X-ccelent movie surpassing my expectations

Rating: 9/10 (28 May 2014)

For someone who has never read the comics and is relatively new to the X-Men franchise, I thoroughly enjoyed the film from start to finish. When I saw X-men 1st Class, as it was a prequel, it was fairly easy for me to follow and thought it had a fairly good story, good acting and strong cast. However my biggest let down was the poor CGI effects at some points in the film. It's a small matter but little things like that can weaken a film for me. Therefore, I was glad to see that the previous's films short coming had been amended. X-men: Days of future past impressed me with a well driven story line switching from future to past which really worked well as the transitions were smooth and effective. The cast is also arguably the strongest line up in any X-men film with superb acting by the likes of Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender and Peter Dinklage playing this installments bad guy (to an extent). Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen also return for their old roles as Professor X and Magneto which is nice but they have considerably less screen time than their younger counterparts which is fine as the story primarily takes place when Professor X and Magneto were younger.
All in all, X-men: Days of future past is a well rounded movie which makes effective use of linking the past and the future well (even if it is a series reboot like Star Trek) and with good acting, light humor, comic book references and a good story, I would definitely recommend you watch this film even if you're not an X-Men fan. I would recommend you watch 1st Class beforehand to fill you in on some details though (or at least read up on it). Don't forget the clip at the very end of the credits too.