Ready to Reboot!

Rating: 10/10 (30 May 2014)

So this may just be the most pivotal movie in the X-Men franchise right now, and not just because it connects the trilogy to the Wolverine movies and to First Class. However, before I get started on that, allow me to recap the movies (and their problems).
In the original trilogy set we saw Storm, Cyclopse and Jean as Charles' first students and see a new set of X-Men being readied. We watch as Logan develops from loaner/bad boy to part of the team - and still a bad boy. We get to see a war nearly erupt and be quelled all in one great moment. At the end of the trilogy we see Professor X dead, Jean and Scott dead, Raven and Magneto have lost their powers (although Magneto may have been regaining his if you go by the final scene in X3), and all seems to be well with the world again - more or less.
First Class showed the beginning, but had some things wrong. We saw Scott's (Cyclopse) brother, even though Scott was supposed to be older and a first student. We see Azazle, a teleporter, which is only worth mentioning because the Professor was confused when they were tracking Nightcrawler as though he's never seen one before. Cerebro(sp?) apparently wasn't so much built by Charles and Erik as Hank(Beast) was the original creator. Charles couldn't walk by the end, even though in X3 we see him and Erik both WALKING into a young Jean's house after the events at Cuba. And several other things that didn't match and we could be here all day making that list, so I'll move on.
The Wolverine took place after all of the above so I'll leave it alone, but Origins: Wolverine was pre-trilogy. My biggest complaint here is that this movie took it upon itself to proclaim Victor Creed as the official half-brother to Logan. We don't have any solid proof of this throughout canon, but it has been hinted to time and again. While this has zero holdings on the current matter at hand, I felt the need to mention it (as well as the less-than-appealing version of Gambit in this writer's opinion).
Now, on to Days of Future Past, the real reason any of you are here. The majority of these issues are resolved in the movie, which seems to have been the whole point. We see the use of String Theory to reboot the franchise again (basically what Star Trek did), which I have no problem with at all. I'm actually very excited to see what the Disney-owned Marvel Studios will do with X-Men now that they have a clean slate. The way I see this going is basically the next set of movies will be a flash back filling in the history we don't know anymore. Or at least I hope that's how this roles forward, but we'll have to wait and see on that.
All of the characters were portrayed expertly! We see Magneto returned to full strength (okay after the end of X3) working along side Professor X (never explained how he made his return from the grave). We have the kids all grown up with some new friends fighting the new enemy, and I love how they show future and past at the same time going through similar struggles from time to time. I am glad to say they didn't try to bring back Scott and Jean for the movie, one reincarnation is probably enough.
At one point Hank even mentions Quantom Mechanics and how sometimes things are fixed and can't change in the time line, this will certainly allow for why some things never change. We will need some constants in our lives if we're to accept whatever comes after Day of Future Past.
As for the movie itself, there was nothing poorly done here. The visuals were stunning! I didn't see it 3D, myself, but I have a friend that did and I'm told it's worth the extra couple of bucks. I know it may seem meaningless to some, but the soundtrack was wonderful. The brief interaction with Quicksilver was simply hilarious while maintaining a heroic nature; he may be a punk kid, but he certainly has potential. I'm actually sad that he won't be played by the same actor in the next Avengers movie. I couldn't help by try to see Tyrion Lanister in Trask's place, Peter Dinklage was great. The role wasn't entirely dissimilar, to be honest. A brilliant man attempting to change the world around him using whatever means at his disposal, Tyrion and Trask are brothers separated by years (and franchises).
Overall if you're sad that Professor X died, unhappy with the inconsistency of the six movies to date, just want to see some bad-assery in the future and the past, then this movie is all about you!