TAKE 1: One Man’s Opinion
…because
film is largely subjective
by Frederick William Springer III
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Release Date: 23 May 2014 Runtime: 131 Minutes
Review Date: 31 August 2014 Rating: 4.5 (of 6)
Days of Future Past is another film
I'm not jumping on the bandwagon for.
Yes, it was good, but not as great as it's been heralded as. In that arena, it pales in comparison to First Class. In other words, not as first class as First Class.
The trouble here
really is the originators set in the future.
The scenery is dark and grey, which is an attempt to set the mood for
the dystopia transpiring--I get that--but at the same time seems naturally
off. Fake. Perhaps fabricated too much in the realm of
the computer than in reality.
And some of the
originators serve no purpose. In
contrast to Kelsey Grammar's fun 2 second cameo, Halle Berry just seemed out of
place. Sure, there are a lot of people
that would argue that her performance was always such, especially in the first
film, but here, though given a decent amount of screen time in comparison
with the others of the original trilogy, she only had like 2 lines (of no
significance or poignancy at that), had little physical movement and when she
did it was either wooden or unintentionally comical.
They say the
inclusion of the original cast skyrocketed the budget and name that as a factor
of why there will never be another movie centering on the original cast
(scheduling also an issue). This blows
my mind. While I get that they can all
command higher salaries now on the whole, they were in so little of this movie
that I don't see how or why a big chunk of any budget would be heading their
way.
