Review of X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) by Eroeru — 11 Jun 2016

The movie was really utter crap. Nothing original to be seen.

Whilst I really liked days of future past, thought it to be stylish and well-paced, then this trainwreck really is very embarassing from the get-go. This is the 3rd movie in my life-time for which I was really holding myself back from throwing my popcorn and leaving the theater mid-film. Might as well had done that.

What's really infuriating is that Marvel and 20th Century Fox have this nonsensical grip on the press. How on earth do critics diss the well-done Warcraft movie and tolerate this one (though not saying much, because there's really nothing to praise here)?

It's the old "really bad guy from ancient times (Egypt) comes back and tries to take over the wooorld" trope, with that really being just it. Only action scenes after one another make for puke-inspiring pacing and some really horrific "few seconds of idyllic life, family gets killed, now Magneto is evil" crap tropes filled over all the scenes they spared some dialogue on.

Derp-faces all over.

Singer should be ashamed. I'm not at all confused as to why Jackman chose to ditch the franchise. It's becoming more and more a crap cash-grap with no shame.