re: X-Men Dark Phoenix Tomatometer - 21%

I saw it, went in with low expectations, and came out enjoying it more than Apocalypse. After all the Marvel films, I can appreciate a super hero film that isn't all about big epic spectacle. More than any of the previous films since First Class, this one reminded me the most of the first two X-Men films for good and bad I think.

It ended on such a weird note though. It's my understanding they re-shot the ending of the film after the Disney buyout, so I'm not sure why they still chose to leave so many loose ends. I'm also not one to focus too much on the timeline inconsistencies between the X-Men movies, but the way this ends doesn't match the ending of Days of Future Past at all.

This is not the movie that the 20 year franchise should've gone out on, but I enjoyed it for what it was. They never should've gone back to this storyline so soon after X-Men 3. Neither the public nor the critics wanted it, and it shows with the critic reviews and the box office numbers.

I will miss the X-Men franchise providing me with an alternative to the MCU where the titular heroes are the focus of the world despite all its flaws. While it will be interesting to see what Marvel does with the X-Men (possibly the only thing to save the post end-game MCU), I'm not excited about Disney buying up every property under the sun.