A jumble of a movie

Rating: 5/10 (28 May 2016)

There is very little cohesion between parts of this movie and that is its biggest problem. Parts are mostly OK, but, they just don't fit together.
Mystique is not very, well, mystic and Jennifer Lawrence does give the impression "oh, just this one more and I'm out". OTOH, James McAvoy seems to be really getting into the Professor X thing, giving the impression "I wanna do this for a long time". In a movie that is rather dim (but not really dark), there is one fun and light sequence w/Quicksilver. I could go on, but you get the picture.
There are other problems. The main villain, actually an interesting one, as we're rather tired of Magneto, is not explored at all. He's just this powerful ancient mutant with a God complex, who likes to give silly speeches. Why the hell does he take 4 horsemen? Why not, say, 6 or 28 (perfect numbers)? Why does he want to destroy the world, doesn't he get that he can read everybody's email now? Tap into every webcam and see what his subjects are doing? Isn't this his "dream time" to rule the whole planet?
Speaking of (not) exploring, there's Psylocke. We've seen more of Olivia Munn's action in promotion videos than in the movie itself. The only thing she brings in is an interesting part of the fight w/Beast. Otherwise, she just crowds things up, and doesn't even look so good (again, she's much better in promotion videos).
Sophie Turner's take on Jean Grey I actually like. But, she's so different from Famke Janssen, she should have gotten much more time to explore that difference.
From the story POV, you really don't feel the threat of destroying the world. Never mind that it's not quite clear what does Apocalypse need of Magneto, as he seems perfectly capable of destroying the world on his own, but, you basically know well in advance that he will fail and that Magneto will have another identity crisis.
Maybe it's time everybody stopped trying to make another "Avengers" movie. There's stuff that makes X-Men interesting and different than other comic book groups, so their movies should stick to it.