X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past is the latest film in the X-Men franchise which stars an ensemble cast of Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jenifer Lawrence, Halle Berry and many many more. The movie also sees Bryan Singer return to the helm of the X-Men franchise.

Days of Future past starts off in the not too distant future, where an army of mutant hunting robots known as Sentinels are exterminating both mutants and humans.  A plan is hatched to end the war by sending someone back in time to 1973 to stop the inception and creation of the Sentinels, thus creating peace and altering the timeline to what we know today.

Wolverine volunteers to go as he is the only one who will be able to survive. He travels back in time where he has to meet up with a younger Professor Xavier and convince him that he is from the future and alter the timeline. And how do they send him back in time? Well these are mutants we’re talking about and we know that their powers come in all forms, from the plausible to the outright bizarre.

What I didn’t like about the film:

The first 20 minutes into the movie had a few supporting characters who really didn’t deliver a solid performance. (I’m basically just nit picking here just to give my review a bit more volume. In truth it’s brief and hardly worth mentioning)

The absolute worst part of this film is there is no Stan Lee cameo. That’s right folks, since the insurgence of Marvel films in the early 2000s, Stan Lee has made a cameo in every single movie; except Days of Future Past.

He claims it was due to conflicting schedules that he just wasn’t able to make it to the set. However, he also “jokingly” claimed that it was a marketing ploy to make one question whether you had seen Stan Lee or not. Thus you buy another ticket and watch the movie again just to find out. In all honesty, I came close to doing that as I couldn’t remember seeing him. Sadly, he is left out in this movie.

What I did like about the film:

Everything was just amazing. The juxtaposition of bright colours in the dreary future just looked so stunning. Hugh Jackman played Wolverine to perfection as did every other cast member in their perspective roles.

The visuals are absolutely mind blowing. There’s an entire slow motion sequence that isn’t just pure brain candy, it’s also quite funny.

However, the highlight for me was the inclusion of Peter Dinklage in this movie. He is of course better known as Tyrion Lannister from the hit TV series Game of Thrones. We’ve grown so accustomed to seeing his as a Lannister that it’s quite refreshing to see him in a different role which he of course nails with perfection.

Now I do urge you to watch the movie till after the credits as there is an awesome post credit scene which sets up the sequel X-Men: Apocalypse, due to be released May 27, 2016. A movie I absolutely cannot wait for as I would love to see Singer’s interpretation of Apocalypse. He is of course The X-Men’s greatest threat as he is basically extremely powerful and also…immortal.

So with all this is mind, X-Men: Days of Future Past gets a mutated 10 out of 10

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