“X-Men: Apocalypse” I liked it on the whole but I thought it got weaker as it went on. The bad guys were all undercooked and although I adore Jennifer Lawrence and will blindly defend absolutely anything she does I just couldn’t shake the feeling she was phoning it in.
The overall plot was good (enough) but the story was filled with contrivances and unnecessary connective tissue. And I’m getting rather tired of the “man loses family and becomes consumed by vengeance only to be saved at the last minute” character arc. Please.
And then there’s the continuity. Keeping your facts straight is a task the X-Men movies find nearly impossible for some reason. In this movie I spotted two times when things didn’t add up (I’m sure there are more though) and I’ve got to say that they, more than anything else, soured the experience for me.
One problem was so major I searched the web for answers and I found that it had already been raised with one of the filmmakers:
The “answer” given in that interview is almost offensive! They seem to just write whatever fits in with what they need to happen and continuity be damned! The one positive of this is some of the wonderful fanboy justifications of the timeline and continuity issues I’ve read.
Overall, I had fun but the repetitive story beats are annoying me now and knowing that the writers just don’t care about continuity has left me feeling like I could happily say goodbye to these movies.
7/10
(and what the heck was that post-credits scene about? I shouldn’t have to read comics or use Google to make sense of it. I sat through 10 minutes of generic music for that? I want my 10 minutes back Mr. Singer!)