Pretty Good but One MAJOR Downside

Rating: 6/10 (24 February 2017)

The biggest downfall for me was easily the casting of Sophie Turner as Jean. Most of the time she has this dumbfounded look on her face. Sophie really brought nothing to arguably the most special X-Men character who I thought deserved A LOT more. Sophie didn't seem to understand the power and capabilities of Jean. The casting director has a lot to answer for. Famke Janssen who played Jean in 'The Last Stand' would have been a lot better.
Storyline wasn't the best but pretty good. The movie gives good coverage to the story-lines of individual characters such as Cyclops, Magneto, Professor X, Nightcrawler, Mystique, and even a glimpse into Wolverine's re-birth. There were some pretty god awful cheesy-ass moments in the script that were more suited to a day-time soap opera than a blockbuster movie.
SFX were very good as usual with these movies, and a fair amount of interesting camera angles with some really nice shots.
I would have scored this movie an easy 8 or 8.5 had the role of Jean been given to someone better.