The X-Film that we all needed!

Rating: 10/10 (28 May 2014)

This is, without a doubt, my favorite X-film to date!
After "The Last Stand" left a very unpleasant taste in the mouths of many X-Men fans and after "Origins" didn't quite kick off an X-men spin off series as well as it should have, it seemed that "First Class" was going to be the film that would be responsible for bringing the franchise back to the greatness it had during "X2." While "First Class" is awesome, "Days of Future Past" feels like an apology for even allowing the existence of "The Last Stand" and Bryan Singer's return meant making up for that mistake.
You either love him or hate him for what he brings to the X-Men table but Singer really delivered with this adaptation of the iconic comic storyline. The spirit of the pages is there and the scope is so much bigger than anything else in this X-franchise. Seeing this movie crossover the First Class with the Old Class is awesome in and of itself but seeing how Singer was able to balance out this very large cast and make it feel like every character was important, no matter what size role they had. It was also very cool to see many fan favorites, such as Bishop, Blink and Quicksilver, make the jump to the big screen and actually have a part to play and not feel like they are just a nod-and-a-wink to the comic fans like what happens so often in X-films.
Even though the story is very plot-heavy, the film never gets boring. The pace is perfect and the film is capable of being action-packed, character driven, and filled with tension as the fate of all mutants is placed in the hands of one mission that could easily go disastrously wrong. This, actually, is a great metaphor for the film itself. "Days of Future Past" could have easily become a disaster just slightly worse than the fake abs that Vinnie Jones sported as the Juggernaut in "The Last Stand" but Singer really crafted a film that feels superior to all other X-titles and contains a story that gave a shot of adrenaline to the franchise and has set the stage up for more adventures for both the young and the old classlike the fight against Apocalypse that is on the way.
"X-Men: Days of Future Past" went above and beyond my expectations and delivered an X-film that not only creates a promising future for the mutants in the world of cinema but it also proved that Fox is finally ready to start taking their X-Men cash cow seriously and do with them what Marvel Studios is currently doing with the Avengers.
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