This will be, I hope my final post related to the Fox X-Men. Well, it was a ride, wasn't it?
I was expecting another X-Men: The Last Stand with this in the sense of how I'd view it. I am one of those who defends TLS. I thought the good outweighed the bad in TLS, while the bad outweighed the good in Origins and Apocalypse. I've adjusted my views of Apocalypse over the last few years. So my best case scenario in positivity for the film was it would be a TLS for me in that regard.
I considered myself fairly positive of the film, but I wouldn't say blindly, because come on, this film (well somewhere between Apocalypse and DP) seemed to spawn this blindly, devoted, fanatical fanbase that always made me think... where were you all when the original films came out?
I considered myself positive even with a lot of warning signs. See what I said? I said I was positive, even though there were warning signs... lots and lots of warning signs. Number One being Simon Kinberg. I don't know how anyone, and I'd love to ask, but how could anyone not see the warning signs? Now, maybe a bit more specifically to here, this one goes into one side labeling another side "hater" "troll" or "fake news", if you tried to discuss warning signs of this franchise and leading into this film. Being on the positive, I still think the negative side had legit concerns because I shared many of them, to which I hoped I'd be proven wrong.
I was really hoping for at least a good conclusion to a franchise I've been following since 2000, of my all time favorite comic I've been a fan of since the early 90s.