X-MEN Days of Future Past

Rating: 7/10 (27 May 2014)

Speaking as someone whose life began in 1973; I found this movie particularly worth seeing.
The dysopian future's visual effects were very good. Some action sequences were disappointing - particularly Bishop's. If all he does is shoot a gun once every scene when someone gives him energy he can't be expected to be very effective. The storyline was OK; but some of the hallmark flashbacks of previous X-MEN films were a little unnecessary. Each film from the 2000 film to now must stand on their own two feet. But since this is a time-travel movie; I would guess that it makes some kind of sense. I half-expected the scene where Logan almost loses the connection he has with the past - to accidentally learn his entire past and recover his full memory through Xavier's mental link between his two younger and older selves.
Hopefully the next film X-MEN Apocalypse deals with my favorite X-MEN Storyline Arc: Beyond Good And Evil. Where the X-MEN fight Apocalypse's attempt to destroy all time and space in an alternative zone called "The Axis Of Time".