X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Published May 9, 2021
Film info
- Title X-Men: Dark Phoenix
- Director Simon Kinberg
- Year 2019
- Run time 1hr 54m
- Genres Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Tagline The phoenix will rise
During a rescue mission in space, one of the X-Men's most beloved characters, Jean Grey, is struck by a cosmic force that transforms her into one of the most powerful mutants of all: Dark Phoenix. Wrestling with this increasingly unstable power and her own personal demons, Jean spirals out of control, tearing the X-Men family apart as they face their most devastating enemy yet - one of their own.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 2:58 | Dramatic car crash to have right at the start of a movie. |
| 7:28 | Ooh, space shuttle. Go go go! |
| 9:04 | “We’re doing space missions now? Cool.” |
| 14:01 | Sorry, did they just gaffa tape a space helmet on to someone? Madness. |
| 17:04 | They don’t appear to be questioning how she managed to absorb a solar flare, float out in space for a minute, and not even smudge her makeup. |
| 19:54 | X-Women! |
| 25:02 | Mutant party must be chaotic. |
| 33:14 | All desire, rage and pain… typical teenager then. |
| 38:32 | “Don’t try to lie, I can read your mind.” All this mind-reading is creepy. |
| 44:16 | You can’t kill her off, she’s the best thing in it! |
| 52:59 | Fassbender! Wonder what accent it will be today? |
| 55:47 | Loving the house that is just half a boat on it’s end. |
| 1:10:55 | Have they just landed that massive plane in Central Park? I feel like people might notice. |
| 1:19:33 | This film has made me dislike Charles and Jean quite a lot. |
| 1:32:32 | The helicopters are really not faring well in this movie. |
| 1:43:23 | CHESS. |
Thoughts
This was a bit of an odd film that was okay while watching, but the more I think about it, the more boring it seems to be. At heart, the problem is I just don’t care about Jean Grey, she’s not a very interesting character and I’m not sure Sophie Turner does a very good job with her either.
The only interesting one in there is Jennifer Lawrence and they killed her off pretty early on. It’s a pretty rubbish way to end the series, but then again, the last few X-Men movies all seemed to lose the plot, so it’s probably to be expected!
Rating: 2 / 5