re: X-Men Days of Future Past Thoughts and Reviews (With Spoilers)

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The third act seemed to be kind of a let down IMO. The action was decent in the future but no where near as exciting as the opening. Knowing that my characters could die in the future (save for Kitty and Logan) it had no emotional weight at then end for their deaths bc only the ramifications in the past can affect the future so it was all mediocre splendor with no emotional investment. The action in the past was meh at best. I did like Raven, who they built up a lot this movie, to have the choice in the end to kill or not. But with that it didn't feel like that scene have much heart or weight to it so it just kinda fell flat to me.

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Well, I have to disagree. Singer consciously chose a finale without a ton of action, and knew he had to keep it contained to Magneto, Mystique, and Xavier, and nothing else. He didn't want it to be an over-the-top action sequence, and I think he completely succeeded. With Hope being the main theme of the film, I think he really brought that message home with the showdown at the end between the three characters. Blame the other X-Men films for falling flat on the action scenes, but I think it's a bit unfair with this film, since the only true action scenes were in the future and not the past in this film.