Major step back from Days of Future Past

Rating: 4/10 (9 January 2017)

OK, so let me just say first of all: this film was not a disaster.
However, compared to the previous installment in this series, this film fails in a number of areas. Most notably, tonal inconsistency and continuity.
I'll just point out one thing for starters. This film takes place in 1983. First Class takes place in 1962. 21 years have passed in this timeline and no one has aged a bit. Well, they made McAvoy bald, but that's about it.
The tone of this film is all over the place. For example, the school is about to be blown to smithereens and then all of a sudden, Quicksilver arrives and saves everyone in a whimsical fashion completely contrasting the gravity of the previous situation.
When it comes to the villain, there is nothing remarkable about Apocalypse. He did not stand out for me at all. His "henchmen" are completely forgettable and there was no impact at all.
When it came to casting, I was incredibly skeptical of characters like Cyclops and Jean Grey being recast as teenagers. I'm sure people were excited to see Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) as Jean Grey, but oh boy, her performance wasn't the best.
Jennifer Lawrence is another actor whose performance I have to criticize. She was definitely phoning it in here. Her delivery was so monotonous half the time that the relatability was just out the window. She probably thought, "I'm too big of a star for these silly comic book films".
The plot had no weight, ultimately because all these comic book films are so predictable these days, that you know they're just gonna play it safe for extra sequels. So no casualties, meaning no stakes.