James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender both were amazing in their roles (about which more below the spoiler lines). Jennifer Lawrence brought Raven/Mystique to an integral role with some depth and emotion where before she was an amazingly flexible fighter, morphed to someone else and looked great. The characters who did have screen time really shined through. The film had an amazing cast, many of whom were under-utilized due to the narrative and overwhelming casts of characters. Xavier/Charles & Mysticque/Raven, Xavier/Charles & Magneto/Erik, Logan and, well everybody. There is, yes even in a blockbluster, some thoughtful interaction and relationships among the cast of characters. We seem to be OK in managing this conflict if we see those with whom we have conflict as like us if we view them as not like us, not so much. We all have our pain and difficulties we have our desires and goals. This fabulous cast with Singer’s direction takes the theme of living and working with and caring for those different than ourselves being key to peace and survival from the original X-Men movie (and it’s source material) to a new conclusion. Not that you want to analyze the time travel thing (of course, it’s never wise to do so in a movie) nor is it a particularly novel idea to fix the timeline so we’re not wiped out in the future (Terminator anyone?) but this is a particularly interesting expression of the ideas executed in a brilliant way. Hather of Bright Eyes Long Lashes fame, I quite enjoyed this movie, even more than I anticipated. For the rest of us, this is one of the more clever, even at times surprising, super hero movies I’ve seen. Let’s get it right out there: this is a summer blockbuster movie whose source material is a comic if you don’t like those, don’t see the movie.
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