Dark Phoenix

Way back in the year 2000, and before the MCU, the original X-Men kickstarted the superhero genre that had long since faded into medocrity. (Seriously, post 1992 Batman Returns, can you name another decent superhero movie?). And now the saga ends, and while it isn't the swansong I hoped for, it's no disaster, either. The Dark Phoenix story is improved upon after the less than good The Last Stand, there is some decent action, and most of the cast are given an opportunity to shine. It could have been better - it is slow in places, the villains are thinly drawn - but it's not the mess the critics are calling it. Of course, while this saga ends, the X-Men will return when Disney resurrect the characters, but I will still miss the actors who have embodied the characters so well in this decent, if not always successful series of films.

Man, they should have named this movie "The Shit on Charles Xavier Power Hour". I was really disappointed by that. They kept laying into him and it seemed so out of place. That aside, the movie seemed mediocre although I did enjoy some of the action scenes, particularly with magneto. Makes me want to re-watch the original X-Men movies though because they are certainly superior.