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X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
Better than the critics make it out to be
I am baffled by the incredible number of shockingly unfair reviews.
I enjoyed this movie. Not as much as the 3 other prequels, but I found it interesting. I liked Jean's origin story and her relationship with Charles. The train fight at the end was one of the highlights of the movie. Magneto, Nightcrawler and Beast had some impressive moves. The Magneto scenes were great and Storm finally got more lines.
On the other hand, the antagonists led by Jessica Chastain's character were unremarkable and uninteresting. They seem to have been shoehorned into the movie without any particular reason. They were unnecessary and could have been dispensed with in favour of Jean's (Dark) Phoenix.
My other main criticism is the lack of Quicksilver scenes and of interaction between Peter and Erik. They set up the revelation about his parentage in the previous movies but seem to have completely dropped that storyline.
I wish they had explained a bit more how we get from the ending of this movie to the ending of Days of Future Past. Jean seems to be still alive in Phoenix form, so how does she come back? When does Charles come back to the school to later meet Wolverine and Rogue?
The final chess scene with Charles and Erik was a nice callback to the previous movies and a great ending scene for the saga.
I found the soundtrack amazing. The atmosphere was very tense.
Subway (1985)
Boring
One of the most boring movies my family and I have ever seen. We didn't really understand the plot (apart from the thief running away from his victim's henchmen). The relationships between the characters are unclear; the reasons behind their actions as well. Musicians start popping up out of nowhere. The end is sudden and unclear. Many loose ends remain.
The trailer is also misleading (full of action scenes, which turn out to be the only action scenes in the movie).
A complete waste of time in my opinion.