Average execution makes it feel average

Rating: 5/10 (4 June 2014)

The action is often pretty cool and there is a lot of time spent on character, but while watching it, I just didn't really care. I felt that the way that the dialogue was executed was too generically action-movie-esque and it didn't feel authentic enough for me to care about these characters on the level that the film wanted me to. I know that the film tries to be more, as it, has a better focus on character and depth than an average superhero movie, but it feels like the movie wanted me to watch the dialogue like a dumb person because of the execution and I felt a little dumb while watching it. James McAvoy had the most developed character and his was the easiest to care about. None of the others have a whole lot going on, except for Jennifer Lawrence at the end. The score and editing were set to default and the direction doesn't make the human drama aspects feel like authentic human drama. It was done in a familiar way, which made me feel like the movie itself was nothing special. The nothing special execution doesn't match that the movie wants to be special. I didn't exactly want to leave when I was watching it, but I wanted it to get good and it never really did outside of some cool action scenes.