"The past: a place of potential promise, and possibility. We are the sum of our choices, as what we do now defines what we will do. Infinite decisions mean infinite consequences, for the future is never truly set." -Charles Xavier
When the idea of the seventh installment of the X-Men franchise was taken up, there was a lot of debate about whether it would act as a sequel to First Class (2011) or The Last Stand (2006). Ultimately, Bryan Singer and the X-Men team decided to connect both the movies in Days of Future Past. So, yeah, the movie is a big cluster of around a dozen heroes and some not-so-powerful villains. Since I had been following the X-Men movies, Days of Future Past was a snooze for me, but if you are deciding to watch the movie without watching the other six, well, best of luck. As I said before, the movie is a big cluster that connects various plots from the previous six movies.
However, even though a bit too complicated, this movie is without doubt the best X-Men film yet. Here is a brief plot of the film:
SPOILERS ALERT
The movie starts in the future, where most of Professor X's students have been murdered by the Sentinels, robots who kill mutants and humans who support them. Professor X's last hope of averting this future is to go back in the past and change a certain event which has led to such a situation, the event being the murder of Bolivar Trask (creator of the Sentinels) at the hands of Raven/Mystique. Since professor X is too old and weak to go back 50 years, Wolverine is sent back by Kitty Pryde to find Charles and Erik (the future Magneto) and convince them to help stop Mystique (then Raven). Wolverine wakes up in 1973, finds Charles at X-Mansion with Hank (a.k.a. Beast), and is surprised to see that Charles is able to walk. Somehow, he convinces them to help him. The three decide to take the help of a mutant Quicksilver to break Erik out of a prison in the Pentagon. After Erik is out, the four set out to find Raven. They are successful in this and are able to stop Trask's assassination, but Magneto has his own plans and decides to kill Raven to secure his future. He is stopped by Beast (Hank) and Raven escapes.Full of anger, Raven decides to kill Trask in Washington D.C., during the inauguration of the Sentinels by the President, Richard Nixon. However, Charles is able to use his powers (giving up his legs) and gets into Raven's head, hence, stopping her. However, Magneto thinks that this war was inevitable and decides to take out the humans before they take out the mutants. He surrounds the White House by the RFK Memorial Stadium and commands the Sentinels to attack the humans.
At this point, most of the X-Men of the future such as Storm, Bishop, Iceman have died and Charles and Magneto are on the brink of death.
Magneto is about to kill the President Richard Nixon, when he is shot by him, who turns out to be Raven. With Raven's help, Charles is able to get inside Magneto's head and convinces him to stop. Magneto leaves and Raven disappears in the frantic crowd, and so, the dystopian future is averted. Wolverine is back in the future and sees that all the X-Men, Storm, Iceman, Bishop, Beast, Kitty, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Rogue etc. are alive.
Now, the positives of the film:
Overall, Bryan Singer and his team has done a very good job. The action and the visual effects are trademark X-Men style and the actors have done a fairly good job. The new look of a more mature Professor X suits James McAvoy. Wolverine is just as destructive as he was in the last six films. Micheal Fassbender is again, very intense in the role of Magneto. However, the pick of the actors was Jennifer Lawrence. She had quite a lot of screen time as compared to the other X-Men and the whole plot was centered around her. She certainly lived up to what was expected of her and really gave a new insight into Raven/Mystique.
As far as the negatives go, well, the plot was too clustered. as I have repeatedly mentioned, if you have missed even one movie, nothing will make sense to you. Another thing is the inclusion of too many heroes. There were around eight X-Men in the future and around six in 1973. Many of these heroes, such as Bishop and storm were not required but in their defense, it completes the connection. Other than this, there are no negatives.
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| Professor X (Future) and Professor X (1973) |
With such a huge star cast and such expectations from the fans, Days of Future Past was sure to do well at the box office. The film has been well-received and now the fans can look forward to the next installment, X-Men: Apocalypse. in the post-credits scene, a glimpse of Apocalype and his Four Horsemen was shown, and this has already created a buzz among the X-Men fans.
THE VERDICT:
Besides maybe an over-complicated plot, the movie is surely one of the best in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As far as the other X-Men films go, this is without doubt the best among them.
OVERALL RATING: 8.2/10
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Till the future is being written,
He Who Must Not Be Named
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| You MUST watch this movie! |
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