Review: X-Men:Days of Future Past

Review: X-Men: Days of Future Past
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Official 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' Poster.

      The Best X-Men movie to be made, 'Days of Future Past' presents a bright future for the franchise by righting the wrongs that previous movies made.

"Nicholas Hoult", "James McAvoy"
and "Hugh Jackman".

"Michael Fassbender" and
"Jennifer Lawrence".

      In 2023, both mutants and humans have been annihilated by killing machines known as The Sentinels. In this destroyed world, 'Professor X'(Patrick Stewart) and his old friend 'Magneto'(Ian McKellen) must join forces and gather the remaining living mutants to stop this war by altering the past so that this dystopian future cease to exist. The plan requires 'Kitty Pryde'(Ellen Page) to send 'Wolverine/Logan'(Hugh Jackman)'s consciousness back into his 1970 body in order to stop the massacre that is happening, but things in the past are difficult. After the events of 'X-Men: First Class', young 'Charles Xavier'(James McAvoy), 'Eric Lansherr/Magneto'(Michael Fassbender) and 'Raven Darkholme/Mystique'(Jennifer Lawrence) are damaged and separated from each other. It’s up to 'Logan' to find them, join them together and try to change history, while in the future The Sentinels are approaching to the hideout of the mutants and ready to kill them. Other major characters are 'Hank McCoy/Beast'(Nicholas Hoult), the inventor of the Sentinel program 'Bolivar Trask'(Peter Dinklage), 'Storm/Ororo Munroe'(Halle Berry), 'Bobby Drake/Iceman'(Shawn Ashmore), energy absorber 'Bishop'(Omar Sy), 'Peter Rasputin/Colossus'(Daniel Cudmore), 'Peter Maximoff/Quicksilver'(Evan Peters), teleporter and portal creator 'Clarice Ferguson/Blink'(Fan Bingbing), solar powered mutant 'Roberto da Costa/Sunspot'(Adan Canto), super strength mutant 'James Proudstar/Wrapath'(Booboo Stewart), military man 'William Stryker'(Josh Helman), 'Alex Summers/Havok'(Lucas Till), and USA President 'Richard Nixon'(Mark Camacho). 

"Patrick Stewart".

"Ian McKellen".

      'X-Men' movies, since its release back in 2000 created the foundation of superhero movies nowadays. But along the way, the 'X-Men' franchise built a reputation of providing inconsistent movies, like the horrible tackling of 'X-Men: The Last Stand' and 'X-Men Origins: The Wolverine'. What is brilliant is that this movie was pretty much in the making ever since the release of 'X-Men', and it managed to respect the Original X-Men trilogy and the new 'First Class' movie, linking them all together. And in the end it allowed this franchise to be able to start a fresh start with its new faces and forget all the mistakes done in previous installments. This movie is basically the middle point where the franchise will be able to open a new chapter in this franchise and begin a fresh start without being constricted with the previous bad decisions that were made and acknowledged in the previous installments. That with all the elements inside of it made 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' the best X-Men movie ever to be made and also be up there amongst the best superhero movie incarnations. Being able to join this cast, which includes an array of talent that truly define the series, is most definitely an amazing achievement.

"Josh Helman" and "Peter Dinklage".

"Hugh Jackman", "Michael
Fassbender", "Evan Peters" and
"James McAvoy".

      The return of 'X-Men' guru, director "Bryan Singer"('X-Men' and 'X2') was for me one of the reasons for the success of the movie and allowed the transitioning of the series to where it wanted to move heading towards future movies. And in that perspective I do believe that "Bryan Singer" provided us with his best directorial effort ever. At the same time, he provided us with probably the most ambitious and the best X-Men movie of the entire repertoire of this franchise. His directorial style along with the stunning visuals effects that were included in the action sequences allowed the audience to witness this beautiful movie. The balance between the stories of the two worlds and actually making the character's subplots important for the success of the movie's overall story is what made "Simon Kinberg"('X-Men: First Class') the best possible choice for this 7th installment of this franchise. People should know that both "Singer" and "Kinberg" are expected to return to helm the directing and writing of 'X-Men: Apocalypse' in July 2016 respectively. "John Ottman"('X2' and 'Valkyrie) composed a beautiful score that further enhanced the movie's balance of humor and drama, which made it one of the strong elements of this film.

"Adan Canto", "Ellen page", "Shawn
Ashmore" and "Daniel Cudmore".

"Fan Bingbing" and
"Booboo Stewart".

      The incorporation of time traveling in a Hollywood movie has proven to be very difficult through the years, but its inclusion in 'Days of Future Past' was done in a fashion and easy way. The beginning sequence of the movie proved to be an excellent way to show the high caliber of action that will provide throughout the entirety of the movie's perfect time frame. It also introduced the new X-Men characters and provided us in an easy way with the main problem of the story. After entering the 70's era, the movie really kicks off the storytelling of the characters of that time, but that didn't diminish the importance and scale of the action sequences. 'Quicksilver''s time stopping sequence proved to be the best scene of the movie, franchise and most probably one of the best scenes ever to be shot. Other favorite scenes includes Paris convention attack, 'Professed X' of the past and future's emotionally steering conversation, the entire Sentinel attack scenes of the future, young 'Professor X''s conversation with 'Mystique' at the airport, and of course the entire climax action sequence. Fans will enjoy the final scene of the movie, which will sure stir excitement in them. Also audiences should wait till after the credits to witness the post-credit sequence that teases 'X-Men: Apocalypse'.

"Jennifer Lawrence".

"James McAvoy" and
"Patrick Stewart".

      This cast full of stars and talents include the stars of the original trilogy, as well as the new stars of 'X-Men: First Class'. And as much as everyone enjoyed the presence of the faces of 'X-Men', the new stars of this franchise are the ones that shines brighter and we start with them. "James McAvoy" provides a perfect embodiment of one of the iconic franchise characters, giving this character his own unique presentation, while being faithful to what was already done with the portrayal of the old character. "Michael Fassbender" continues to deliver a surprising energetic performance that fully embodies the internal conflict that 'Magneto' is having, though his character effect is reduced compared to 'First Class'. Though same could be said to 'Mystique', as usual "Jennifer Lawrence" gets every ounce of its reduced character importance to deliver. And this trio stars will surely hold this franchise and provide its fans with much optimism. "Hugh Jackman"'s 7th portrayal of the face of this franchise 'Logan/Wolverine' is very much restrained compared to the other movies, which actually helps this film move forward and focus on what is really important. "Nicholas Hoult" gives a genuine 'Beast' performance, managing to stay on par with the trio stars. "Evan Peters" might just be the star of the movie, surprising many of his character portrayal and being included in the best scene of the movie. 

"Michael Fassbender".

"Hugh Jackman".

      Returning stars "Patrick Stewart", "Ian McKellen", "Ellen Page", "Halle Barry", "Shawn Ashmore", and "Daniel Cudmore" are a welcome return. In spite of their limited roles this time around, they still provide more confidence and solid performances showing the importance and influence stars of a certain franchise can have. Audiences will know by now that the return of many familiar faces will be amazing and no one knows which of these cameo appeared stars could appear in future installments. Newcomers "Omar Sy", "Fan Bingbing", "Adan Canto", and "Booboo Stewart" had very limited characters in terms of role or even dialogue. But what pleased fans was that director and screenwriter gave these characters the chance to showcase their character's respective abilities in a cohesive manner that didn't interfere with the general story (especially the roles of "Fan Bingbing" and "Omar Sy"). Still, this is another 'X-Men' movie that fails to take advantage of its evil character and provide him with a clear drive, which is a shame seeing the large potential that "Peter Dinklage" could have provided. A young 'William Stryker'(Josh Helman) was enjoyable, and the different usage of a USA President in a movie was a good change, which was portrayed by "Mark Camacho". The brief appearances of previous 'X-Men' characters like 'Havok'(Lucas Till) and other new characters was a nice nod.

      In my opinion, 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' is the best 'X-Men' movie and one of the better superhero movie that will surely as its previous installments affect upcoming similar genre movies.

Official 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' Poster.

-'X-Men: Days of Future Past' Info:

-Based on: 'Days of Future Past' by Chris Claremont and John Byrne.

-Starring: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Nicholas Hoult, Halle Berry, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, Peter Dinklage, Omar Sy, Daniel Cudmore, Fan Bingbing, Josh Helman, Adan Canto, Booboo Stewart, Lucas Till and Mark Camacho.

-Studio(s): Marvel Entertainment, Bad Hat Harry Productions and 20th Century Fox.

-Directed by: Bryan Singer.

-Screenplay by: Simon Kinberg. 

-Music by: John Ottman.

-Running Time: 131 minutes.

-Budget: $ 200,000,000.

-Box Office: -Domestic(US): $ 233,921,534.

                    -Foreign: $ 512,124,166.

-Ratings: -IMdb: 8.6/10.

              -Rotten Tomaotes: 91%.

              -Metacritic: 74%.

              -PERSONAL RATING: 8.8/10.

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