 3 года назад +1

    THE WARRIORS POSTER IS AWESOME I NEED THAT!!

  • @jamescorderjr1274
    @jamescorderjr1274 3 года назад

    I always liked the kitchen fight in X2 where Logan pins the soldier to the fridge while yelling in his face. Then when he turns and drops him you see six puncture mark in the fridge door

  • @RyanHaney55
    @RyanHaney55 3 года назад

    Good choice👍

  • @Ortonstraightbrother
    @Ortonstraightbrother 3 года назад

    This was one of the best character introduction.

  • @jubjub7101
    @jubjub7101 3 года назад +11

    Shouldn't it have been "Academy award winner.." Ana Paquin..not nominee.

    • @richardluvsford7849
      @richardluvsford7849 3 года назад +1

      Yeah, the footage was actually Ana accepting the award.🤨

  • @ucimobile0468
    @ucimobile0468 3 года назад

    I think you’re dead on. Jackman did such a good job, it was a long time before I noticed that he was too tall.

  • @lostinthestorywithjeremymi9385

    My favorite scene...by God...I'm gonna and will do a video about it one day, I have to...is the last scene between Laura and Logan...so raw and emotional...god...I'm crying typing this.

  • @daviddo658
    @daviddo658 3 года назад +11

    This movie was released the day after I was born.

    • @jmcasler1512
      @jmcasler1512 3 года назад +6

      david donaldson Thank you for making me feel old.

    • @daviddo658
      @daviddo658 3 года назад

      @@jmcasler1512 I'm sorry. I still love this movie and it has a very special place in my heart even though I'm young.

    • @jmcasler1512
      @jmcasler1512 3 года назад

      david donaldson all good :)

  • @josephdrummond4376
    @josephdrummond4376 3 года назад +1

    Love it. But man without blade there would never have been a xmen film even thought of

  • @KenOtwell
    @KenOtwell 3 года назад

    I totally agree this was the scene that made Marvel. I totally remember sitting in the dark theater, wishing they'd made my hero first, Spidey, but happy to give X-Men a chance. And when the credits rolled and it wasn't campy - it wasn't silly - it wasn't even fan-boi- it was just, well, so real that I started tingling. When Rogue kissed her boyfriend and freaked out, that's what first told me this was different and not just dressed up camp. But ya - the scene that put me over the top where I quit analyzing and just started living in the X-Men world was the cage fight. I was so hooked. Well, until they started climbing the Statue of Liberty...that was almost Adam Westish, but the first half was comic-book nirvana.
    My main regret is that they never developed Rogue. She could have carried that role through so much deeper if they had let her go with it.

  • @brickmastag5262
    @brickmastag5262 3 года назад +4

    YES I JUST WATCHED X-MEN ORIGINS WOLVERINE! BEST ACTOR ROLES EVER! DEAD POOL GETS HIS HEAD CUT OFF!