X-men: Days of Future Past
I went into this movie with some mixed feelings. For me, the nostalgia factor was actually against the movie. I've been a pretty big X-men fan, but I knew this interpretation changed some major points, including dropping Rachel "Phoenix" Summers (who was a favorite character of mine for quite a while) from the story, nevermind Nimrod (though the future Sentinels are clearly a design nod in that direction). On the other hand, I'd been hearing good things about it.
The bottom line is: It works.
There are some things that felt clunky to me. Kitty's ability to facilitate the mental time travel doesn't even get a "well that's new for you" comment. The excuse for having Wolverine as the one to go back feels a bit heavy-handed. Also, ratcheting up the tension in the future seemed a little hollow to me because the whole point is to change the timeline. But while things like this bothered me, none of it really bogged down the movie.
On the other hand, Blink (who I don't recall showing up until much later in the comics) is awesome. In smaller scale, her portals reflect pretty much how I envisioned Caelan with his thrown knives. And since we're holding suspension of disbelief over things like physics, Quicksilver's super speed is remarkably fun, if potentially overpowered. There are plenty of other powers on display, but those are the real stand-outs.
And yeah, the best thing is, it works. The movie keeps a momentum and doesn't get too caught up with anything unimportant. It also provides a very comic book style retcon for where things went with X2 and X3 (and possibly a lot more than that).
And there is a post-credits scene. Verrrry end. "En Sabah Nur."
The bottom line is: It works.
There are some things that felt clunky to me. Kitty's ability to facilitate the mental time travel doesn't even get a "well that's new for you" comment. The excuse for having Wolverine as the one to go back feels a bit heavy-handed. Also, ratcheting up the tension in the future seemed a little hollow to me because the whole point is to change the timeline. But while things like this bothered me, none of it really bogged down the movie.
On the other hand, Blink (who I don't recall showing up until much later in the comics) is awesome. In smaller scale, her portals reflect pretty much how I envisioned Caelan with his thrown knives. And since we're holding suspension of disbelief over things like physics, Quicksilver's super speed is remarkably fun, if potentially overpowered. There are plenty of other powers on display, but those are the real stand-outs.
And yeah, the best thing is, it works. The movie keeps a momentum and doesn't get too caught up with anything unimportant. It also provides a very comic book style retcon for where things went with X2 and X3 (and possibly a lot more than that).
And there is a post-credits scene. Verrrry end. "En Sabah Nur."
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