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why are Xmen films better than all other marvel movies?


the Wolverine and the Xmen movies seem to contain great adult storylines yet Ironman, Thor, Avengers movies seem made for kids. kinda sucks that marvel can't make all their movies for adults

anyway The Wolverine is excellent. just watched the extended version

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kinda sucks that marvel can't make all their movies for adults


Marvel doesn't make X-men films, Fox does - Marvel licensed the film rights to the X-men back in the 90s and are not particularly involved in the making of any of these particular movies.

Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, (from the second movie on) Ant Man, Captain America, Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Avengers are Marvel produced film properties. Anything else from the Marvel comic book world that you have seen on film was made by a different studio, including the 2003 Hulk movie (Marvel got the film rights back after that movie came out, allowing them to make the 2008 reboot).

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thanks for the info.

i wondered why these Xmen movies seemed so much better. i wish FOX could make them all

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You're one of the few.

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They're good with the X-Men movies when they give someone with a good vision power (like Vaughn or Singer or Goldman) but when they feel nervous about something they feel the need to act with more power than the should and affect the film negatively (a la Fant4stic and X-Origins Wolverine). This is where they differ from Marvel as everything from Marvel Studios is Feigie stamped and feels very similar whether it's a Thor or Ant-Man movie. I personally prefer the way Fox has handled X-Men (not so much the rest) but Mavel Studios had done something previously unprecedented and should get the props where they are due.

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kinda sucks that marvel can't make all their movies for adults
I disagree, especially since MCU has made fantastic superhero films, in my opinion.


Kellum, is that you?

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It's stupid how any film with low key lighting is 'for adults'. Iron Man and Civil War have much darker themes than the majority of the X-Men films. I'd rate no X-Men film above an 8, except perhaps First Class, whereas three MCU films have a 9/10. This series, however, does have five 8/10 films, however, which is half of their films. The MCU is all over the he place in terms of their outings, but seem to have had an overall improvement since the Dark World, with nothing being below a 7.

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