Days of Future Past Official Rate and Review DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

[Figs]

No, he was saying WARPATH has no excuse, because HE wasn't five months pregnant, unlike Berry who was and was unable to do flying stunts.

Whoops! Read that wrong.

 

[Sevprince]

Hahaha, I think you mean Storm.

Lol, I know that. That was my point. Storm couldn't be more active cause of Halle's pregnancy. Warpath could have been more active. What is the excuse with him.

Edit: I see DarkHorn got there. That is what I was trying to say.

 

[Figs]

Lol, I know that. That was my point. Storm couldn't be more active cause of Halle's pregnancy. Warpath could have been more active. What is the excuse with him.

Yeah, I misread/understood what you typed. t:

 

[BlackFox]

"We need you to hope again" - Xmen Days of Future Past Review

To begin this review we must first journey back in time......

As a young boy with a vivid imagination growing up reading Xmen comic books, playing X-Men legends and watching the Saturday morning cartoons in the 80's and 90's it was easy to imagine what a real live action depiction of the Xmen world would be like on the silver screen in your own head but in reality you would think impossible.

Wrong.

The opening of this film has everything an X-Men fan would want to see in a live action film. A dark dystopian future, inhibitar collars, Sentinel drop ships and future mutant members of the X-men in full control of their powers and working together as a unit, this is the proper X-men film we have been waiting for all along.

Its starts hard and fast and doesnt let up until the credits are over and even then it leaves you with extra, no moment is wasted in this film.

The performances they are the best in the series so far, hardly a weak one amongst them, no matter if they have one line or half the film everyone brings their A game to the table, but they are also helped by a tight script that zips along, gives gravtias without tipping over the scales into the melodramatic.

Dinklage as Trask eschews a mix of both underlining menace as well as an adherence to the belief Trask is actually doing what is best for humanity, not a one dimensional moustache twirler (although what damn fine moustache he has!!). Jackman is brilliant, again, he could easy phone in his performances now of Logan but does he? no way, he shows up in person bringing a new side to Logan, the diplomat, to life but he sparks off all the other characters with fun and verve but never hogging the limelight. Lawrence is superb as Mystique, not black or white, but a shade of gray, trying to do the right thing but not wholly certain of what that is torn between the man in her heart, Xavier, and the man in her head, Magneto, you can almost see them sitting on either shoulder.

Finally then to the top two, Fassbender and MaCavoy, they chew the scenery with every moment on screen with their performances, both fully owning their rolls that they started so well in First Class. Their clash of wills onbaord a flying jet is acting of the highest order in a comic book movie, up there with the interrogation scene between the Joker and Batman in The Dark Knight, intense and impassioned.

The action is everything I had imagined and hoped for from comics and games. The future mutants combine powers at will with dazzling effect, Sunspot and Bishop, Storm and Bishop, Blink and Bishop, Blink and Warpath, Blink and Colossus it boggles the mind far more with your eyes than it is to read it on the page. So many unique sights to behold but not just a CGI fest shoved in your face for no reason, for what these future mutants might lack in conversation they make up for in fighting to survive, their stories are told in actions not words. The end battles carried out at the same time in two different time zones is a thing of stunning quality, with one event effecting the other. Seeing Magneto lift a stadium flanked by a fleet of purple Sentinels is a majestic sight to behold, I've waited 20 years to see something like that, but it is equaled if not surpassed by the future mutants battling their final struggle for survival against the deadly future Sentinels, each in turn succumbing to the most horrid of demises, however its all underpinned by the characters involved having an emotional connection to each other and to us that has been built up over 7 movies and 14 years.

The ending is so fitting and also genius in its double edged meanings going forward, it serves perfectly as a send off to the OT with as much emotional weight as the ending to The Dark Knight Rises with Logan seeing the results of the events that have been altered in DOFP, so many wrongs righted, so many of the feelings you thought gone forever, back for good. However it could also stand as a second launching pad for future films with the OT if Fox were so to wish, but as a send off it works perfectly.

Drawbacks? There are few and not enough to taint the overall picture but in terms of fairness should be touched upon, 10 more minutes with the future mutants wouldn't have hurt to maybe get to know their personalities more or even to show more of their fight and struggle in the future setting against the Sentinels, but then you always want more of a good thing so maybe even this is a positive rather than a negative in some ways, I could have happily watched a full movie set in the bleak future world with the future mutants, its like a mini-movie within itself.

So to sum up and to produce the final score, having seen this twice now a better judgement was easier to come to with so much going on and take in. The only questions that need to be answered is what do you want from a comic book movie, a complex and compelling story that is ambitious in its scope, telling two stories at once? Check. Character arcs of great definition that require compelling performances from its leads? Check. Superb action sequences with spectacular effects and vivid death sequences? Check.

It is up there with the very best of comic book movies while coming up with its own new unique ideas at the same time, there is just so much stuff in this film for X-men fans of many years, things this review has barely touched on Quicksilver, all the references and call backs to previous films, the 70's setting, the post credit scene that sets up all manner of possabilities going forward, all the glorious cameos and retcons, too much to fit in to one review.

Its a film that leaves you with so much to ponder and discuss, but it never leaves you.

My only fear is now that the bar has been raised for the X-series, how will Apocalypse ever hope to out do it, but within there is maybe the answer.

They asked us to hope again.

I do.

9.6/10

 

[squeekness]

8 out of 10 for me. It would have been higher but time travel is not a fave of mine. Still I was very entertained and will be buying this when it comes out.

 

[Sharkboy]

Watched it again, convinced me to change my sig appropriately. Holds up wonderfully the second time around. There was definitely some Inception inspiration going on there, especially with that ending.

Let's just say, their temp usage of Time for that leaked trailer was definitely intentional, there were parts where i swear ottman was trying to emulate that track.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Just saw the movie and it was....soooooooooooooooo GOOOOOOOD and the future scenes were really beautiful. It made me miss the OT cast even more after the movie was done, as much as the FC cast is great they just dont give me that umph that the OT does.

I know that Storms screen time had to be limited due to Halles pregnancy but I feel like they kind of used that as an excuse to cut down her time, they certainly could have done more with her if they wanted to. Though it was nice what we got of the character.

All the newer X-Men were great with what little screen time they got especially Blink. It is sad that we got introduced to them only for this to be their time in the current movieverse.

I was a bit disappointed that Colossus didn't get a great action moment, every time he went up against a Sentinel he got owned. Which brings me the future sentinels were bad ass but I think they were way to over powered, they seemed to be unkillable and being able to adapt to anything was a bit much. Would have been nice to see the X-men team up on them and trick them into using a specific power set only to use the opposite on them to beat some of them.

I do wish that we had gotten Rebecca Romajins Mystique back in the future scenes with how big the character has become, not seeing her or knowing what happened to her was a disappointment and with everyone OT cast member back in some way, not seeing her really felt weird.

I truly had my doubts about Quicksilver, but he was clearly the stand out of this movie in all of scenes and the crowd I was in loved him and couldnt stop laughing.

The ending was great with Logan waking up to everyone being alive

And the biggest thing I have to say about this movie, is that this is truly the first time I enjoyed Logan/Wolverine. He did not annoy me at all and he was central to the plot but he didn't take it over like he did the past films.

 

[Morti]

Saw the film on Friday and loved it

I have to admit, I wish the OT had a bit more screentime...I think I may be in the minority when I say that adding in Rogue's rescue actually would have been helpful to the movie..because there were times where I completely forgot about the OT. Mind you, the movie was well-balanced, but there was a large stretch of the film that was just first class, and it could have used a break in between.

But the pros:
-Quicksilver
-Xavier and Wolverine interactions in the past
-Nice subtle interactions between Storm, Iceman, etc
-Brief but moving reunion between Kitty and Xavier...you gathered that Xavier was her favourite teacher and that she really looked up to him (the looks they gave each other)
-Blink being a badarse
-Hugh Jackman's pecs
-The brief glance exchanged between Wolvie and Rogue - so fitting for their journey. Rogue looked at Wolverine in the way she always does - searching for his approval, and she seemed genuinely happy.
-Lawrence was on point as Mystique, particularly when she snuck into Trask's office...her reactions to the autopsy reports were perfect...don't forget that her and Angel formed a friendship in first class..
-Seeing the OT cast in the end

Cons
-Cyclops' glasses - barf.
-Action scenes in the future were too one sided...and while I understand this was done on purpose, it would have been cool to see Sunspot and a few others actually destroy a few Sentinels.
-The final action piece at the White House lacked a certain spark - I felt that was underwhelming.

Also - it was really awesome getting to interact with you all on SHH. I am probably going to not post here for a while, but I will surely be back once filming on Apocalypse starts next year. Thanks for the great experience everyone

 

[The Sage]

Saw it twice. This movie is great. It's definitely one of the most emotional comic book films I've seen, maybe the most. This might controversy, but I liked the assassination resolution in the movie better than the original comic book story. The arc with Mystique, Charles finding hope and encouraging her to show Trask mercy, adds more to it.

 

[JP]

Third time today. It just gets better. Can I change my score from a 10 to an 11?

 

[Figs]

Ugh. Money is tight right now and I want to see this a second time sooooo badly!

 

[Dr. Remy Lebeau]

I've seen it twice and loved it both times. It's a 9.89/10 (for the sake of the fact that nothing is perfect. I shot an extensive review the night I watched it for the first time. If you have 50 minutes to kill, here it is:

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[Storm22]

Definitely a 10! The X-Men movie I've been waiting for. I loved it. It was really emotional too, in both past and future. I loved what they did with Storm's limited screen time and her death had the emotional impact I hoped it would have.

 

[Jplaya2023]

Ugh. Money is tight right now and I want to see this a second time sooooo badly!

just have your girl take you

 

[Figs]

just have your girl take you

The problem with that is that she's my wife, so our money is kind of shared in a way. Believe me, if she had the extra money to toss, we would have seen it again today. t:

 

[Optimus27932]

"We need you to hope again" - Xmen Days of Future Past Review

To begin this review we must first journey back in time......

As a young boy with a vivid imagination growing up reading Xmen comic books, playing X-Men legends and watching the Saturday morning cartoons in the 80's and 90's it was easy to imagine what a real live action depiction of the Xmen world would be like on the silver screen in your own head but in reality you would think impossible.

Wrong.

The opening of this film has everything an X-Men fan would want to see in a live action film. A dark destopian future, inhibitar collars, Sentinel drop ships and future mutant members of the X-men in full control of their powers and working together as a unit, this is the proper X-men film we have been waiting for all along.

Its starts hard and fast and doesnt let up until the credits are over and even then it leaves you with extra, no moment is wasted in this film.

The performances they are the best in the series so far, hardly a weak one amongst them, no matter if they have one line or half the film everyone brings their A game to the table, but they are also helped by a tight script that zips along, gives gravtias without tipping over the scales into the melodramatic.

Dinklage as Trask eschews a mix of both underlining menace as well as an adherence to the belief Trask is actually doing what is best for humanity, not a one dimensional mouchtache twirler (although what damn fine mouchtache he has!!). Jackman is brilliant, again, he could easy phone in his performances now of Logan but does he? no way, he shows up in person bringing a new side to Logan, the diplomat, to life but he sparks off all the other characters with fun and verve but never hogging the limelight. Lawrence is superb as Mystique, not black or white, but a shade of gray, trying to do the right thing but not wholly certain of what that is torn between the man in her heart, Xavier, and the man in her head, Magneto, you can almost see them sitting on either shoulder.

Finally then to the top two, Fassbender and MaCavoy, they chew the scenery with every moment on screen with their performances, both fully owning their rolls that they started so well in First Class. Their clash of wills onbaord a flying jet is acting of the highest order in a comic book movie, up there with the interrogation scene between the Joker and Batman in The Dark Knight, intense and impassioned.

The action is everything I had imagined and hoped for from comics and games. The future mutants combine powers at will with dazzling effect, Sunspot and Bishop, Storm and Bishop, Blink and Bishop, Blink and Warpath, Blink and Colossus it boggles the mind far more with your eyes than it is to read it on the page. So many unique sights to behold but not just a CGI fest shoved in your face for no reason, for what these future mutants might lack in conversation they make up for in fighting to survive, their stories are told in actions not words. The end battles carried out at the same time in two different time zones is a thing of stunning quality, with one event effecting the other. Seeing Magneto lift a stadium flanked by a fleet of purple Sentinels is a majestic sight to behold, I've waited 20 years to see something like that, but it is equaled if not surpassed by the future mutants battling their final struggle for survival against the deadly future Sentinels, each in turn succumbing to the most horrid of demises, however its all underpinned by the characters involved having an emotional connection to each other and to us that has been built up over 7 movies and 14 years.

The ending is so fitting and also genius in its double edged meanings going forward, it serves perfectly as a send off to the OT with as much emotional weight as the ending to The Dark Knight Rises with Logan seeing the results of the events that have been altered in DOFP, so many wrongs righted, so many of the feelings you thought gone forever, back for good. However it could also stand as a second laucnhing pad for future films with the OT if Fox were so to wish, but as a send off it works perfectly.

Drawbacks? There are few and not enough to taint the overall picture but in terms of fairness should be touched upon, 10 more minutes with the future mutants wouldnt have hurt to maybe get to know their personalities more or even to show more of thier fight and struggle in the future setting against the Sentinels, but then you always want more of a good thing so maybe even this is a positive rather than a negative in some ways, I could have happily watched a full movie set in the bleak future world with the future mutants, its like a mini-movie within itself.

So to sum up and to produce the final score, having seen this twice now a better judgement was easier to come to with so much going on and take in. The only questions that need to be answered is what do you want from a comic book movie, a complex and compelling story that is ambitious in its scope, telling two stories at once? Check. Character arcs of great definition that require compelling performances from its leads? Check. Superb action sequences with spectacular effects and vivid death sequences? Check.

It is up there with the very best of comic book movies while coming up with its own new unique ideas at the same time, there is just so much stuff in this film for X-men fans of many years, things this review has barely touched on Quicksilver, all the references and call backs to previous films, the 70's setting, the post credit scene that sets up all manner of possabilities going forward, all the glorious cameos and retcons, too much to fit in to one review.

Its a film that leaves you with so much to ponder and discuss, but it never leaves you.

My only fear is now that the bar has been raised for the X-series, how will Apocalypse ever hope to out do it, but within there is maybe the answer.

They asked us to hope again.

I do.

9.6/10

Fantastic summary. I couldnt have come up with anything better.This is BY FAR the BEST movie of the summer in my opinion.Now i havent seen Godzilla nor has TF AOE been released.

 

[Optimus27932]

Definitely a 10! The X-Men movie I've been waiting for. I loved it. It was really emotional too, in both past and future. I loved what they did with Storm's limited screen time and her death had the emotional impact I hoped it would have.

I agree 100%.To me they have finally given us a Storm that is believable and embodies what alot of ppl think who Storm really is.I think they did an excellent job with her character and i loved the use of her powers in the end battle.Yes her death did have the emotional impact and bc it was a character we have come to know being played by Halle Berry over past films, it really made you feel what was happening which occured with pretty much all the characters.

 

[BrollySupersj]

I meant to review this on Friday, but forgot.

Good flick, very fun and enjoyable. I'm left just TAD confused by the storyline however, but I won't mark that as a flaw in the movie. So yeah, another fun X-Men movie.

8/10

 

[Winter Soldier]

9/10.

Only flaws are it got rid of Evan Peters/Quicksilver way too early. He seems to be the new audience favorite and the most entertaining character.

The reasons for including Erik on the team were weak. He isn't trustworthy. It was too obvious that he would betray them.

 

[Frodo]

Saw it twice. This movie is great. It's definitely one of the most emotional comic book films I've seen, maybe the most. This might controversy, but I liked the assassination resolution in the movie better than the original comic book story. The arc with Mystique, Charles finding hope and encouraging her to show Trask mercy, adds more to it.

The film is beautiful . I'm still thinking about it two days later. I'm so proud to see how far the genre has come and to see these films being made with care and respect , and to see the GA embrace them.

 

[Feenix]

The film is beautiful . I'm still thinking about it two days later. I'm so proud to see how far the genre has come and to see these films being made with care and respect , and to see the GA embrace them.

Me too. I cried when I saw Jean. She has always been my favorite character and for the movie to end like it did, both in 2023 and 1973, just made me smile. Like Blackfox said, this movie made me hope again

 

[TheKnight]

This movie is freaking awesome.
My second favorite comic book movie of all time.
9.6/10

 

[TheKnight]

Lol at the people saying that Marvel should get the rights back to xmen

 

[Shpati]

First Class
Days of Future Past
X2
X-Men
Origins: Wolverine
The Last Stand
The Wolverine

 

[danoyse]

Speaking of Beast, I cracked up when he mentioned 3 networks on TV and Logan says something like, "wow, three whole networks".

This film had the best humor out of the entire series as far as I'm concerned.

And PBS.

I loved when Logan's younger self briefly resurfaced in Paris, and his reaction when he saw Beast: "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!?!"

I thought this was the funniest film of the series too...which you wouldn't expect, with all the misery going around.