X-Men: Days of Future Past - Marcus Rosemount Theater

I....  Well... I really wanted to like it.... But...


Must See In Theater (if your a big X-Men fan), otherwise rent it.

It wasn't bad really, but it plays a lot with history, even history kinda already established in the other films. I say kinda because apparently they found just the right sized history-hole to put this film in, and then the film in-turn takes that established history and puts it in a blender.


The gist of it:
Way future. Mutants are at war with the Humans mostly. Mutants are losing big-time due to the improved Sentinel robots taking them out. These bots were invented/created back in the very early 1970's during the Nixon era (they said the exact year, but I forget now). These bots have no metal in them (which is impossible in that era of tech). The very future versions are far improved and rather lethal, having gained the ability to adapt to their opponents powers. That ability was taken from an extensive diagnosis of Mystique's transforming ability (via autopsy and experimentation) back in the 1970's again.......   which already destroys the first X-Men movies since that never happened.

Wolverine gets MENTALLY sent back in time (his future brain/mind wakes up in his past body) to prevent the war from ever starting; discredit the Sentinels and their creator, make the President understand that Mutants aren't the enemy, that kind of thing. Kitty Pride sends him back with her newly developed power to do so (convenient that is, eh?).


I honestly don't recall a whole lot about the movie because they broke science and physics to greater and lesser degrees multiple times throughout the story once the time travel thingy got going. I have a hard time accepting, for example, that you can have a 1970's tech giant robot that can fly, detect mutants, and is generally autonomous without it containing any metal (they were built with Magneto in mind). So, well, how does the electricity work? And the computer/electronics? Sensors? Movement of servos for arms and legs? In the 70's that was all metal baby, so this is a ludicrous statement. We also see conflict between Magneto and Mystique in this, to the point that she walks away from him (wants nothing to with him at the end of the film). We know that she almost blindly follows him through the first few films in the franchise, so what the heck happened between then and now to make her so totally obedient to him?

This film feels more like an attempt to reboot the entire X-Men universe so they can get more films out it with younger actors. Much like the Star Trek reboot a few years back.

It was entertaining, and the less science and technical types will get more enjoyment out of it than I did I'm sure. We'll probably end up buying this one just to maintain the movie collection, and for the kids in the future to watch, but no other reason than that.