Days of future past can't pass fast enough!

Rating: Null/10 (23 May 2014)

X-Men Days of Future Past is yet another failed adaptation of one of the most successful comic book franchises of all time. Those of us who grew up with X-Men have come to love the characters and their back stories. The most beloved mutants, Storm, Kitty Pryde, and Rogue, who have been a constant from the beginning have had much of their character and presence stripped away and replaced with male characters such as Magneto, Beast, and Wolverine who have dominated the big screen script. A lot of focus was placed on Mystique as well. Their sleek comic book costumes have been replaced by black militant riot gear, which looks a lot like Batman's rubber suit. X-Men 1-2 and 3 story lines centered around Wolverine, and the male characters. It appears to me that the writers and the directors are intimidated by strong powerful woman, and I'm left with the impression that they didn't even research the mutants individual back stories. The most disappointing scenes is when Storm, Cyclops, and Gene Gray, where all being tossed around by Toad...really? Based on the comic book character, Storm is a strong willed leader who commands the group and takes down the difficult villains. However, on the big screen she's portrayed as a timid mutant who take orders from Wolverine, and poor Rogue was slowly erased completely. The writers and directors missed a great opportunity to explore the full potential of the most powerful and diverse mutants of the X-Men franchise. I would like to have seen more impending doom with a lot more of power display and fight scenes from Storm, and Rogue, and a lot less of Wolverine saving the day. I do not like any of the existing X-Men movies. My wish is that I live long enough to see X-Men rebooted about 10 years from now with directors and writers who appreciate the original vision of X-Men without dumbing down any of the characters.