Very Entertaining film from a Smart Director

Rating: 9/10 (29 May 2016)

First, I would like so say that I don't understand some of the negativity towards the film. We have had some really great super hero movies in the past that is causing people to set their expectations way to high. This film is what you would want from a superhero film. Lets get the problems out of the way now. The four Horsemen were underused, no denying it. The development of Apocalypse could have been better executed. Finally (and this one is more of a personal assumption and may not turn out to be a problem) Mystique's ending. The movie ends with Mystique seemingly taking a teaching role at Xavier's school. However, Jennifer Lawrence recently stated that this would be the last time she portrays the character. Now we are not going to be getting another full on X-Men movie for quite some time which means their is plenty of time for her to change her mind. Now on to all the good stuff. First, Sophie Turner as Jean Gray. I was a little worried when I heard she had been cast for the role. This almost completely went away when I first saw her on screen. Turner delivers a convincing and emotional portrayal of a young Jean who is unable to control her powers. Next is Quicksilver. Now since I don't want to give away too much I will be vague. All I will say is that Day's of Future Past just had one of its scenes topped. Now one of the most emotional scenes in the film is when SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER, Magneto's family is killed. The moment it happened everyone in the theater knew what he was going to do to the police. There is an Easter egg as well that no one seems to have noticed yet. Magneto uses his daughter's necklace to kill them all, but if you look closely at it, it is the coin that he killed Sebastian Shaw with in revenge for his mother's murder. Finally, I loved the way that Wolverine was used. Just a little cameo instead of taking the whole movie which was a smart decision. Now, the building up of the new X-Men is beautiful. We are so used to powerful and experienced Mutants at this point that is was nice to see them as teenagers again. Finally, when Charles tell Jean to let her power loose, was simply great. The not so subtle hint that it was the power of the phoenix was a great setup for what may be in store. Overall it is a great film. Not the best X-Men film by any means. That title belongs to X2 or Day's of Future Past. It still a bunch of fun and you are only hurting yourself by not seeing it.