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[veronica_rich]

Okay, I need some fannish love here (albeit perhaps temporarily). Anyone else like "X-Men: First Class" a LOT?

Also, I picked up on sale yesterday at the used DVD store a couple of other McAvoy movies I didn't have - "Atonement" and "The Last King of Scotland." I'd intended to getting around to seeing the latter someday anyway for Forrest Whitaker, so I might as well enjoy two actors as one, I suppose. (I've already had a borderline-unhealthy love for "Wanted" the last couple of years. It's concentrated, processed action-flick cheese, but damn if it's not still fun to watch for the great performers in the middle of all of it.)

Also, I have to say it - I don't give a flying fig who celebrity men date or marry. I don't particularly care if some woman is skinnier than me, or younger or cuter - it has no bearing on my life (especially famous women). But I admit, you watch enough actors hook up with young models and other leggy, ethereally-beautiful women, it's very hard to come across someone like McAvoy and NOT like him for being married to a woman 9 years older (two years older than me!) who looks like a regular person, albeit a pretty one. (crevette will appreciate a celeb like this this, and she knows why. Libraries! *G*)

(For the record, I have no clue what The Barrie's wife looks like, nor do I go looking...)

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[venusinchains.livejournal.com]

Learning about McAvoy's wife tickled me too. That's what really got my own McAvoy-to-watch list started. (Omg, he's the goat in Narnia? *iz wary*) But I enjoyed XMFC plenty.

I've been a casual fan of The X-Men since the early eighties, but I kinda hate to see things redone/recast so quickly (as in, so soon on the heels of the, erm, Picard/Gandalf version - then again, maybe I'm just getting old, and time is passing more quickly than it feels to me o_0 ).

I've been mostly following Inception fandom comms lately, where they've been quick to point out the sexism. (And, unlike some films that I've heard accused of such, this film deserves it, wants it, even.) I know it's all a part of the 'realism' and 'drama,' but it works better for some things within the film (like the blindness it gives Charles that costs him Mystique's loyalty) than others (do I really need 'this needs ice' or 'back to the typing circle' to know who the bad guys are? no, I don't - it's just irritating to me). *shrugs*

Even so, I may or may not have an excellent copy of it on my computer right now :-) (that may or may not have taken me a week to download :-/ ) and I'll definitely be buying the dvd (or even the br) when it's released. Yup, even bad dramatic choices can't keep a good X-Men fan down. :-p

What's this? McAvoy starred in a couple of films with his wife? I must be off to imdb! XD

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Yes. Unlike having a goat as an allegory for his character a la Elizabeth Swann, McAvoy is actually THE GOAT. (Or faun, more accurately. He's pretty cute too. But I'm weirded out by a half-naked goat man in scenes with a little girl, so take that as you will.)

And, unlike some films that I've heard accused of such, this film deserves it, wants it, even.

Unlike a lot of those other movies, there are actual females on the XMFC writing staff, so I'd say it's entirely intentional. I think it's a deliberate nod to the fact it's set in 1962 - and it's dealing with government power bases, which are still mostly a patriarchy. I find it interesting Erik is supposed to be "the bad one" but he seems pretty egalitarian when it comes to women, whereas "the good one" Charles can be a condescending dick to his sister (although to be fair, I think he likes beautiful women and that's how he sees the world - he doesn't understand why Raven would want not to be conventionally beautiful. There are 2 sequels planned to this, and it'll be interesting to see how Charles changes his mind - if he does - about this kind of thing based on his own physical limitations in society's eyes with the wheelchair).

Now I have an urge to see his wife in something. She's sort of adorable, the photo I've seen anyway. *G*