ahh too much, posted this in another thread but figured i should post it here
The opening scene was really well done setting up the state of the mutant community in 2023, the first fight scene was also awesome too, can't believe Iceman had his head stamped on!
Really liked the fact that Mystique killed Trask and it was her first kill which led to the events of the dark future happening, felt that it fleshed out the character we saw in X1-3, made sense that she would turn out the way she did because of the torture she went through at the hands of Trask Industries.
Did feel like the scenes in the future at the start were really fast paced, was expecting the whole X-Men to fight the sentinels before they sent Wolverine back and there be some form of disagreement when Xavier proposed the idea, but in terms of the story it fit well because there wasn't so much time so the idea that Xavier had the idea already made sense. Although it would have been nice to see some dialogue between Kitty & Iceman when they were embracing before she sent Wolverine back.
Don't really understand why people are complaining about how Kitty can phase people through time and Wolverine's claws. Mutants can undergo secondary mutations and its clear that Magneto would've rebonded the adamantium.
Although the future characters didn't get much dialogue or development (Blink, Warpath, Bishop and Sunspot) I thought Singer did really well to subtly get across the sense of danger and how big the problem was; When Colossus was about to die for the first time the facial expression he made just summed up how desperate the situation was, Bishops reaction to Storms death was brilliant and the way he died was crazy too and Kittys face as Iceman was dying and when the Sentinels were closing in on them before the timeline altered were all really good.
Along with that, the death scenes were very well done and I couldn't actually believe it was a 12 or PG13! Seems like they pushed the barriers there what with the nudity, swearing, death scenes and Wolverine getting the metal stabbed into him by Magneto. Every mutant that died got a pretty good death scene, I gasped when Storm died because even though it was teased on the trailer but I never actually thought they'd do it. Colossus getting ripped in two was crazy and the sheer horror on Icemans face as he was melted was mad too.
I thought the action in the 70s was quite underwhelming at times, mainly the Mags v Beast fight and the future changing event with Mystique dropping the gun kind of felt a bit jarring because it ended with no real big ending. The scene where Beast used his serum to transform so the Sentinel wouldn't pick him up was annoying.
The future scenes felt weird because in essence they were glorified cameos and extended power pieces for the mutants (with the exception of Xavier) HOWEVER I thought this worked out fine because the 70s part provided the story, depth and excitement and the future provided the brutal action. And both provided enough emotion, so they leveled and balanced each other out which i liked very much. Also, it is hard for the action to be crazy in the 70s because there isn't really an X-Men team so it doesn't call for team action.
Loved the nods to previous films too, Mystique looking through Trask's files felt really reminiscent of X2 when she looks through Strykers computer. Xavier reading Wolverines mind and meeting up with his future self was awesome, felt like X1 when Xavier reads Senator Kelly, Magneto firing the metal balls at the guards was cool, nice nod back to X1 with the balls on the table.
Jackman probably put his best performance in as Wolverine here, In the 70s he really did feel like Wolverine. I think the best thing about Jackman is that he can portray the bezerker Wolverine but also really portrays the sense of honor (not sure if you can call it that but whatever) that Wolverine has, which fleshes out the character.
Quicksilver was really entertaining, liked the subtle hints to him and Mags being father/son, was really funny at times especially when Mags said he'd killed the president and he turned over too the guard and said HOLY ****! hahahaha
Past Magneto was great too, can understand why it felt somewhat stupid that he would go against Xavier when he knew what happened in the future, but i took it that when he said they had a 'second chance' he meant a second chance to make mutants the superior race. Chemistry between him and McAvoy on the plane scene was absolutely brilliant, the facial expression from Fassbender showed that Magneto wanted to reconcile with Charles but kind of knew he couldn't because of their differing ideals.
Liked the way that the final bit of the film cut from past to future, watching all our favorite mutants die while Wolverine, Beast and Xavier tried to stop Mystique and Magneto really raised the stakes and drove the suspense to another level, hit home how important Wolverine succeeding was and even though we obviously knew he would survive it was awesome. I also liked how Wolverine slashed Kitty, think that added that extra dramatic touch too.
Young Xavier recognizing Wolverine from FC and Wolverine telling Xavier to remember Scott, Jean and Storm were nice touches although I don't know why he said Storm instead of Ororo lmao oh well.
Really liked the tying in with history like in First Class, thought the scene with Beast being trapped on the fountain by Magneto was great, the way everyone was taking pictures and Beast growled and looked vulnerable really added to the way they have developed Beast over FC and DOFP, hopefully by the time Apoc rolls around we will see a strong and imposing Beast. Same goes for Mystique at the hospital scene.
Having McAvoy do the closing voiceover was really really cool, almost felt like passing the torch and was cool having future Xavier do the opening one, nice touch.
The last scene with Wolverine walking round the mansion seeing all the X-Men was AWESOME, i was literally whispering HOLY ****!! in the cinema hahaha, thought it was cool that Beast appeared even though I already knew it would happen and seeing Scott and Jean was cool, Jean looked her best but Scotts glasses were a bit iffy haha. This scene was kind of bittersweet because as people have said the OT actors are pretty much the X-Men now and it felt really like the X-Men at this scene, i don't see why they can't ditch Wolverine 3 and do one more blowout OT film.
Post credits scene was great too, loved the way it panned in from the back of Apoc and I thought they got his look pretty spot on too, it's obvious that once the film comes around he will look like the Apocalypse every one knows.
All in all, it was a really well done film, I did feel at one point it was going to be not what I expected because the opening scenes were so fast and at times with the excitement it felt overwhelming, but when past Xavier dug out the chair that's when it really picked up and ran strong. After that it was pretty much awesome all the way through.
, the kid (Nate Grey???) sifting through the rubble and stumbling across the X-belt in the ruins.
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