X-Men: Days of Future Past review.

I watched the newest instalment in the X-men franchise this weekend, and I was very pleased with the movie. This is a movie with time traveling, which almost automatically means plot holes. Surprisingly, there were very little holes in this film, and they did not distract me or take me out of the movie. Everything made sense, and all the events that unfold happen pretty logically.

The cast of this movie did a great job. James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender are amazing as young professor X and Magneto. Patrick Stewart and Ian Mckellen reprised their roles too, and just like always they did a great job. Hugh Jackman once again plays Wolverine, and he was great like always, but the actress that did the b
est job, and played the most interesting character in my opinion is Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique. Yes, Wolverine is technically the main character, but it is not his movie. This is Mystique's movie, and she rocks it. Peter Dinklage was awesome, and played a relatable, but menacing villain. My favourite character though, would have to be Quicksilver. He is absolutely fantastic in this film. He was hilarious, he was badass and he was a very interesting character. I hope they use him again in later films.

Another thing that I loved about this film are all the supporting characters. There are tons of mutants that have smaller roles, and even though most of them don't even have many lines, they ALL have a badass moment. I am so glad that Bryan Singer returned to the X-men universe. His movies always stood out as the best to me, and you can see that the man decided to really "come back." The genius of this movie is that it makes the worst of the X-men movies (X3, Wolverine origins) better. It "fixes them". The visual effects were great, the sound was great, I really enjoyed the score, and the overall tone of the film.

The one problem that I had with Days of Future Past are the continuity issues. It does not tie in with "The Wolverine" or X-men 3 very well. At the end of "The Wolverine" Wolverine gets the adamantium sucked out of him and he has bone claws again. In this film, he has his adamantium claws, and it is not explained how that happened. Professor X is alive and well, and once again nothing is really explained. I guess you can't blame Singer for this, but more the executive producers and overseers of the franchise.

X-Men: Days of Future Past is so far my favourite movie of the year. It is really smart, interesting and fun. I highly recommend seeing it in theatres. My rating for this film is 9/10.