The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change
history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and
mutants.
Director:
Bryan Singer
Writers:
Simon Kinberg (screenplay),
Jane Goldman (story), 2 more credits
Stars:
Patrick Stewart,
Ian McKellen,
Hugh Jackman |
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Storyline
Sentinels, robots that were created for the purpose of hunting down
mutants were released in 1973. 50 years later the Sentinels would also
hunt humans who aid mutants. Charles Xavier and his X-Men try their best
to deal with the Sentinels but they are able to adapt and deal with all
mutant abilities. Charles decides to go back in time and change things.
He asks Kitty Pryde who can send a person's consciousness into the
person's past to send him but she can only send someone back a few weeks
because if she sends someone back further it could harm them. So Logan
decides to go back himself because he might be able to withstand it. So
Charles tells him that it's Mystique who's responsible because when she
learned about the Sentinels she sought out Bolivar Trask the man who
created them and killed him. She would be caught and studied and her
ability to change was somehow added to the Sentinels which is why they
can adapt. Logan must go to the younger Charles and ask him to help
X-Men: Days of Future Past Reviews
X-Men:
Days Of Future Past' serves as a sequel to both 'X-Men: First Class'
(which is excellent) and 'X-Men: The Last Stand' (which is pretty bad).
Now, I used to be a pretty big X-Men fan a few years ago, but after the
disappointments of 'X-Men: The Last Stand' and 'X-Men Origins:
Wolverine', I kind of just stopped caring about the franchise, even
though the subsequent two movies were actually very good (the
aforementioned 'X-Men: First Class' and then 'The Wolverine'). That
being said, I was still looking forward to 'Days Of Future Past', what
with it being the return of the old 'X-Men' crew, and I was also
moderately familiar with the 'Days Of Future Past' comic. I was just
expecting it to be good though, but it turns out not only is 'Days Of
Future Past' the best X-Men movie yet, it's also one of the best
comic-book movies ever made.
In 'Days Of Future Past', the X-Men
of the future are facing extinction due to the sentinels which threaten
to wipe them all out. They send Wolverine back in time to 1973 where he
must recruit Professor X, Magneto and Mystique in order to change the
course of history so that the X-Men may survive.
First things
first, this is a time travel movie, and time travel movies normally
either go very well or very badly. 'Days Of Future Past' marks an
occasion where it goes very well, as the time travel logic in this movie
is very well thought out and makes perfect sense, I can't pick any
holes in it. This movie even manages to validate 'X-Men: The Last Stand'
and 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine', which is something that I thought could
never be done. It even feels weird just saying that, because righting
the wrongs that those movies made is a huge, monumental task, yet this
movie pulls it off perfectly.
For a movie that's crowded with so
many characters, it's surprising that all of the characters included
feel meaningful and aren't shoehorned in. We have Hugh Jackman returning
as Wolverine, and there's not much to say about him that hasn't already
been said. He is Wolverine, the role is made for him and he absolutely
owns it. James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender are incredible as Charles
Xavier and Erik Lensherr respectively, their characters have an amazing
relationship and the two of them are just phenomenal at pulling it off.
We also have the future X-Men cast with the like of Patrick Stewart, Ian
McKellan and Ellen Page, and while they have a lot less screen time
they're still great. I was surprised at how prominent a role Jennifer
Lawrence had as Mystique, over the past few months I've had a growing
dislike towards Jennifer Lawrence but I can't deny that she is great in
this role. Then we have all of the new characters, like Bolivar Trask
(Peter Dinklage), Bishop (Omar Sy) and Blink (Bingbing Fan), all of whom
are great. But there is one new character who is greater than all, and
that character is Quicksilver.
Quicksilver in this movie is
perfect. In fact, it's worth seeing this movie just for him. He doesn't
have a huge amount of screen time and it comes fairly early on in the
movie, but he is the best part of this film by far. There is one
particular sequence with him in a kitchen, and it is jaw-droppingly
beautiful. The visuals in the scene are gorgeous, the music is perfect,
and it's both hilarious and stunning. The way that Quicksilver's super
speed effect has been done is amazing. Some people thought the costume
looked goofy, but I think it works perfectly well considering the time
period and the personality of the character. I've been a big fan of Evan
Peters for a while, and he is great in the role, he is very
entertaining and has a great screen presence. I never thought I'd be
saying this, but I doubt Marvel will be able to produce a better
Quicksilver in 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron' than the one that's on display
here.
But you know what I think all this great quality comes down
to? Bryan Singer. I'm pretty sure Bryan Singer is just the perfect
X-Men director. Even though up until now I thought 'X-Men: First Class'
was the best of the X-Men franchise, it didn't really feel like the
X-Men in the way that 'X-Men' and 'X2′ did. 'Days Of Future Past' nails
that X-Men dynamic while still being an exceptionally good movie. Part
of that X-Men dynamic comes from John Ottman's amazing score, as it's so
good to finally hear his X-Men theme again.The action scenes are
incredible, especially the opening one which uses some of the new mutant
powers phenomenally, especially Blink's. The movie is very well paced, I
never grew bored and I didn't want it to end.
'Days Of Future
Past' also surprisingly has a lot of very funny humour in it, but it's
not humour that's just forced in for the sake of it, it all feel natural
and within the confines of these characters. This film nails the comic
book movie aspect; it has a plot which is clearly very serious yet it is
still silly enough to remain a comic book film, unlike movies like 'Man
Of Steel' and 'The Dark Knight' which go so dark that they just
completely ditch the comic book aspect. There are also a few nice
references that fans of the comics will get, which is just a small
example of the great fan service this movie does for readers of the
'X-Men' comics.
'Days Of Future Past' made me remember why I was
such a big X-Men fan. It rekindled my love for the characters and story
lines, and like I said above, it's one of the best comic book movies
ever made.
