Days of Future Past had a lot of things I liked – the central trio of Charles, Erik, and Mystique worked very well, I liked the 70s stuff and it felt like it was being used for something as opposed than just as wallpaper (although my personal preference would have been to do more with it), Quicksilver was great. However…it missed a trick by having Wolverine travel in time rather than Kitty Pryde, I felt the 70s Sentinels were underused in the showdown on the White House lawn, and it suffered from the same problem of how to manage a large cast while giving everyone a voice and character arc that previous and future X-Men films had.
Apocalypse I didn’t even see, because the reviews were too depressing. The 80s stuff seemed used for just background stuff – especially if your movie is going to involve nuclear panic, you need to do it justice. The character work was apparently a case of diminishing returns, with Erik once again trying to blow up the world and getting forgiven for no reason. But mostly, mostly, I’m infuriated that they blew it with the Phoenix storyline AGAIN. What is, hands-down, one of the best stories in comics ever, which stars a female protagonist with cosmic level power, and they just keep missing the point.
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