Review of X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) by Elijah A — 18 Jun 2018

Bryan Singer is a master storyteller. And for someone who didn't know much about the X-Men when he first took them on a decade and a half ago, I sincerely don't ever want anyone else telling their stories anymore.

This movie was something I'd been waiting for from the moment I heard about it. It is plucked directly out of my childhood and seems surreal to see onscreen. I have an emotional attachment to this story.

However, when I saw the first trailers, I was immensely disappointed. It did NOT look good. Well, considering the Godzilla trailers DID look good and it was a steaming pile of lizard dung, looks can clearly be deceiving.

XMen DOFP is a masterpiece. Singer eradicated the ridiculous Ratner movie, cleaned up some loose ends from other films, introduced the most exciting new character, Quicksilver, and even alluded to him being the son of Magneto, as he is in the comics.

I was concerned about another Wolverine-focused picture, but it worked. Very well. In fact, it was just as much a Professor X and Magneto movie, which is great considering that Michael Fassbender is a PERFECT Magneto.

Cold, emotionless and focused on his mission. He has personified Magneto more than Ian McKellen ever could. I always thought they went way too old for that role and Fassbender fixes that. The complexity of the time traveling is not without its holes (like every time-traveling story), but the portrayal of the Sentinels, Trask, Stryker and Chris Claremont/John Byrne's original dystopian future was modernized as perfectly as can be.

Just amazing in every way, especially if you're an XMen fan.