Tuesday, March 3, 2015

X-Men: Days of Future Past


X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) – It’s got an impressive, huge cast, even if most of it doesn’t have much to do, and there are some fantastic sequences featuring the creative use of powers (Quicksilver is a particular highlight), but the plot can feel by the numbers—it spends a lot of time retreading the usual X-Men themes—and the time travel makes it easy to tell what doesn’t really count. 6
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  1. 842SIGNMarch 5, 2015 at 5:24 PM

    This is probably not a new thought...but do you notice the Professor X/MLK Magneto/Malcolm X civil rights parallels?

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    1. The ReviewerMarch 6, 2015 at 10:04 PM

      I think that's been a pretty common take on it for a long time, and one that some of the movies have definitely embraced.

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