Anyway, while I love ancient Egypt and the visual aspect of that origin scene, I did not like this Apocalypse character adaptation at all, nor the choice of Horsemen (except perhaps Angel -that's classic) being Storm and Psylocke who were so
badly done. The overall story was weak and generic, a run-of-the-mill comics plot of the big, bad, one-dimensional villain who wants to destroy the world and rule the survivors. While that works sometimes, it requires a much stronger script than anything Simon Kinberg could write. The Wolverine scene was a crazy insertion of the Weapon X storyline and seemed misplaced -something that should have been saved for another film entirely. It's almost like they feel they can't have an X-Men film without at least
some Wolverine in it, so they forced it in and added to the character bloat. That should have been on the cutting room floor to reduce the film time down from 2.5 hours.
For these things I would tend to give the film an average or even below average score, but there are a few strong positives that push it slightly above that:
- Bryan Singer's skill as a director gave us some visually-interesting shots, decent drama and character acting.
- I was very pleased to see Sophie Turner as the new Jean Grey -she did a great job as well as a few excellent actors reprising their roles from the last two: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence as Prof X, Magneto and Mystique respectively --I especially appreciate the latter wearing her human face a little more. And it was also great to see Quicksilver back for some comic relief-- particularly in saving people from the mansion explosion!
- Special FX and art were also well-done.
