A perfect
X-Men is never to be expected as long as Bryan ("kiddie diddler") Singer is behind the helm, because the flaw I always found in Singer's directing is that Singer--and those who tried to fill his shoes--never quite
got X-Men, and thus the franchise made for a poor big screen adaptation. Don't get me wrong, I, like everyone, was excited way back in 2000 to see the treasured heroes of my youth finally get the big screen treatment they deserve, but the thing Singer never understood--going on about 10+ years into the movie franchise--was so much time and effort is spent trying to get the
look of 'X-Men' just perfect, but
looks are not what the comic series was all about. Not enough time has ever been spent trying to tap into the
psychology of X-Men. So in my opinion alone, no matter how many national monuments Bryan Singer blows up or how sexy Olivia Munn looks in her Psylocke outfit--an all around
good X-men installment is never to be had.
With that being said. I'm choosing to be somewhat controversial when I say I was 'impressed' by the latest Singer installment. I might even be inclined to go as far as to say this might top
X2 (2003) as the best X-Men adaptation thus far.
Sure, there were minor 'kinks',
flaws that Hollywood continues to perpetuate about the franchise that were present once again in this film (Raven's character is all wrong; what, Scarlet Witch is dead?!?; how much older is Hugh Jack(ass) to Sophie Turner?; Hank McCoy is a 'pacifist' since when was he the big blue equivalent to Alex Jones?; Cyclops finally has a bigger speaking role, good, but Scott is the OLDER one you morons!) But these flaws are so minor this time around they're easily excusable.
Apocalypse (played brilliantly by Oscar Issac--different from Apocalypse in the comics, but then the movies change EVERYBODY'S character!) is the most profoundly monolithic villain the X-Men have ever faced and the movie does a good job I think of establishing that. It's not because he has a cool power like you may think, Singer understands this much thankfully, which is the reason the studio brought him back in for
Days of Future Past (2014) and this one. Apocalypse is threatening because he has a
'psychology' to him. Social politics is a greater weapon of mass destruction than any fiction laserbeam out the eyes, or claws through the knuckles one can imagine, I assure you. This makes the film as a whole topically relevant for an election year--especially the most RIDICULOUS presidential election America has ever had!!! The film's basic subtextual concepts lie in the idea of
humanity vs. globalism, which is the reality we all live in today.
The end message resulting in--I won't spoil the ending but will say it translates as: a unified front from the masses, gathering for the common good can show any megalomaniacal hive-society or giant, how pathetic they truly are. We just have to be willing to step into our true power no matter how scary the threat is, or how grave the consequences. This is actually DEEP STUFF! I'm shocked it comes out of Hollywood.
Singer never truly got the
X-Men because like I alluded to above this stems from the fact that while being labeled a superhero franchise, the X-Men in the series were never depicted as
heroes to begin with. Why do you think the franchise never seems to cross brands with the Avengers despite existing in the same universe?
X-Men in my opinion always had more to do with xenophobia. There's a little bit of that in the beginning of this film, and this is relevant to establish that every political motivation, no matter how well-intended, always results in unforeseen negative consequences. Politics, creates alienation--because someone,
always has to get discriminated against!
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