X Men Days of Future Past

Rating: 9/10 (12 May 2016)

X Men Days of Future Past
The latest X Men film is all about the struggle between Charles Xavier and Erick Leshner to try and change the mind and consequently the action of Raven or Mystique. This struggle is all about who can get to her first. But of course, Magneto has a different and autonomous agenda of his own, he sees the elimination of the threat right away, not caring about the past or relationships, this is a Machiavellian man. The future is hell for the mutants, it is a genocide. The Sentinels are super powerful, super adaptable and can change to any opponent, so it is impossible to defeat this new enemy, impossible fighting like these rules. But sometimes you can bend the rules, and they are bend indeed. Kitty played by the pretty and comely Ellen Page, she has multiple powers she can get through things, and she can get through time as well. So Charles or Professor X wants to go into the past, but he cannot because the travel would destroy him. So Wolverine, Logan is the chosen one as he can recover, even his mind, mind you, he can do anything. Hugh Jackman is one of the greatest stars right now, he carries great chunks of the films. Peter Dinklage, yes the great actor that plays the conniving Tyrion Lannister in HBO hit series Game of Thrones, he can act. He plays Bolivar Trask, that is a great name. He is a doctor that admires mutants for what they can do, but he wants to kill them because he sees them as a great menace, a possible extinction. That is the great event or action of the film, because the murder of Trask by Raven, or now Mystique, played well by a very good actress, Jennifer Lawrence detonates everything. If Mystique kills Trask, she will be captured and she will be used for the next and futuristic phase of the Sentinel Program. There is a problem with that as Mystique appeared in the first trilogy of X Men movies, so that is a loose end, a minor problem because the films is great, I love this film, wow. That is the quandary of the film, will Mystique kill Trask and destroy herself and her race or will Charles help stop Raven and save the mutants? The effects are good, they have some good set pieces. The Sentinels appeared both in the future and the past. James McAvoy, one of with my favorites actors along with my favorite actor Michael Fassbender, both are great like always, they have that chemistry in leads and this bromance is something, hate, love, friendship, all is there. Days of Future Past has a very deep emotional resonance, I was moved when Charles played by McAvoy is destroyed by everything and he then through Logan sees the future. Before seeing himself, he sees Logan mind and soul, sees all the suffering he has been through, all the pain, his transformation to adamantium and then the loss of Jean, and how he kill her himself. Charles looks sad and distraught and says, "You poor, you poor man." I was like impressive, this was well made. Then the conversation with young Charles and old Charles is moving, you can change the future, you have to hope again. Then Magneto always with his special agenda proceed with his dream of defeating the humans, also Nixon is in play. The climax happens and everything is resolved, but I was thinking hard when Magneto make his speech to all to hear, he says that he and his mutants are the future and began almost a diatribe against humans, and with that speech there are images in the screen that shows in the future, how the sentinels are destroying the mutants. How Magneto is so blind to not understand that? I was like this is genius, Bryan Singer is a good director, I do not know what will happen, or will direct X Men Apocalypse after his allegations, but this film was great. Indeed, this is the best comic book film I have seen since The Dark Knight, is that good. I give it five stars. X Men Days of Future Past is awesome, great film, it has it all. Multiple viewings are very mandatory indeed.