I'd rather be watching TV![IMDB link]

RATINGS:
Claire: Netflix: 5/5 stars. IMDB: 8.6/10.
Carolyn: Netflix: 5/5 stars. IMDB: 8.6/10.
The native public rating for this movie is: Netflix: 4.2/5 stars, IMDB: 8.1/10.

CLAIRE’S THOUGHTS:

While it did indeed deviate — expectedly — from the comic book version of stories, this was still an awesome installation for the X-Men movie franchise.

If they do an Age Of Apocalypse movie, I will not be able to be happier!

This is all segueing into the very stories that were coming out right when I started reading comics at age 21.

I would have liked more use of powers in this one. There didn’t seem to be as much mutant fighting as the other movies. But then, that is the nature of the story. The flash-forwards provided all of the action and none of the intrigue, while the flash-backs provided all of the intrigue and very little action. I guess that would be my only complaint.

CAROLYN’S THOUGHTS:

I don’t think that was exactly how the comic story went, but this was pretty awesome! I love the X-Men, and it’s awesome seeing the stories from the comic come to life on the big screen. I’m looking forward to the next one in 2016! The Quicksilver scene was awesome!

PEOPLE:

Directed by Bryan Singer (X-Men 1-2, Jack The Giant Slayer).
Written by Simon Kinberg (Jumper, 9 eps of Star Wars Rebels), Jane Goldman (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class), & Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class).

Starring:
Hugh Jackman (X-Men movies, The Wolverine, Movie 43, Rise Of The Guardians, Van Helsing, Kate & Leopold) as Logan / Wolverine.
James McAvoy (Filth, Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class, Trance, Mr. Tumnus in The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, 1 ep of Band Of Brothers) as Charles Xavier.
Michael Fassbender (Prometheus, Inglourious Basterds, 300, 7 eps of Band Of Brothers) as Erik Lehnsherr.
Jennifer Lawrence (Hunger Games movies, Mystique in X-Men: First Class movies, American Hustle) as Raven / Mystique.
Halle Berry as Storm.
Nicholas Hoult (Beast in X-Men: First Class, Warm Bodies, Clash Of The Titans remake) as Hank / Beast.
Anna Paquin (Scream 4, True Blood) as Rogue.
Ellen Page (Juno, Inception, Super, Hard Candy, X-Men 3, 5 eps of Trailer Park Boys, 1 ep of Out There, 1 ep of Family Guy, 1 ep of The Simpsons) as Kitty Pryde.
Peter Dinklage (Nip/Tuck, both Death At A Funeral movies, Knights Of Badassdom, Elf, The Chronicles of Narnia 2, A Case Of You, Game Of Thrones) as Dr. Bolivar Trask.
Shawn Ashmore (Joe Lynch in Adam Green’s movie Frozen, uncredited in Hatchet 2, 2 eps of Smallville) as Bobby / Iceman.
Omar Sy (Micmacs) as Bishop.
Evan Peters (Kick-Ass, 1 ep of The Office) as Peter / Quicksilver.
Daniel Cudmore (Twilight movies) as Colossus.
Booboo Stewart (Twilight movies) as Warpath.
Ian McKellen as Magneto.
Patrick Stewart as Professor X.
Famke Janssen (The Faculty, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Wackness, The Ten, 11 eps of Nip/Tuck) as Jean Grey.
James Marsden (Anchorman movies, Small Apartments, the son in Robot & Frank, Sex Drive, Death At A Funeral (2010), Sex Drive) as Scott Summers.Mood: good?
Music: White Zombie – Ratmouth