Sentences with phrase «character mystique»

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What is it in our national character that makes us so attached to this mystique around two - fistedness and brutishness?

Mystique is one of my favorite X-Men characters.

X-Men: Apocalypse is a part of a new series of films that began with X-Men: First Class, and a large chunk of First Class focused on Mystique as a character.

Mystique's character arc begins with her looking human for a good portion of the movie and then, over the course of the film, learning to accept herself as a mutant and decides to stay blue until the end.

Unfortunately, Lawrence doesn't register as strongly, which partially has to do with her role's malleable particulars (Mystique spends a lot of time being other people) and also her status in the storyline — as both the hunter and the hunted, she spends most of her time in motion and doesn't get too many character moments.

It's the combination of character development, action and pure emotion that drives the film, where even secondary characters have motivations; a wonderful moment a lesser film would have cut for time finds the shapeshifting Mystique (Rebecca Romijn) propositioning Wolverine, at first disguising herself as Wolvie's crush, Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), then purring, «No one has left scars like you.»

Mystique's character has become even more interesting, as we see her caught between the sweet Raven from First Class, yet on the road to becoming the genocidal terrorist from Singer's movies.

What was so great was the attention to the character development, Magneto, Nightcrawler and Mystique really tug at your heart strings while the rest of the cast were also magnificent.

She should have no troubles proving that she is capable of playing more characters than Katniss Everdeen and Mystique.

Although the stoic nature of her character effectively mutes any need for ostentatious displays of emotions, Carano's imposing physical build, looks, and dynamic fighting style does make up for the lack of nuance in her character, such that it creates that certain mystique that many quiet - but - deadly action stars like Clint Eastwood benefit from.

And, while the near - naked Mystique character from past films does not make an appearance in this X-Men adventure, a nude Jackman is seen (obscurely) from the side and rear.

He commands the screen with authority, making a deeply layered character accessible while maintaining the appropriate amount of mystique.

As Marvel continues to claw the character's mystique away, he's starting to get his wish.

So because Jennifer Lawrence is the breakout Hollywood star, Mystique, a secondary character, chews up more and more screen time and suddenly is the leader of the X-Men?

There was a nice moment where Mystique is disguised as Wolverine, so Hugh Jackman adds the faintest touch of Mystique sass to the character, which comes across really well.

What you won't see here is any footage of either Samantha Morton or her replacement, Scarlett Johansson, recording «Samantha,» which suggests either an attempt to preserve the character's mystique or a way to avoid confronting the messy politics of recasting.

This film is of a single character on a singular quest so it does parallel the Bond mystique.

It's perfect, then, that Mike Leigh «s marvelous Mr. Turner takes an impressionistic approach to exploring Turner's character, focusing on intimate, revelatory, and often unflattering moments in the late painter's life, stressing truth over historical accuracy while never shattering Turner's mystique.

While it is incumbent on the audience watching any Indiana Jones film to accept a degree of supernatural power and treasure hunting mystique, the degree to which credulity is stretched coupled with the loss of character at the hands of big action scene artificial imagery means the heart of the film is lost.

That dominant theme of respect is a key element to the film and adds a certain mystique that makes you curious about the back story and past relationships of the characters.

The filmmaker describes the character as «vengeful» in the tweet, suggesting that the complicated relationship between Lawrence's Mystique and James McAvoy's Professor X from First Class will continue in this follow - up.

Brief character descriptions on the movie's official Facebook page fill in some of the blanks about Moira McTaggert, Mystique and the mysterious Man in Black, and reveal a link between Sebastian Shaw and Erik Lensherr.

The X-Men: Days of Future Past director has revealed yet another behind - the - scenes peek at a character from the upcoming sequel, this time giving us a look at Jennifer Lawrence in her full body makeup as Mystique.

Bryan Singer's X-Men franchise has done slightly better, giving characters like Storm (Halle Berry), Dr. Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) and Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) rounded stories and proper dramatic arcs, so that they seemed more like women, and less like blow - up dolls.

With so much focus on new characters, even acclaimed ensemble players like Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique) and Nicholas Hoult (Hank McCoy) are given little to do.

Mystique is definitely one if the sexier characters with Romijn taking the part!

I must admit to being intrigued by the idea of Tom Cruise playing a superstar of another medium, but while he's clearly committed to the role, he projects none of the mystique his character supposedly oozes.

For her part, Lawrence is great as Mystique, adding subtlety and depth to a character that was mostly eye candy in previous films.

As with Charles and Erik, Vaughn manages to explore Mystique's character in a way that is more interesting than either the films or comics have really presented her — even though we know where her arc will inevitably lead.

Rumours that the core cast would be back have been confirmed, with James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and even Jennifer Lawrence (who didn't seem particularly into X-Men: Apocalypse but chose to come back to complete her character's story) reprising their roles as Charles Xavier, Magneto and Mystique.

Meanwhile, Lawrence's version of Mystique has benefited from a dramatic expansion of the role — what was an easily identified villain in the original trilogy has become a layered, conflicted character with a real journey.

James McAvoy (Professor X), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Sophie Turner (Jean Grey), Alexandra Shipp (Storm), Tye Sheridan (Cyclops), Nicholas Hoult (Beast), Evan Peters (Quicksilver), and Kodi Smit - McPhee (Nightcrawler) are all back in the 1990s - set story, with Jessica Chastain on - board playing a character that has yet to be revealed.

Lawrence's Mystique is really the character who matters the most in the film and now the rumors of a spin - off with the actress makes more sense than ever.

Yeah I know timelines and characters were shifted and realigned with Days of Future Past, but Mystique in this movie felt weird.

The key characters are the young Xavier and Magneto, Wolverine, and Mystique.

(I believe it was about how most of Jackson's female characters seemed to buy into the «mystique» that Friedan would shortly identify and attack.)

Mystique in a coarse dress - it promises depth in the characters, their minds and philosophies, but somehow I felt discontent when it ended.

The real - life players in El Paso might not be instantly recognizable, but Groom retains a sense of mystique about them as he stirs the pot with colorful characters, and tosses in generous doses of high - voltage action, all served on the hypnotic canvas of Mexico's Sierra Madre Mountains.

At least the animations and character designs generally manage to impress with fluid movement further enhancing the mystique of Dracula and some awesome looking beasties to battle, but seriously, what is up with the amount of rough, jagged edges?

Players will unlock more than 100 playable characters, including Mystique, Elektra, Mandarin, Silver Samurai, Malekith, Aldrich Killain or Super-Skrull.

The same great art style and graphics are used for the DLC with no particularly noteworthy changes, however some new music has been created for the game which adds to the eeriness and mystique of Plague Knight as a character.

That's a pretty good character arc for a character originally created to keep up with Mortal Kombat which gained extra popularity and mystique during its rivalry with Street Fighter II thanks to the hidden ninja Reptile.

In the film, it contributes to Ty's... mystique, while also serving as an effective dig against a (literally and figuratively) small, petty character.