X-Men Apocalypse

I saw "X-Men Apocalypse" this past weekend. This was my first movie in 2-3 years that I've gone to the theater to see. I thought the theater would have been really packed since this was the 2nd weekend the movie has been out. I went around 10 am to the AMC theater because I was hoping it wouldn't be packed; plus I love the reclining chairs. The theater was somewhat packed with people scattered throughout. There wasn't a lot of noise or people using phones. I find that takes away from the movie. The trailers weren't anything to get excited about. I had already seen every trailer they showed before the movie online.

I was surprised by the movie. I didn't go in with any preconceived idea of what the plot would be besides Apocalypse trying to kill everyone. I also didn't expect the movie to be as incredible as the animated series "X-men Evolution" Season 4. After being majorly letdown by Iron Man 3, I decided not to watch all the trailers and media coverage of the movie. I saw the 1st International trailer and left it at that.

I have to say I really enjoyed the movie. It reminds me a little of the "All-New X-Men" comic series with all the young X-Men. This movie starts to introduce more of the core X-men that we know today. I was pretty pleased with the story line. I was glad that we had a new Storm. No offense to Halle Berry, but I wanted the real Mohawk Storm. We saw some of the Phoenix. We know what a bad-ass Jean Grey is so seeing her be unsure about her powers and feared by the other students was pretty cool. Her scene with Wolverine was awesome. Scott getting his powers was cool. He's not a leader yet. I don't see him as a leader at all so the next movie will probably show how he has grown. Nightcrawler had some funny lines, and he was doing more saving in the movie then anyone else besides Mystique. They brought back Moira McTaggert. I felt Magneto's pain just like Charles. Professor X losing his hair was smooth, I loved it!!

I'm hoping in the next movie The Brotherhood of Mutants forms. I want to see Mystique join back up with Magneto. The Blob was shown for a minute so I have a feeling it's coming soon. There are so many ways they can take the next movies. I realize this movie reference a lot of the first X-Men movies so I'm sure the whole universe will tie in together.

I didn't see X-Men Days of Future Past in the theater, but I did purchase the digital download from Amazon. I'm definitely going to purchase this digital movie. It was worth every penny I paid to see it, and paying $9-$15 for the digital copy is worth it.