Grettings Comic Nation!! I’ve given some time to let this film sink in before throwing my opinion out there among the mass of reviews. The X-Men Universe is my favorite in all of comics (sorry Spidey, you’re a close 2nd). I know that there are lots of “true believers” out there that hate anything that is different and not straight from the source, I am not one of those people. I love the comics for what they are as I love the films for what they are. I even like X3 and Wolverine Origins. They aren’t perfect by any means, but I enjoy them for what they are. That being said, whenever you have the opportunity to play with time you have an opportunity of reinvention. That, Comic Nation, is what took place during the events of this film, X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Unlike Spider-Man 2, I had no Kentucky Derby traffic to negotiate and made it to my seat with no problems. I only saw this one in 2D . I had seen a “to or not to 3D” review that said the 3D wasn’t bad, just not that special so I opted to save a few bucks! I was pretty disappointed in the selection of trailers. Transformers: Age of Extinction and The Edge of Tomorrow were the only notable ones. I was really hoping for a TMNT one. As the lights dimmed the movie kicks off with the 20th Century Fox thing with an added X-Men musical twist that I enjoyed.

The future is in ruins. An event in the 70’s triggers the production of mutant hunting robots, Setinals, created by Dr. Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage). Eventually, these robots turn on their human masters creating a dystopian future with little hope. An all-star cast of X-Men including Storm (Halle Berry), Iceman (Shawn Ashmore), Bishop (Omar Sy), Colosus (Daniel Cudmore), Blink (Bingbing Fan), Sunspot (Adam Canto) and Warpath (Booboo Stewart) must protect Professor X (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Sir Ian McKellen). They have a plan to have Kitty Pride (Ellen Page) send the mind of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) to his younger self to unite the fallen Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and imprisoned Eric Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender) back together with the help of Hank “Beast” McCoy (Nicholas Hoult) and an assist from Peter “Quicksilver” Maximoff (Evan Peters) to stop Mystique (Jenifer Lawrence) from setting said events into motion.

The Good: This story was done very well with the story that they’ve been telling. In a sense, this chapter has helped to “right the ship” so to speak. It’s given a possible clean slate for future characters and events. It was also able to use and incorporate several familiar characters without dragging the story down. Toad and Havok. Quicksilver was the dark horse in this film that shined as bright as his name would suggest. The scene where he is moving faster than everything else was brilliantly done. The opening sequence and battles in the future are pretty epic and awesome. Blink’s portal power is showcased very well with some really cool sequences. Both the Sentinels in the past and future (Nimrod) looked great. The future Wolverine is wearing a blue and yellow suit. Magneto, specifically the speech towards the end. Cameos. The post credit scene for the upcoming X-Men Apocalypse was pretty awesome too.

The Bad: I only had a few gripes. These don’t really bother me that badly, but thought they were worth mentioning. How have the future Wolverine’s claws been re-coated? My guess is Magneto had something to do with that. Also, how has Kitty Pride’s power set evolved to what she does in the film? I assume it was a work around to include her in the story since her character was part of the original one. I thought Wolverine could actually die from drowning. Rogue, mostly because I never liked how they handled that character and didn’t care to see her in this one. I also didn’t like how they discarded some of the characters I liked from first class like Azazel and Banshee. No Stan Lee Cameo.

Overall, I thought this was everything it could’ve been and was exactly what the series needed. It has a few speed bumps but the giant-size cast pulled it off with great performances that made this as exciting as I thought it would be. It successfully brought together the two worlds of X-Men and has given them a vehicle to move forward in with many, many possibilities. Go see this film, especially if you’re a fan of the X-Men and don’t forget to stay in your seat for the Apocalypse scene mid-credits!

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