X-Men:Days of Future Past

It's no secret that I have had my issues with the X-men films in the past. I found First Class to just be average and the other movies were too focused on Wolverine flipping out and knifing people, so please bear that in mind. I didn't even plan on seeing this movie but I got a free rental at Redbox and there was nothing else there so I just got it out so I could rant at a bad movie, the only problem was not only is this not a bad movie, it's really good and may be the best film in the franchise.

I know I am shocked to. Wolverine is the star but for once he feels like a mature character and doesn't highjack the movie. All the other characters get enough screen time. The story is dramatic and dark while still being a fun superhero tale, it is very well cast and everyone plays their parts well, heck even the guy playing Nixon is pretty good and he isn't treated as a monster or a joke, How often does that happen in a major Hollywood movie?! We didn't even get that in Watchmen for crying out loud. This really is a character based movie where everything that happens is tied into the personal struggles of the characters and there are not any real villains, everyone thinks that they are either doing the right thing or the only thing they can do. Even the villain making the killer robots thinks it is his only choices, he is clearly nuts but he isn't the evil monster he could have been. Also this does a good job of tying together all of the films into a time line, I didn't think that could be done at this point.

After about a decade of sequels and prequels that just didn't pan out the end of this movie feels like the natural end for Fox's X-Men film franchise and I wanted to stand up a cheer at the end. For a film i was expecting to hate and a franchise I stopped caring about a long time ago that is huge.

I know some people may think I am crazy but I liked this a little better then GOTG, there is something I didn't expect to say about any X-Men film.

10/10.