Is This Hollywood's Idea of Justice?

Rating: 4/10 (6 July 2016)

I finally went to see the movie and came away definitely unimpressed, even though it has spectacular special effects. My wife asked me what it was about. I said it had a little story and a lot of blowing stuff up. Other than providing the origin story for Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Storm and the bald Xavier I couldn't see the point of the movie. It was stale and lifeless. Moreover it was dark in tone, very depressing. This is not the sort of movie I care to see over and over. The only light moments involved Quicksilver rescuing the students and a dog from Xavier's school.
There were a number of strange and illogical elements. I was offended that the screenwriter, Simon Kinberg, had the En Sabah Nur character claim to be Elohim, which is the Hebrew name for the God Almighty who created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1), and who is the God of Israel in the Bible. In this respect the character is antisemitic.
It also seems like the mutants keep getting stronger, especially the chief villain Apocalypse and Eric. I don't think the writer stopped to consider what the real impact to the earth would be if someone had the power that Eric was performing. If he hadn't stopped he would have destroyed the planet and there would not have been anybody left to serve Apocalypse. We're also supposed to believe that Eric's manipulation of the magnetic field around the earth would not have caused long-term harm to the environment. But, X-Men stories exist in a fantasy universe governed by magic, not science.
The other incongruity is how Eric (Magneto) is transformed from a mass murderer to a sympathetic character at the end of the movie. We're supposed to feel his pain. Charles believes there's still good in Eric, but Charles fails to be the voice of justice for the victims of Eric. (In fact, no one even brings up the subject.) How about asking all the families that lost loved ones because of Eric's rage and destruction how they feel about exonerating Eric. If Eric could get a pass for mass murder, then he has no reason to hate the Nazis for killing his family. Eric is an evil pragmatist and only does what is good for Eric. He should have been executed for crimes against humanity. But, I seriously doubt Charles believes in capital punishment. Perhaps, Charles is the voice of the screenwriter (Simon Kinberg), in which case he would be seriously screwed up.