I just watched X-Men Apocalypse and I must say that I think this is the best movie about the muties ever done…nevertheless it gives me a huge headache just thinking about all the continuity issues.
Lets review the plot and some of the main characters.
SPOILER ALERT STOP if you havent seen the movie.
Plot:
Apocalypse gets trapped beneath a pyramid, because well he decide to construct the whole thing with a bunch of weak spots that could destroy the whole thing, classic stupid villain…well they had to get rid of him doing something…maybe something like Akenathon in Marvel: The end?
Well he wakes up on the 80, with all the megalomaniac stuff going through his head.He gathers what he believes are the 4 strongest mutants to make them their horsemen…I get why he gets Magneto, Storm and Angel(He was on the comics) but Psylocke?just because she was there at the moment.
I really liked the part where Apocalypse simply launch all the nukes to the space…but I don’t get why he didn’t simply nuke everything, probably he got some insight about the fallout.
Apocalypse: I think they did a good job with him….even so, he seems to me like he is between Ivan Ooze and Ronan the Accuser.
Alex Summers: Havoc, it seems like since First class he went MIA, he died trying to stop Apocalypse…useless death to me, it just serves to put Scott as the head of Summers family and well I hate Scott…I dont know, I will kind of like something like he becomes Vulcan now(Gabriel Summers, 3rd Summers brother).
Scott Summers: I just hate the character.They made his blast heat stuff, didnt like that.
Storm: I liked that at the end switch sides…meanwhile I think is a waste of the character there.
Mystique: I just hate how since Jennifer Lawrence is famous, Mystique gets to be in the X-men and be an important character.The character is good enough to simply be evil and hang around, no need to make it so important.
Angel: Well the mutant with wings is the one on the plane when crashed…totally makes sense.
Psylocke: she was just lurking around at the end? her badass scene is just the one on the trailer…maybe when she doesnt die on the plane crashing.
Moira: Besides when she is when Apocalypse gets back, I dont see why the need to put Moira here…except for the last hug.
Magneto: Has always been one of my favorite marvel villains(Dr Doom and of course Thanos).I think they made him too soft putting some family there(Was the kid Lorna?) then he gets angry and goes with Apocalypse to do to everybody else what he doesn’t like to be done to him…Couldn’t Xavier just say that? Grow up Erik! Seen Magneto fighting against Apocalypse made me recall when that happens on House of M(Believe so) that Magneto scrambles Apocalypse’s brain. I thought he was going to join the school like he does on from a time(and even become the principal while Xavier was away).
Prof. Xavier: I like the character but I dont know I feel like he just looks to young and happy to be Xavier.
Jean:I hate that they put Jean as a the phoenix again…and well since Jean is the one who actually defeat Apocalypse, why the hell he didn’t made her a horsemen?
Jubilee: Was she the girl or not? They never say anything about her.
Wolverine: Well, major continuity issue here, on Wolverine Origins he doesn’t wear the helmet for Weapon X…is this a 3rd universe?is this real life? is this just fantasy?
I think I will watch it again(not like the others) when it comes out on DVD/Blu ray and will do a second review.