Review of Dark Phoenix (2019) by Officenate3236 — 15 Jun 2019

I went into it with the attitude of "I'll take it for what it is as a comic book fan just to say I watched it". I was extremely entertained which turned into excitement. It seems people are projecting their expectations onto the characters (which is ironic considering the core motivation of the movie).

There are those that are confused by the time-line. There happens to be another marvel movie recently released that made trillions but still confused people with the time-line. No, the dialogue was not painful.

From the beginning, Raven sounded awkward when talking to others. But her character disagreed with the direction the x-men were going and, inside, she questioned the things they were doing. It was meant to be awkward (how do you feel talking to a mother-in-law you don't agree with?).

There are those that said magneto could have shown more development. He completely changed who he was, came to peace with it, and does basically what Charles does at the permission of the US government.

I'm perplexed at those complaints. What got me excited was how true-to-the-comics the characters became. ProfessorX showed his villain side. If anything, this movie held back on what Charles did in his selfish pursuit.

Beast went full beast mode clawing people up. He shreaded people in the comics. Nightcrawler FINALLY started using his tail to kill poeple. Thats his signature move. Transporting people to their deaths then transporting away.

It was beautiful. Seeing the Phoenix develop into her final form at the end was perfect. Anyway, it was very enjoyable and I'll watch again.