Director tweets are the new spy photos. Case in point:
Say, that looks rather familiar, does it not? Here’s a reminder in case you’ve forgotten. It also speaks to my tingling spider-sense that the focus has shifted somewhat with the transition from Vaughn to Singer. Nothing more than speculation, but judging from Singer’s tweets and general comments one gets the sense that he’s keen to return to the X-Men universe he helped establish. I have no doubt Singer can deliver a fine X-Men film, but I sincerely hope he doesn’t marginalize First Class’ contributions in the process.
Still, this is more than enough to get X-Men fans excited about a film that looks to undo the damage done by Ratner and Last Stand. A fine thing indeed.
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Brian Singer’s Directorial Resume:
The usual Suspect – 10/10
Apt Pupil – 8/10
X Men – 7/10 (re watch it. It doesn’t hold up as well as you remember)
X2 – 9/10
Superman Returns – 4/10 (Superman is a dead beat dad? He ditches Earth just to throw a tantrum? He never has a showdown with the villain?)
Valkyrie – 5/10 (it came off as a tom cruise PR fixing machine more than an actual movie)
Jack the Giant Slayer – Verdict is out. But man oh man those trailers…
In between those films he’s done several REALLY BAD made for T.V. movies. (Footballers wives. An episode of House M.D.) There is just such a SHARP decline in quality. I really hope he nails this one out of the park. But as it stands he’s ALMOST in M. Night Shamlyan territory right now as far as I’m concerned. And SIDE RANT: Matthew Vaughn made KICK ASS, which I loved, but the sequel has been handed off to someone else. He also did the amazing X MEN – FIRST CLASS. But again he gets the boot from the sequel. I wish he’d get a chance to stick with a franchise as he clearly has the talent and skill (and track record).
X-men First Class is fun but over-rated. X2 is a better film all-round. Singer has definitely been in a slump for a while and Jack the Giant Slayer looks appallingly bad, but I have more faith in his ability to craft a film with true tension and emotion than I do Vaughn. For me, Vaughn has yet to direct a single scene with true honest emotional resonance, rather than cliched sap. He’s OK with action, soft T&A, and he expertly knows how to wank fandom though.
If we’re going to compare resumes, then Vaughn also needs to take the rap for Stardust, which is miserably, horrifically bad. And that’s 25% of his directing history no less.
On the front page when it said “one of the more recognizable hallways in film history”, I thought maybe you meant the mansion, because that place has been used in like a million movies.
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