Review X-Men

Rating: 7/10 (6 July 2014)

"X-Men: Days of Future Past is a well-polished action vehicle that fits nicely into this franchise's canon of films, but it is by no means groundbreaking (Bennett)." This quote describes "X-Men: Days of Future Past" perfectly, in saying that nothing really awed the crowd, and ultimately the movie was nothing more than above average due to its' typical and original storyline and outcome.
The story kicks off in a corrupted future world with a mass killing spree of future mutants deliberated by giant robots, called Sentinels. These Sentinels were created for the purpose of hunting down mutants that were programed by the government and made its' debut in 1973. As the future mutants reappear from the dead, from the powers of Kitty Pryde, they then get reinforcements from the original X-Men crew and altogether come up with a plan to send Logan back in the past to prevent the Sentinels becoming a government-sanctioned weapon to begin with. These Sentinels were designed with a specific and rare type of DNA that belonged to Raven (better known as Mystique) who was killed in trying to stop the creation of the Sentinels in 1973 as well. Raven's strategy was to assassinate Bolivar Trask, the creator of the Sentinels, in hoping that this would then stop the creation of the Sentinels but essentially Raven was captured and killed and now her powers live on through the Sentinels. Logan is then sent back to the past to stop Raven's plan and overall stop her from killing Trask while destroying the creation of the Sentinels.
Just how all superhero movies end, the main conflict would of course be resolved by not assassinating Trask and by causing a menace throughout the finale setting off the perspective of the Sentinels as a disaster. The movie overall however was interesting and its' most fascinating part would consist of the time travel. Bryan Singer, the director, created a very old and yet antique looking Paris where one of the meetings of Trask's Sentinels took place. This scene was then disrupted by Logan accompanied by younger Xavier and Magneto. However the intriguing part consisted of a live television news scene that displays the madness between the mutants and the armed officials surrounded by local pedestrians. This live news set presented the mutants as a threat to the world which generally created the perspective to increase the production of Sentinels, leading to the movie's climax.
Throughout the movie, the only key character flaws would be younger Xavier's character, James McAvoy. He was not part of the action while the present and older Xavier did more action and played more of a character with him sitting this one out most of the time. Younger Xavier was a main character of this movie but yet he only would use his powers once or twice. Singer's plot for younger Xavier was to be more inspirational and motivational, where he would make speeches that got boring with really quick. In addition, throughout the finale he was absent due to being stuck under a piece of metal where Magneto dominated him as his arch-enemy. However, the other characters were realistic and credible which is why the movie picked up in the end.
Overall, "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is still a fun and family movie to watch however compared to its' other collection is it not one of the best. Bryan Singer's best aspect seemed to be that he was able to contrast and show that he had a grip and assurance of what his characters would do. Yet with young Xavier dealing with personal problems throughout the movie was somewhat of a disappointed from the previous movie of "X-Men First Class" where he played an exceptional part of displaying his powers as well as being a key part to the other main characters.