![]() ![]() ![]() So, what else is there to raise this above a pedestrian exercise in having something to look at while one eats popcorn? I know it's not Jean strapped down in a crucifixion pose. ![]() ![]() At least, Hans Zimmer provided the score, and it's paced rather quickly after all of that test screening, re-writing and re-shooting that has delayed the release for several months. The camerawork, CGI and other effects are rather standard superhero movie fare from a first time director, but one who has been producing them for a while now. In prior X-Men movies, the politics between regular humans and mutants was one of its most interesting parts-rich in allusions to real racial, gender and other forms of discrimination-but not so here. The non-mutant people of Earth are here again, too, but their attitudes towards mutants are as erratic and sudden as Grey's mood swings and mostly occupy the background to the super-powered action. Once again, Professor X squares off against an antagonist over her soul-except, this time, that includes some underdeveloped and generic aliens (led by what's-her-name devil on Jean's shoulder as portrayed by a wasted Jessica Chastain) in addition to a briefer confrontation this time around with Magneto. "My emotions make me strong," she contends, failing to mention that it makes her strong at killing and otherwise harming people on a whim. Once again, Jean Grey comes in contact with some cosmic steroids that make her overly powerful and extremely unstable. "Dark Phoenix" is a listless conclusion to Fox's X-Men movie series that manages to fail to live up to even the previously-much-panned adaptation of The Dark Phoenix Saga comic-book arc, "X-Men: The Last Stand" (2006). Reviewed by Cineanalyst 4 / 10 Time's Up for the X-Men Series as Charles Xavier Gets MeToo'd Now that this foreign power is consuming her, and the world is threatened, the X-Men have to face an important truth: they must save either the world, or their friend who threatens it. Now that this power is becoming unstable, she releases it with destruction and anger. This power has destroyed everything it comes in contact with, until her. But when a mission goes wrong, Jean is exposed to a dark and ancient power. Jean Grey is one of the most beloved X-Men. ![]()
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