Holy fucking shit, this movie was so good. Best movie of 2014 for me so far.
This movie had two things that I really care about in movies, good story AND good characterizations. Sure, it was a time travel story, but it was a really compelling story. They really brought in the gravity of the situation into it really well.
Mutants and humans that are supporting them head towards extinction in an apocalyptic-like world in the future. One mutant power evolution allows Kitty to send a mind back. Logan is chosen due to his healing ability. Logan has to convince a younger Xavier and Magneto to work together to prevent their bleak future for both mutants and mankind as a whole. This revolves around a certain program and a certain character being the catalyst for that program manifesting. Regardless of how shoddy that story may be, it was really the presentation of it and the way they interlaced human/mutant drama that made it really good. They also really did the superhero aspect as well. Most superhero movies (looking at you Disney MCU) lack in actual 'superhero' level powers, using them well, and the lack of gravitas of impending doom/fighting for just survival. X-Men: DoFP was able to capture and utilize unique mutant powers as well as have the gravitas of their situation really well. I was completely engrossed.
Another thing, movie didn't really depend on Wolverine so much as previous movies. They really balanced all the characters, and he played more of a good supporting role which is sort of more along the lines of the team mentality of X-Men from the comics. Quicksilver, as ridiculous as he looked when his suit was revealed which I even mocked, was the best part of the movie. He stole the show with his scene. Only reason I'd recommend 3D is for his scene which I think you just have to see in 3D. His power and that entire scene involving him just requires that extra 3D aspect to it. But you can skip going 3D if you don't wanna for that scene; the rest of the movie didn't require 3D.
This movie was really well acted by pretty much everyone. The future sentinels were great. It was just a compelling, dramatic story with occasional well-timed humour that doesn't undercut dramatic situations and had cool utilization of 'superhero' powers. It had more of an adult tone than most other movies within the genre, appropriate for X-Men. The mutants of the future used their powers in very clever ways. Fassbender is fantastic as Magneto. Jackman always good as Wolverine, but I thought he was better in this one due to how well he supports the other characters instead of being the forefront. The star power in this movie is well utilized as opposed to gravitating towards any one character. Anyways, if anyone else watched it, we can discuss spoilers and some of the cool ways they used powers. End credit scene was alright, teased a major foe of X-Men.
