X-Men: Dark Phoenix - BLU-RAY [Standard]

I didn't get the steelbook case everyone else got. Good movie but no wolverine and supposedly the last one of series.

This movie wasn't as bad as some reviewers led me to believe. I have stopped reading reviews of movies prior to watching them so I won't be misled by them. Jean Grey is an X-Men character that isn't all sweetness and light anyway. What makes helps to make the X-Men more interesting is that none of the characters are either all good or all evil. Even Magneto and Wolverine tried to lead "normal" lives before they were forced to resume their mutant misdeeds. I won't reveal any spoilers just in case you haven't seen it yet but just keep an open mind when you watch it.

While this was a fairly good example of the Dark Phoenix story, it does have flaws that cannot be ignored. Aliens are, suddenly and without explanation, added to the x-men universe and the movie really relies on the overdone issue of Professor X making bad decisions in the past that come back to haunt him. Despite these things, the movie was a lot better than most of the reviews give it credit for. If you have enjoyed the x-men movies until now, don't miss the ending. It is far from perfect, but it is still rather fun.

As a stand-alone movie, this one is great! However, I see why so many people bashed it when it first came out: It completely destroys any continuity established by the earlier X-men films. Most of this one takes place in 1992. If the first X-men movie was set in the time it was released (2000), then Dark Phoenix messes up a lot that was established in it and in the next two that followed. Anyway, as I said- great as a stand-alone film, just not good as part of the series.

If you're a dyed in the wool fan of the X-Men comics you'll find this adaptation of the Phoenix story a bit different than you remember but it's closer than the previous version to the classic storyline. That being said it's a pretty good movie, good action sequences, the storyline flows at a quick pace. Let's face though, it we're all waiting for the next reboot now that most of Marvel is "under one roof" over at Disney. A fitting close to 20th Century Fox's run.