![]() And it is especially not about Professor Xavier (James McAvoy). ![]() However, the Phoenix story is not about the action. From Magneto's (Michael Fassbender) Genosha island to the spectacular train attack, the movie would otherwise make for a satisfying actioner. It would make for an interesting debate, to say the least since Kinberg appears to have a good eye behind the camera, inflating the screen with captivating spectacle. And now, this complete miscalculation, as though desiring to rectify past blunders with even more blunders, making it a challenge to decide which of the two adaptations is the better or worse. In the eyes of moviegoers, he has largely redeemed himself with First Class and Days of Future Past but then, disheartening them once again with Apocalypse. Thirteen years later after penning the disastrous X-Men: The Last Stand and sorely maddening Marvel fans everywhere, screenwriter Simon Kinberg returns to the celebrated limited comic series as producer while also making his directorial debut. But the bigger and arguably, more pertinent problem is the filmmakers themselves and their misunderstanding of the storyline, as in, they're missing the central point of Jean Grey's tragic evolution into the Phoenix. Perhaps, part of my disappointment has something to do with the source material, as this is the second time studios have attempted to adapt the "The Dark Phoenix Saga" and failed again to do it cinematic justice. I kept finding myself enthralled and mesmerized by the action-packed visuals one minute but rolling my eyes and even being frustrated by the story and some of the conversations the next. The movie comes with several positives worth noting and admiring, but it comes with just as many, if not more, negatives. Three viewings and a couple days later, I am still not entirely sure what to think of Dark Phoenix, the fourth installment in the rebooted X-Men franchise.
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