The movie is AWESOME 10/10 (FOR ME)
This is my opinion and possibly has spoilers cause there´s a lot to discuss... and at some points Im going to get really picking on something (cause Im a fan, but even so
PERFECTION)
I think that there were a lot of characters (amazing all) but the film was so intense from the first second that i couldn´t breathe for the first 15 minutes or so
I would love that they would explore every single one of them, but lets get realistic
it´s impossible to do so, so if think that they were in the movie to do specific things and it was all well played. Yes I would love more dialogue and development but if was really pleased and surprised by all the things and how it happened
The future is very well portrayed, dark, desolation everywhere
We even see the mutant concentration camps... We see a lot of mutants and humans on those camps, and if felt sorry and hopeless, really sad that things were a mess, and we (Homo sapiens) are to blame...
Then the MOVIE starts with sentinels all over our fellow mutants... Blink, Warpath, Iceman, Colossus, Sunspot trying to make time in order to Shadowcat and Bishop, reset that attack on them
It was brilliant... It was so exciting all that fighting and, for me, this was the best superhero movie because they manage to work as a team, a big thing for me, cause we don´t see other movies to play as well as this one.. I enjoy the Avengers, and they assembler well, but i think after that scene that the avengers are together, they go their separate ways, to do their own personal fighting skills (sorry the Avengers fans, this is what i think, not trying to attack the movie, which i enjoyed a lot)
At this point Ill do my point of view on the characters
Characters (Past)
Intro- I was in for this movie with low expectations, because i just love the OT
But in the past, i just loved the core interpretations of Xavier and Magneto (two sides of a coin) and the merge of a new (different approach of idealism) power struggle with a mind of her own, Mystique... All of this with a teacher and mentor, Wolverine, trying to keep things on tracks... I think Wolverine didn´t make this movie as a Wolverine movie and it was really well achieved in the movie
So let´s go into the characters J
Wolverine- Really enjoyed the performance and the Jackman is and always be Wolverine. He´s just perfect, great body (we even see his bum), and we see him as a mentor of the rookie mutants... Even so, we see him go berserk after watching Stryker, causing to stab, in the future, my favorite character, Kitty Pryde
Even with his metal claws, and a smile passing a metal detector, for me, is the best Wolverine ever. Great job... Oh, and this journey to the past had to be made by him, because, for me, he has always acted like the spinal cord, for the x- men
Xavier- Super
We finally see a mentor that has a dark past, trying to define himself as a person and a mutant... Making choices, for the greater good... The scenes that he is in are fantastic and well played... And what a performance... Amazing... the conversation that he has with magneto in the plane, and the talk he has with himself are really deep and intense...
Magneto- The other side of the coin... Well played as well... love the way he discuss with Xavier
He really is the other side, the counterpart of the dream... He just wants things done like for yesterday, no matter who he kills in the process
love the stadium scenes, even i didn´t quite enjoy the way he takes control of the sentinels (but it looks great on 3D), but it was ok, for me
Mystique- The border side of the coin... The other third great vision of things
She doesn´t care about the ideology itself, but seeking revenge for the friends she lost... after seeing so much spoilers (i really believed) in a scene that she was going to give birth to Nightcrawler.. Instead she was healing for a bullet she took from Magneto... I really enjoyed her performance.
Trask- Every dictator has valid objectives and a good side on him, which was a surprise to me, because i was thinking that i was going to see a blind man that wanted to kill mutants at all cost... But no, he wanted to achieve peace with them, and protect humans at the same time
Guess there´s always two sides of the story... Filling the shoes of a person and, on the other side, analyzing what a person is doing
i guess
Quicksilver- Outstanding scenes
Humor, power display... no words, have to see it again, because it made me feel i was watching X2 opening scene
Xmen style... Loved it... It was brilliant... Everybody was hating, and now everyone is loving him... and they should
Amazing really... Well done
Visually and a lot of humor
Beast- At first, when i started to see spoilers, photos and his jumps i was like... disappointed... But in the movie i was really surprised because it turned out to be great... Personally i didn´t get the feeling of wires, and i personally think it was great, honestly... The handyman of Xavier, being there despite the hate or fear that people see when he was exposed to the world
i really liked it...
Striker- Have nothing to say about him
I liked him, but Mystique taught him well
here
Havok, Ink, Spike, and Toad- they were on the Vietnam, and their presence, for me, was like puppets of the system... using mutants to take care of humans in a war... Mystique goes to rescue them, like, let´s get out of here
(starting the brotherwood?)
Azzazel, Emma, Angel, Banshee- Well, i felt sad when i realized that they were dead, and those photos of their autopsies... Broke my heart...
Sentinels (past) - When i first saw the first pictures of them, i thought this is not going to work... But you know what? They do... I do love how they move, they fly and start shooting everyone
I really enjoyed it... i loved it
really
And they look great, honestly
Characters (Future)
Intro- My favorite ones... GOD
I loved them... Yes i would enjoyed an entire movie only with them
(nerd side of mine), but they were there and every single shot, for me, counted as WOW
Yes there isn´t a lot of dialogue, but what it lack of dialogue, the best fighting scenes are there.. Love every single piece i saw
Xavier- Loved the conversation with his younger self, always trying to take care of his students
even in the future... I remember when Storm dies, he makes a facial expression, i won´t forget... Well done...
Magneto- Redemption is the first word that i think... He´s fighting with the Xmen, trying to help, and even when he gets injured, he has a final talk with Xavier
all those years fighting each other Charles
Well done.. They are great, amazing actors
Shadowcat- My favorite character... always been... Thank you Ellen Page... honestly... So tiny, yet to big... I even have you as Kitty on my phone wallpaper... lol... To do justice, i think (even i understand the whole concept of the plot) i think that a little more explanation was needed, in the movie, to explain how kitty could send someone into the past
A phrase like, i know now how to phase not only body, but also mind through time and space, would be enough, I guess.. Don´t know... But every single part that you´re in, I loved it a lot... Since escaping with bishop into the vault, getting stabbed accidently by Wolverine (I felt that one), your fatigue, and hopeless seeing the sentinels always so close, were so great... Really loved it... And when your teaching (have to see again what your teaching), when everything is reset, long aside with Colossus, was magic (maybe now you´re with him, fingers crossed). You´ll always have my heart Kitty, the most dedicated Xaviers´ students... You prevail
Sorry guys, but it´s my favorite character... hehe
Iceman- Finally, the ice slide was amazing... The way he turns into ice, well done
really loved it... Even trying to hold the sentinels in the end... poor Bobby... It was amazing
Blink- One of the things i was most excited about to see in the movie... And it was great on screen... She interacts with every other character in the future and visually perfect... Even when you see Magneto facing sentinels, you saved him, to have the last talk to Xavier... Very heroic... Loved it
Warpath- I was impressed... by his battle interpretation
well done indeed... the knives and your deaths are also amazing
Bishop- Well, I guess it was really great... Big guy, with a lot of power and concern towards what´s coming... Love the interaction with the characters, even with Storm... The realistic guy of the battle warning Storm that they can´t endure... Well played... Love the powers and his death, I was counting on it because he was literally overcharged and BUM
Colossus- I loved the strong men of the future scenes... Sad he didn´t had a lot of dialogue, but we still see his calm and strength... His deaths are amazing, and how Peter/Piotr transforms is, for me, by far, the best looking... Again sad he didn´t (like most characters of the future) had a lot of dialogues but Daniel Cudmore seems such a great guy and actor
Storm- Well, I always loved Storm... Even her looks over the franchise (don´t get mad at me for that)... Recently I discovered that Halle Barry is 47 years old (wow, great looks, by the way) and she was pregnant during the shots for this movie (had a hard time having a child, in this age)... Considering this, I really loved how she acts in her scenes... The calm one when everyone is starting to freak over the sentinels, and the strength in battle (loved how she charges Bishop and plays with Magneto in that big bang explosion using the jet)... Her death was
outstanding filming and a sign that, after that point in battle, everyone went like crazy insane trying to kill future sentinels.
Future Sentinels- They are incredibly spooky
can´t stop them... They are scary in every single way... They can change their size, can adapt the attacks and use them to do what they intend to... Kill all mutants
You can even see them use other powers like diamond form and using claws (well not claws, but kind of Lady Deathstrike nails, just dont know how to explain in English, sorry).. The way they kill our favorite mutants is incredible... The scenes are amazing... For me, I can´t forget the sound they make, in the opening sequence, when they fall (still gives I chills) and the scene they enter throughout a tunnel to get in to the temple... Can´t erase that ones of my head... really spooky... Well done...
Rogue- Well I left Rogue for the ending cause it´s complicated... A lot of people are a bit disappointed that, in the movie, she only appears like 3 seconds... If I was a big fan of her, I would felt the same... But let me try to explain my point of view... I think, for sure, it could be possible to put her rescue scene in the movie... But we simultaneously would have two rescues on the movie (magneto in the past) and hers... I personally think that it would be musically/plotting/montage too much for this movie... Even so, I would think it would make more sense... Because I also think that made more sense that the sentinels can absorb mutant abilities because of her powers, and not from Mystique that can only copy the appearances... Dont get mad towards this opinion, it´s just what I think... Not a fan for a rescue in a base of the sentinels, but a fan for a more solid script to justify how sentinels can have mutant powers
Jean Grey, Scott Summers, Hank- loved the appearance, they look great... cherry over the cake... Well done
Bryan Singer and writers- I love the adaptation, the way they vision and capture the scenes... YOU WERE GREAT indeed... Be proud of your work...
Hopes- I just want more of the OT in the next movies... I think now, because everything´s possible, they could be more developed, they are more mature
I just wanted more and more... An entire day of XMEN J
P.s- Sorry for the bad English. I´m Portuguese so sorry for mistakes and grammar errors...
Enjoy the movie... I did
A LOT 10/10 FOR ME