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chunkylefunga

Jean Gray said it best: Everybody knows that the third movie sucks.

7 years 11 months ago

It was alright. The story was okay, nothing to write home about and all the familiar beats, but not bad.

Spectacle wise it's some of the best in the genre. It kept the movie entertaining because the spectacle kept topping itself. Although I did notice the CGI does not always look very good.

7.5/10

7 years 11 months ago

lachyas

Superhero movies have been way too indifferent towards mass-destruction for way too long, but this film takes it to another level. It couldn't come at a worse time either, with movies such as Civil War and even Batman v Superman finally starting to deal with the consequences of this scale of destruction (albeit in an oversimplified manner), which leaves Singer's approach here feeling like a relic from another era, which is perhaps fitting given the nature of his supervillain. The lack of any emotional involvement or consequences to the cataclysmic events of Apocalypse result in a film resembling such extreme and vacuous destruction porn that it would make even Roland Emmerich blush.

7 years 10 months ago

Baxrus

Should make a movie entirely based on Quicksilver

7 years 6 months ago

moldypoldy

Did anyone actually want X-men: junior high? They really missed with the new Jean Grey, and this franchise can stand on its own without giving Mystique an overly-large role just so Jennifer Lawrence can have top billing. Really disappointing. More mass destruction than actual action. The Last Stand was probably worse, but Apocalypse is less enjoyable.

7 years 9 months ago

Longomontanus

Very formulaic, you've seen this plenty of times before. Maybe setting up the numerous characters left no time for defining scenes. On the plus side it fleshes out the backstory for several characters, which might make it fun to see for fans of the franchise. Pretty forgettable for everyone else I'd say.

7 years 10 months ago

Night_vrG

Minecraft

7 years 5 months ago

kurtz6

This was almost as bad as X-Men: The Last Stand.

7 years 9 months ago

Lumen

except for the most boring bad guy ever (shame on you X-men for creating such a one-dimensional character) and the complete lack of suspence, it was very enjoyable.

7 years 10 months ago

Borvaran

Totally forgettable. What are those twist from tragic to funny moments? (destruction of the mansion)

7 years 11 months ago

Siskoid

X-Men: Apocalypse, set in 1983, pushes its luck when the kids go to Return of the Jedi and come out of it saying "the third one is always the worst". It's meant to take a potshot at The Last Stand, but Apocalypse itself is the third of the new cycle, one that, as of Days, has wiped the first three films' events from history, more or less, and for what? For THIS? First off, in almost every case, the original actors have been replaced by much less interesting specimens (I guess Storm is the exception, as Halle Berry was terrible; might say J-Law, but she hates the role and phones it in; and yes, McAvoy and Fassbender are good, but technically less interesting than Stewart and McKellen). Second, the film is bloated with scenes we don't need, like a whole side-trip to Stryker's facility just so we can have a Wolverine cameo. And Apocalypse? One of those villains from the comics that I just can't stand, equal to himself in the sense that he has all sorts of unconnected powers and is boring as hell. Oscar Isaac is unrecognizable under the make-up and voice distortion, so why even hire him? The movie is basically just two factions assembling teams, then having them fight, which is nothing the franchise hasn't already done. So it kind of coasts on your good will for characters whose names you recognize. The X-franchise belongs to X-Force now, time for the main franchise to rest so it can be MCU-ed into something that doesn't take the comics' bug as a feature, i.e. its convoluted continuity.

5 years 10 months ago