Release
Date: June 4th, 2019
Director:
Simon Kinberg
Starring:
James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner,
Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Jessica Chastain
Rotten
Tomatoes: 23%
IMDb: 6.1/10
IMDb: 6.1/10
X-Men is back ladies and gents! Who’s excited? Truth be told, I don’t really follow the X-Men franchise and I only watch some of it. However, it’s always a pleasure watching new movies. So, let’s talk about Sansa…. I mean Jean Grey, shall we?
X-Men:
Dark Phoenix focuses on the story of Jean Grey who was 8 years old when she
uses her telekinesis to cause a car accident and kills her parent. Afterwards,
Professor Charles Xavier took her and mentally blocks the accident from her
mind in order to ‘manage’ her powers. When the X-Men must save people after a
space mission goes wrong, they have to face the full power of the Phoenix which
is ‘absorbed’ by Jean as she is trying to save the people from the plane.
Let’s
talk about things that I love from the movie first. People are not a fan of the
movie, especially the character development. Well, in this one I actually like
how Shopie Turner portrays Jean Grey as the strongest mutant after she gets the
power of ‘Phoenix’. She looks pretty convincing and is capable to show that she
is indeed a strong mutant. Additionally, it’s safe to Michael Fassbender aka
Magneto is the scene stealer in this movie! (Well, at least for me). He has
that charm and charisma that are able to captivate the audience. I love his
scenes at the train especially the one with the guns, man it is super cool! My
favorite scene would be the one the train, probably because there is Magneto
there, haha.
Moving
on to the things that I don’t really like, the first one would be the fact that
the source of power, in this case “Phoenix” is not well explored. I’d love to
know more about the Phoenix itself, where it comes from and what it can do. It
was just shown super brief by the Villain—Vuk, it only reaches the surface of
the Phoenix description. The second would be the motives of the villain. I don’t
think that it is well-shown or explored as well. It seems pretty dull for me
and not at all convincing somehow.
As
the last installment to the Fox X-Men series, I don’t think it gives the
ultimate conclusion or end. Oh well… AND one more thing, the chemistry from
Mystique and Beast is on point! I ship them for sure.
If
you would like to watch it, go and see for yourself and see it for the Queen in
the North!
Cheers
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