Pjtaylor-96-138044
The first hour-and-a-bit of 'X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)' is purely dedicated to set-up, leading to a long winded and generally uninteresting flick that picks up a little towards the end but still suffers from ludicrously overpowered characters and intangible CGI. It's generic, studio-mandated schlock. A joke is made about the third always being the weakest - likely a jab at 'X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)', ironically a better film than this - but all this does is call extra attention to the fact that this piece only further adds proof to that old adage. There's limited, dumb enjoyment to be had when things get underway and the action is brought to the forefront, though. 6/10
matthewmensing
This movie is not bad in the slightest. A lot of people thought Apocalypse should have been more intimidating but I liked how they made him seem really kind and caring at times. Like the kind of guy who could convince people to follow him on this crazy conquest. The scenes with Erik and his family were both sweet and heartbreaking, I love the new cast for the young X-Men (Sansa as Jean Grey is PERFECT) and I really bought into Charles story as well. The stuff with Rose Byrnes character is unneeded but she's barely in it so I don't really care. But the element that really sucks, I mean rreeeeeaaaaallllyyyyyy just destroys entire scenes, is Mystique. Who is Mystique? She's a thug, she's a badass, she hates humans for the ridicule she suffered as youth from her colleagues and own family. She's also an intelligent and myschevieous manipulator. They really got that with the Rebecca Romaign Mystique was well as the DOFP one. But who is she in this one? The great hero everyone looks up to, the one to unite and inspire all the young mutants to fight against the forces of evil, the one who TURNS ONE OF THE MAIN VILLAINS GOOD!!! Why is this? Because it's Jennifer Lawrence playing her and damnit, she can't not be Katniss in a big budget adventure film anymore! She's also barely blue in this? I mean I love JL to death, but maybe get an actor whose willing to sit in that makeup chair for the role??So all in all, this is nowhere near a bawls film. It's well written, well shot and directed and the music by John Ottman is as always great. But man, that Mystique plot is so, SO unimaginably awful and cheesy, it really bogs this one down. If they just edited her out of the movie, it probably would have gotten a 9 from me, or even maybe a 10. As it is though, this one gets a 7 from me.
mmcgee282
Yes i am in sympathy with En Sabah Nur,Imagine your the earliest of the mutants in ancient Egypt and your men betray you by burying you alive ,just because your for peace and they want war.Being raise from the dead by Egyptian citizens,witnessed also by Reporter ,with a Lois Lane Attitude,Ms Mactaggert played by Rose Byrne or does he work for the c.i.a.?and Finding out that the world is greedy selfish,bigoted warmongering,censorious and prudish,Seeing imaged of communist government ,Ronald Reagan, even the white water Scandal ,Hillary Clinton not turning in her email future and Donald Trump in the futures ,possibly,then you want to destroy the whole human race too,thinking only the mutants know how to create a democracy.I get As frustrated as Sayba. Imagine picking almost new group of mutants to help you.You chose Magneto, who's wife and child got killed by the police accidentally in the played by Fassbinder,Angel ,played by Ben Hardy,Storm,played by Alexandra Shipp,after you met her and gave her more power,Psylocke,played by Olivia Munn. Then you have the main team of Mutants,leaded by Professor Charles Xavior played by James Mcavoy ,now in a wheel chair in 83 and eventually become Bald headed,looking like the older version in later ,but earlier episodes of the feature,now run a school for peoples with mutant disabilities.New mutants show up like Cyclops,played by Tye Sheridan,the brothers of,the character that is,Havok,played by LucasTill. Cyclops can shoot fire out of his eyes.One of the disabled mutants students,who has the ability foresee the future and telekinetic screaming powers Jean Grey,played by Sophie Turner ,then you have some new mutants to fight this destructive mutant ,who thinks he is being meaningful.Beast ,played by Nicholas Holt and Raven ,changes to Mystique played by Jennifer Lawrence,is back.I just learned from the end credit that only a percentage of this film was shot in two cameras ,but the other percentage was converted into 3D,It all looks pretty even .Wolverine makes a special guest appearance,played by Hugh Jackman,as Jean help him to escape from the government base.That Col,William Stryker,played by Josh Helman ,is still after Xavier. Having more new Mutants like night crawler,played by Kodi Smit McPhee,all the good Mutants,including Quick Silver portrayed by Evan Peters,who is discovered in being Magneto first child ,after Magneto ran away from his first wife,but, never tells Magneto, have an all out war against Saby's destruction,at his home in Cairo,that he just destroyed ,also the trying to get Magneto to come back to the good group.Eventually Storm reforms and goes back to the group,also.As I said that Xavier was fighting Saby,as Saby is trying to take over Xavier mind,loses his hair from the radiation becoming that Bald professor ,in a wheel chair,The 3D shots are great,The film has throwing things at the camera but its written to the plot that it does not distract from that,the Bu-Ray also has the making of it and out takes too. Entertaining.01/5/18
