(There are important spoilers below, those who are sensitive will be detoured)
1. Story: Maintain the consistent texture of the series, linking the previous and the next.
1. "Apocalypse" is the last part of the prequel trilogy (all are about the stories of the X-Men when they were young, Doctor, Magneto, Storm, and Jean Grey are all young versions).
As a movie series, this prequel theoretically takes over the first episode of the X-Men after the prequel (of course, many more episodes can be inserted between the prequel and the main story).
2. The story design is very reasonable.
Professor X advocates the pursuit of harmonious coexistence with ordinary people, and Magneto advocates using his innate abilities to overcome all obstacles, including ordinary people, and pursue an equal world. This episode gives a reasonable reason for Magneto to level the world (cong Liang's wife and daughter were officially killed), and then gives the big BOSS Apocalypse (Superman with all kinds of special skills), using Magneto to achieve his personal continued annexation Purpose of quality skills.
Then, all the decent people are dispatched, protect Professor X, and fight a battle.
And, in the last episode, Wolverine travels back in time to format all that has happened. Therefore, the future canonical stories can be carried out at will, without being constrained by the plots of the original series, which brings great creative space for the development of the future series.
3. Disadvantages: The discussion on the meaning of life in literary dramas is a bit long and procrastinated. This kind of discussion should be understood from the battle, and it is not convincing at all by speaking.
This episode could have been a good one if the long discussion was shortened a bit.
2. Narrative style: comic style, reasonable scene scheduling
1. The narrative styles of X-Men and Avengers are different.
The X-Men are relatively orthodox and serious (the Avengers story has a lot of sadistic elements), and they also discuss a lot of life and death philosophies, the good and evil of people's hearts, and maintain their own unique style and flavor.
2. The major proposition contained in the entire "X-Men" story-how the world understands and tolerates those mutants who are different from ordinary people can almost be regarded as a collection of realistic social topics of "all pursuit of equality and anti-discrimination". From the beginning of its creation, it is different from those who watch hilarious adventure stories.
Since the first time "X-Men" was put on the big screen, the sad and gloomy tone of the entire series has become a fascinating trademark.
3. The director is a fan of "X-Men", and the style of the film fully highlights the original comic texture and the texture of the 1980s.
4. There are many big scenes, and the scene scheduling is reasonable.
The sealing of the pyramids in Egypt, the destruction of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the launch of nuclear bombs around the world, and the destruction of Egypt throughout the whole process. Several bridges are well done. The layout of the bridge sections in each field is well-proportioned, and no field is too prominent.
I like this design, so that the characters and the plot are minimized from stylization and stylization.
5. Outside of the big scene, Kuaiyin's episode "Saving the world, smashing into ashes" made him feel angry.
3. Actors: The growth of a group of young actors.
1. What I want to say most is not a certain actor, but the star-making ability of Hollywood.
When James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, and Nicholas Hoult were filming the first episode of the prequel in 2011, they were still little-known second- and third-tier stars, making people sweat for the cast at that time. Nowadays, everyone is a famous figure who tops half the sky. This is the charm of the X-Men, and it is also the enduring vitality of Hollywood. The actors' acting is not bad, which is one of the reasons why you want to keep watching.
2. In addition to them, this time a group of post-90s actors have become new faces (young versions) of the classic characters in the hearts of fans such as Cyclops, Phoenix and Storm.
3. Wolverine really played soy sauce for 5 minutes, but he also promoted the development of the plot in these 5 minutes, and it would not be possible without him.
Fourth, tidbits:
1. The title was intended to be the same as the comic book title: Age of Apocalypse, but in order to make the title appear more ominous, and to avoid being with "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron" and "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" Similar, changed to Apocalypse.
2. Quicksilver's three-minute run at Mutant School took a month and a half to shoot, and Ivan Peters spent more time on set than any other actor. The scene was shot with a high-speed camera moving at 50 mph at 3,100 frames per second.
3. The easter egg is about the next "Wolverine 3", although I didn't understand it.
Summary: The story is wonderful and logical, and it is worth watching. The literary drama is dragging its feet, otherwise it will score 90 points.
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