Dark Phoenix

Alors que toute la saga X-men préexistante était censée se terminer sur une note majestueuse, on a juste un film qui tourne dans le vide, lent et usé. Le fait d’avoir confié le dernier film d’une série à un scénariste vétéran et, en même temps, à un réalisateur globalement inexpérimenté tel que Simon Kinberg semble avoir laissé des traces. En effet, on aurait difficilement pu faire plus insipide et soporifique – et je pèse mes mots ! Un film dont le l’action vous laissera de marbre. (03/02/2020)

The X-Men's descent from the best comic book adaptation ever (Volume 2) to utter forgettable sh*t. And sad be the day Sophie Turner believed she was an actress. Well, perhaps she is an actress, but she’s certainly the least charismatic being to appear in the entire series. Fassbender, Lawrence and McAvoy must have been terribly relieved that they got off the hook with this latest installment and don't have to keep plugging away. (03/09/2019)

After watching the film, I was surprised at how badly this final episode of modern X-Men is rated. It didn’t seem so bad to me, but I have some comments on the film. The thing that intrigued me the most was the fact that the film was entrusted to an inexperienced director. This mostly shows in the action sequences. I don’t know how to describe it, but it’s the most furious action I’ve ever seen. The strange thing, however, is that this weird action looks incredibly epic in the end. I really don’t know how to put in the words, but I guess these are the best furious action scenes I’ve ever seen. The camera is not shaky, it performs such maneuvers that it boggles your mind, and even though I was quite dubious the entire time, it turned out that it’s the best feature of the whole flick. Together with Hans Zimmer’s music, which is once again epic and memorable. The plot, however, is worse, as it’s often the case with X-Men movies. Sophie Turner makes the same puppy eyes as she did in Game of Thrones, but this time it doesn’t work. During the entire movie, which was supposed to be about her, I was incredibly annoyed by her character. The best parts were as usual James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, thanks to whom I enjoyed the ending. This instalment deserves definitely better rating then 59 out of 100. It is controversial, true, but it is also entertaining, which is exactly what I wanted from it. (14/01/2020)

Considering the reviews so far, I was expecting crap and I went to the cinema rather out of boredom, but I was very pleasantly surprised and after a long time I enjoyed the cinema. The line-up of James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and Jessica Chastain entertained me a lot, and although Sophie Turner is still an underdeveloped actress, I didn't mind her. Story-wise, the film doesn't really grab you, but I really enjoyed the action – the half-hour finale on the train is one of the best I've seen this year and Magneto gives it his all in style (I hope a solo movie is in the works!). Shame about the smaller space for Quicksilver, who has stolen the highlights for himself for the last two episodes, so maybe next time. Satisfaction for me and I probably won't see Phoenix in the blue skies again. 80% (20/06/2019)

Jean Grey has become the Dark Phoenix, and the other X-Men can't tame her the easy way. But do they stand a chance against their former partners? And what if someone far more dangerous is after her new powers? The new X-Men return to their roots and try to rely on interesting characters and character development more than action. It succeeds only halfway. Unfortunately, Simon Kinberg's surprisingly solid direction is tripped up by the often not-so-good actors and an overly rushed story. There are some strong emotional moments, though, and the finale on the train is among the best action we've ever seen in X-Men. I was expecting a lot worse. (06/06/2019)