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Arrived safe and sound in Edinburgh yesterday. Had a great view of the Forth Bridge as the plane came into land, which was cool as, sadly, Edinburgh is pretty much all I'll get to do of Scotland on this visit...schedule is way too packed for anything else.

Seeing as by the time we got done with the airport and picked up the rental car, it was pushing mid afternoon, so we are doing the city centre today. Instead we found a cinema and watched X-Men: First Class. Brilliant! Okay, I knew Michael Fassbender would be great as Erik Lensherr/Magneto but he was even better than that! That man can do intensity, or what. Sure, there were some corny/stretching the suspension of disbelief moments (a hovering SR-71, wtf?), but nowhere near enough to spoil the rest. And there is a great cameo appearance in there as well!

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That man can do intensity, or what.

He probably broke my heart a half dozen times in the course of the film. I'm kind of scared of trying Hex now. He was so beautiful though...

I know, he was great! Don't be, although he does bring true meaning to sympathy for the devil in HEX.

Oh, and Charles' house in the film is the same house where they filmed HEX.

Also, you may like Centurion...with Fassy and also Dominic West, who I like, about the lost Roman Ninth Legion (and much, much better than that crappy The Eagle)

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Don't be...

Thanks!

...although he does bring true meaning to sympathy for the devil in HEX.

Heh, you know me, some devils I really enjoy sympathizing with.

Oh, and Charles' house in the film is the same house where they filmed HEX.

Cool!

Also, you may like Centurion...

Thanks again! I've been wondering how many of the movies he did prior to Jane Eyre and First Class -- a) had enough of him in them to be worth watching just for him, and b) how many, if any, of those had a story I might like. The lost Roman Ninth Legion is a story I'm curious about, but after the things I heard about The Eagle I never checked out either film. I'll remember Centurion is the one to try.

Yes, which is a reason I think you will love HEX

I love anything to do with Roman Britain (well aside from The Eagle *g*) and Centurion does a pretty good job. I do have a couple of minor accuracy gripes, but not enough to spoil. Michael looks wonderful (and it also has Mickey from DW/TW). As for other films, of course there is 300 which is what introduced me to him. I recently saw Fish Tank which is one of those quietly brilliant piece of independant British film and Hunger which is not an easy film to watch because of the subject matter (and not my favourite because of my own feelings on the subject), but it is very well done and deserved all the acclaim it received.

and it also has Mickey from DW/TW

Cool bonus.

As for other films, of course there is 300 which is what introduced me to him.

I've watched bits and pieces of that on basic cable, but haven't really sat down and watched it from beginning to end. I'll have to try harder.

I recently saw Fish Tank which is one of those quietly brilliant piece of independant British film and Hunger which is not an easy film to watch...

I haven't heard of either of those.

He was wonderful in HEX and pretty much the reason I watched it.

Heh, I've been gun shy about giving HEX and Michael's part in it a try because of how Charmed and Julian McMahon's part in it left me feeling badly burned. Now it seems like I've got to see how different the two are.

I just saw it last night!

The hovering part made me laugh too. Though, I guess, since whatshisname built it himself, maybe he just modified it so that it's able to hover? It WOULD be doable... though I didn't see any modifications that would be necessary for that...

Yeah, me and the kid discussed that possibility after, but it came out of nowhere, not even a throw away line about a certain modification...so was a really (unintentionally) funny part.

Though, I guess, since whatshisname built it himself, maybe he just modified it so that it's able to hover?

Hank McCoy/Beast built it in the film, and yeah he could've modified it. Given how long it's been since I read a book, I don't remember how it was built in the comics, but I think it included some alien technology there and could do a lot of stuff an ordinary terrestrial Blackbird could never do.

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As someone who has only seen the X-Men films and not the comics, I think some explanation would have helped a lot, even a brief line that it had been specially modified by Hank using alien tech or whatever. As it was just seeing it hovering gave me a WTF moment and nearly turned a tense, dramatic moment into a funny one.

As someone who has only seen the X-Men films and not the comics, I think some explanation would have helped a lot...

Sounds like. I didn't give it a second thought because I'm so use to thinking of her as so much more than your average Blackbird. It should've been run by a non-book geek to check for the WTF factor. I mean a quick check of the wiki says, "Some writers have referred to this design as the 'SR-73' or the 'SR-77'," as a way of emphasizing her not being an SR-71. Also looking at the wiki I remembered right about her eventually having alien tech. It also says, "alien (Shi'ar) technology, including weapon systems, holographic active camouflage, and engines capable of hypersonic speeds." ;)

Haven't seen it yet, but if it has your stamp of approval, Jaye, I am certain it will be wonderful! Have fun in Scotland! ;)

He really brings a lot of soul and feeling into the character, and sometimes you just want to hug him! :D I will, although we leave tomorrow and head for NE England (Lindisfarne and Alnwick Castle!). Too many places, not enough time!

He really brings a lot of soul and feeling into the character, and sometimes you just want to hug him! :D

I'm loving hearing people talk about Magneto as someone they feel like hugging after seeing First Class. Even if I hadn't enjoyed Michael's performance as much as I did, I'd love him just for getting other people to care about Magneto like that. I've been wanting to give that character a hug since before I hit puberty.

I loved Ian McKellen as Magneto...and Michael was the absolute right choice to play his younger version. And yes, very much deserving of a hug *G* ~~preferably from Charles!! *ggg*)~~

I loved Ian McKellen as Magneto...

I liked him, but I was so use to the Magneto in the comic books having physically been turned back in age to something closer to Michael I was thrown by it a bit. I understood the choice of using the older actor. They wanted to have him be a Holocaust survivor, and not spend time explaining how he could be that old but look that young. It also didn't hurt that Ian was so excited about playing Magneto he was sharing stuff from the production online. I got my first look at the design of Magneto's uniform in the films from Ian himself.

...Michael was the absolute right choice to play his younger version...

I've had someone tell me that they'd only seen the movies, didn't care for Charles and Magneto in the films where they were older, but seeing First Class made everything make more sense to them. Not to mention that they said that they wanted to see more of young Charles and Erik. I was so happy to hear it.

...preferably from Charles...

Heh, I told my dad after I saw first class that it would make for a spike in Charles/Erik fic. It even lead to someone on my flist posting one. I told them that Charles/Erik is a classic slash pairing like Kirk/Spock or Duncan/Methos. I never saw it reading the books, but the chemistry between Michael and James was so great I can see it between their characters. Course I've always wanted Erik to myself.

FASSBENDER! Yum.

I mean, he was amazing in the movie! *L* Loved the film, loved the acting. It made up for the suckiness of the 3rd X-Men film.

Glad you made it there safely!

Thanks! Having a great time and weather's holding so far!

It really did make up for the suckiness...and they did a great job all round with the storyline. And Emma Frost was great too...I get to see why you find her such an amazing character. *g*

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