The more I think about it, the more I hate it.

Rating: 6/10 (23 December 2016)

I went into this movie with medium expectations, as I'm a huge fan of the X-men franchise, and Bryan Singer's movies always stand out in the saga. However, this movie just sucks, and I'll tell you why.
First of all, when I came out of the cinema, I thought this was reasonably good, not the best, but far from the worst. It was just fun to watch. Then I went for a second time, and enjoyed it far less. but I really wanted to like it. Then I bought it on Blu - Ray in a box set of the new trilogy, and I began to hate it.
There are far to many characters to introduce in one film, I think there are like 7 or 8, and they all have origin stories, all of them! This time introducing them could've been used to create more chemistry between them all, as there is very little, and is just cringey to watch them all trying to enjoy themselves.
The story, oh dear the story. There are far to many sub - plots, all of which are dull and have essentially no tie in with the story, pacing is completely off, it feels like four movies in one, then there's apocalypse, a fantastic villain wasted. Oh the phoenix saga, probably won't be used anymore,the phoenix is in this movie and it's wasted, as Jean can barley use her powers yet, it just makes no sense. Wolverine makes an appearance, but this too makes no sense, at all, it's almost as if Bryan Singer just re-booted the franchise again.
However, all clouds have a silver lining, and this movie had some good, but barley any. A few scenes with Magneto where awesome, the ending battle was okay, the special effects are great, but there's just not that much in this to make it at all good. Maybe pick it up on DVD, or rent it, but don't waste your money on the Blu - Ray, it's not worth it.