One of the most generic comic book movies ever. And that's really saying something

Rating: 1/10 (25 January 2017)

This movie is just awful generic garbage. The plot is so generic and forgettable that it infuriates any movie lover. There are some kind of cool moments but they ultimately have no impact on the arching story line.
This movie is the most generic a film can be. Bad guy wants to destroy the world, the heroes try to stop him. That is literally the whole plot. It turns a menacing villain(apocalypse) and a good actor(Oscar Issac) into a humanoid blueberry with a grab bag of inconsistent abilities and very vague motives. The villain doesn't know the heroes and the heroes don't know the villain. There is no emotional weight at all and the audience is not invested in any of the characters. There is a somewhat emotional scene after Havoc(I think that's the guy who shoots lasers from his chest) dies. But it's ruined by a humorous Quicksilver scene right before it and a stupid scene where the teens are cracking jokes at the mall(oh and Jean Grey is right. The third movie is always the worst) which just cancels out any emotion created by Havoc's death.
The performances are up and down throughout the movie. Macavoy and Fassbender are once again very good and Fassbender actually made me care when his family is killed(the only such moment in the movie). Jennifer Lawrence is just sleep walking through this movie for a paycheck and her mystique is so annoying(why is she leader of the x men? Isn't she evil?) The young X Men mostly give mediocre performances. Jean Grey was so robotic and her Phoenix thing at the end was very rushed and unnecessary. Cyclops was a rebel only for the sake of comedy even though he is supposed to be the mature leader. Quicksilver was cool but they totally butchered the whole magneto is his son subplot. And all the other characters are just very bland. The other three horseman don't say anything and just stand there and do nothing.
Overall, I would say that this movie is totally a franchise killer and destroys any momentum it had after Days of Future Past. Don't ever watch this movie.