Although initial shots of Oscar Isaac in his Apocalypse get-up were perhaps unfavourably compared to Ivan Ooze of Power Rangers, er, fame, more recent looks at the character have obviously shown that hes gotten less of a purple hue in post-production. That said, theres still something about him that looks a little off. He looks like a man-sized smurf thats been on a 48-hour bender. Maybe its the bleary red eyes, or the helmet that's seemingly fused to his head, but he definitely does not look okay. The accent coming out of Isaac is a little strange as well; it sounds more like a Globe Theatre performance than the booming voice of a super villain, an obvious stylistic choice that from what can be seen in the trailer doesn't really fit the character, typically voiced over with the deepest of voices in any animation or video games he's appeared in. Again, some of this CGI/green screen stuff looks a little suspect, as with when he grows in size to crush Xavier, or as he gives his overly-hammy speech towards the end. Oscar Isaac is a great actor, and it'd be a shame if his performance was ultimately drowned out by bad CGI, a sketchy get-up and a milquetoast accent.
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