Since I'm so terribly behind on my Christy Experiment, we've decided to try something a little different. I bought this movie a while back but hadn't gotten around to seeing it yet (alphabet). Christy also owned it, so for Easter we watched it together. Separately. In our own homes. 900 miles apart. CIA agent Moira McTaggart (Rose Byrne) discovers a cult belonging to what is purported to be the world's first mutant, a being known as Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac). After being betrayed by his followers in ancient Egypt, Apocalypse is ready to try again in a new millennium. He recruits the four strongest mutants he can find to his side, including Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Angel (Ben Hardy), Psyloche (Olivia Munn), and Magneto (Michael Fassbinder). That last one raises a few eyebrows over in Westchester, New York. Professor Xavier (James McAvoy), Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), and Quicksilver (Evan Peters) scramble to put together a team of young, untrained mutants to stop Apocalypse and his Horsemen in time to save their friend.
This wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I remember the critical response was pretty negative so I had really low expectations going in. It's not the best X-men movie by a long shot, but it's not horrible. I liked the representations of the characters, especially Storm. If they gave Alexandra Shipp her own spin-off to explore the character's background and rise to power, I would not be mad.
As seems to be the trend since the introduction of his character, Quicksilver completely stole the show. He also takes the prize for Best Use of a Eurythmics Song.
This particular trilogy got progressively weaker with each installment I think, because they tried to cram as many baby versions of famous mutants as they could with less emphasis on the story. I think the next iterations of the characters should focus on individuals, more in the pattern of Logan or the Marvel universe.
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