Review of The New Mutants (2020) by Jake869 — 15 Sep 2020

After seeing it twice and processing what we got after two years I can safely say I really enjoyed The New Mutants.

For starters, unlike the usual Marvel Spectacle we get it was nice to watch a superhero movie that was more about the character study of these young teens. Usually the X-men films have barely touched base with their characters and only get some of them right ( Wolverine) but here I found myself really connecting to these mutants and hoping for the best whenever the inevitable danger presented itself.

Since Disney bought Fox we really don't know what ended up in the cutting room floor but for what I gather it must have been allot since the editing feels way off at times, almost like it's in a rush to get to Plot A to B in a matter of minutes. For some this might be where the movie falters but for me I enjoyed seeing what was coming next and being on the edge of my seat. The VFX look great and when the action starts it really delivers on mutant powers , however since they're budget was low you can tell they were very limited to what they can do, and for that I can't fault the movie for trying to overcome it's shortcomings.

The actor that I will be most sad to see go is Ana Taylor Joy as problematic as she was written in the beginning I grew to love her as Majik and she embodied the character so perfectly it felt like she leapt of the comic book page at times. Maisie Williams did wonderful too , her scenes With Blu Hunt( Dani MoonStar) are the heart and soul of the movie and prove these movies can go beyond just the normal teen romance we're so used to. Feige take notes. Charlie Heaton and Henry Zaga do great work too , sadly they're very underused and I wish we had more time with them.

As for the horror elements promised in the trailers , I mean it's there but it's not scary it's more surface level if anything , as much as I hate to admit maybe this movie could have done some reshoots to polish some scenes and add more creepy elements but for what we got I still liked it's too bad it was very quick. Being that it is canon to the x-universe there are some cool little easter eggs, if you've seen Logan you'll get a kick of what they reveal later on.

So The New Mutants, the two year cursed film that was destined to never make it to the big screen. Is it worth going out to see ? if you love the characters and know the comic lore like I did you'll enjoy it or what it was but for the casual movie goer don't expect an action packed cinematic experience this is more on the lines of Dream Warriors meets One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.