A little disappointed...

Rating: 6/10 (28 May 2016)

It's a shame, I was highly anticipating this movie but I left the theater...less than thrilled with the result.
We begin the story with a quick backstory on Apocalypse. The story then shifts forward to the 80s where we get a lot of different introductions to new mutants, and old. Magneto is revealed to be living a normal life but his subplot felt unnecessary to the story, even though a great scene resulted in it. Xavier is finally settling in with the school and Mystique is running around being a hero (huh?). Once Apocalypse resurfaces, he begins to recruit his 4 horsemen and attempt his plan to take over the world. The rest of the film follows.
This movie features some great action, an interesting villain, and a surprising amount of violence. So why didn't I love it? Well..
We're introduced to SO many different characters all at once that there wasn't really anytime spent on actually developing them. Funnily enough, we got most of the character development from those we already know so much about. The writers try to connect a lot of what is happening in the movie to the sequels but it doesn't really work when there are already so many inconsistencies.
I enjoy Jennifer Lawrence but Mystique leading the X-men seems ridiculously out-of-character. Sophie Turner seems really off as Jean Grey and Tye Sheridan didn't really sell me as Cyclops, then again I blame the writing for that one. Psylocke, Storm, and Angel, all seemed replaceable and weren't even remotely memorable since they feel thrown into the story. Quicksilver was great but his storyline twist felt a little tacked on.
A lot of the comedy fell flat and was forced at times. The romance subplots felt underdeveloped and their is a serious lack of chemistry between Cyclops and Jean.
In the end, I just wasn't impressed.