Review of Dark Phoenix (2019) by Bigstew — 20 Jun 2019

Went into this expecting something terrible. Instead I was thoroughly entertained. The tone of this film is fantastic from the get-go.

The action scenes were phenomenal. I often found myself captivated in the fight scenes and really feeling the effects of them. Some neat angles as well and cinematic flair that I thought really brought out the grit in the movie.

Story wise- no comment. I grew up reading blue and gold generation x-men so all this phoenix stuff is unknown to me. However, a lot of the psychology of the characters in this film did remind me of that era. I enjoyed that. So I went into this hearing some criticism of Sophie Turner not being the greatest. I was waiting and ready for that, but in my opinion I would disagree. I saw a wide range of emotion, and seriousness to her. I liked it.

I am so happy I went and saw this. Great movie to watch in theater (dbox was actually a fun experience for a change). I can honestly say I enjoyed this quite a bit more than the majority of recent comic book based films.