Slow but steady

Rating: 8/10 (9 August 2015)

Many fans think that Days of Future Past is the best in the franchise, but I have a different opinion. Yes, it was still a great film, but it was pretty slow compared to the films prior to Future Past. A bit too much drama in a superhero film to me, but when it did have action it was great. Like everyone else, my favorite part was when after Wolverine, Beast, Professor X, and Quicksilver break out Magneto from the Pentagon the latter went into, like, hyper-mode and was just rearranging all the soldiers and their weapons so that they couldn't get caught and imprisoned. The beginning was pretty thrilling and suspenseful as well, when Kitty Pryde barely got Bishop back in time to warn the team that the Sentinels (anti-mutant robots developed by Bolivar Trask in the 70's) knew where their location was. For those who have become really attached to the characters and get emotional easily, the scene where the Sentinels wipe out the X-Men from the future can be upsetting. First, Storm gets impaled by a Sentinel climbing up a cliff and tossed over the edge, and then everything falls apart from there. The Sentinels then shoot energy beams at Bishop, who, like the Extremis soldiers in Iron Man 3, absorbs too much energy and eventually explodes. Blink tries her best to hinder the Sentinels, but three of them stab her simultaneously (one in the back, two in the side). Colossus gets ripped in half (from his torso) and Sunspot is impaled. Warpath has his face burnt off. Magneto survives, but is mortally impaled by a piece of metal shrapnel. Overall, the film's tone is pretty dark but there are some funny parts. Great movie, just a bit slow.