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Pete Holmes’ Ex-Men Kind of Got Funny Again
Remember when Pete Holmes was making funny videos about Professor X firing each of the X-Men? They started out pretty funny, but got pretty bad as they went on, and I stopped posting them. Well in honor of X-Men: Days of Future Past, Holmes put out one more, and it’s kinda funny!
I like that Magneto isn’t just relentlessly mocked. He kind of gives as good as he gets. Those Ex-Men videos ended up just being Holmes as an asshole making weird noises and insults. They were actually funny when he was legitimately critiquing the X-Men.
Review: X-Men: Days of Future Past
I need to stop worrying about new X-Men movies. FOX knows what they’re doing. Ahead of X-Men: First Class, I thought it was going to just be a terrible, desperate attempt to hold on to the franchise – but it is now my favorite X-Movie. And I thought X-Men: Days of Future Past was going to be a mess of time travel and too many characters. Boy was I wrong about that one. X-Men: Days of Future Past is an enjoyable X-Flick, with a solid cast, an important plot and some quality, unique mutant action.
I wasn’t as blown away as some critics have been, but consider me a firm believer that the X-Men are in good hands.
Movie Rating: 7/10 – Good.
I think what Days of Future Past lacked, at least for me, was a uniquely X-Men story element to grab onto. There were some great super-powers on display, especially Quicksilver and Blink, but they were minor elements of the much larger, less captivating film. Instead of starring the actual X-Men, Days of Future Past was about the trio of Wolverine, Xavier and young Hank McCoy running around trying to catch up to the rest of the movie. The really compelling characters, the ones who drive the plot, are Mystique and maybe Magneto, but both of them are relegated to side character status.
Mystique may do something evil, and Magneto will definitely do something evil, and it’s up to Wolverine and his Amazing Friends to try and get there in time to stop it. Compare that to X-Men: First Class, which had the recruitment and training of the new students, the formation of the X-Men, and the evil Hellfire Club, all while really focusing on the Xavier/Magneto friendship. First Class had a lot going for it in terms of mutants and the X-Men, but Days of Future Past is just a movie about the heroes racing to save the day. Fortunately, it has some fun on the way there.
X-Men: Days of Future Past is not a disappointment, by any means. It’s a solid, entertaining entry into the X-Men franchise. But for me, I would have liked a bit more Adamantium on the claws – though not literally.
Join me after the jump for the full review!
Now Angel Gets the Pink Slip
Peter Holmes is at it again with his Ex-Men clips. I like the Angel wings they made, they look pretty awesome. But I think Holmes is losing track of what made the first one so funny. He was actually kind of in character when firing Wolverine. Now he’s just giggling at the most obvious X-Men traits. Still funny though.
Pete Holmes is Going to Make a Habit of Firing X-Men
Fresh off the heels of firing Wolverine, comedian Pete Holmes is now firing Gambit!
This guy is good. I’m definitely going to have to give this The Pete Holmes Show a watch, if I can find it streaming online somewhere. And apparently there are more Ex-Men coming up! I hope he does Beast…or Iceman. Or Archangel!
Wolverine Can’t Take a Hint
What’s the best way to kick off your new sketch show? Poke fun at superheroes and post it on the Internet, of course!
The Pete Holmes Show might have some legs. We’ll see. But that was particularly funny.
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