I never posted my thoughts on the X-Men Apocalypse movie experience. It certainly was no Captain America: Civil
War but it was marginally better than Superman vs. Batman.
The X-Men movies have never been among my favorites. The strongest one was without a doubt the
original and they’ve all been lackluster since then, however First Class was a
very strong showing. I’m not real sure
what it is about the X-Men movies that makes me feel incomplete, I just
do. We all wish that Marvel would get
the license back from Fox but that’s never going to happen because Fox makes
X-Men movies that are just “good enough” to still be profitable. (as opposed to Paramount and the failing Fantastic
Four franchise, or whoever had Ghost Rider)
Fox on the other hand seems to have the action elements down,
hitting fast paced battle sequence moments in these movies that we all want to
see, yet the movies seem hollow. A
perfect example of this is the Psylocke character as played by Olivia
Munn. They really nailed her. They got the costume right, the powers right,
and Munn seems to have actually been good casting. What they didn’t do was giver her any story,
or character development, or us any reason to care about her. And that is the essence of what is wrong with
Fox’s X-Franchise. They have a lotta
flash and glitter. They look good and
sound good. They even successfully hit
some comedic bits from time to time (Quicksilver speed montage). But at the end of the show it all feels a bit
hollow because the story just wasn’t there.
I never really learned much about who Apocalypse was, or
where he got his powers, or why he was determined to rule the world, except for
them to say they that Apocalypse has around a long time ago, he’s really
powerful, and he wants to rule the world.
So without even any real “bad guy motivation” (he just exists to be
evil) then the fight against him also rang hollow. The only reason they seemed to fight him was because
they stumbled upon him and well that’s what we do.
If all you wanted to see was X-Men Characters fighting each
other then you’ll be pleased with this movie.
If however you actually want a substantive story to enjoy, then they
should just give us more Deadpool.
Despite its depravity, there actually was a good story at the heart of
that movie.
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